UPDATE:  RICE COUNTY – The statewide Silver Alert for Vonita Renae Colle has been canceled.

 The Rice County Sheriff’s Office reported Colle was located safe in Rice County Tuesday afternoon, a quarter mile south of her residence. She was transported to an area hospital for assessment.

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RICE COUNTY – The Rice County Sheriff’s Office requested that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) issue a statewide Silver Alert for a missing Sterling woman.

The whereabouts of Vonita Renae Colle, 87, are unknown, and the public’s assistance is requested to help locate her. Colle is reported to have dementia and Alzheimer’s, according to information from the KBI. She was last seen near 2400 Ave. X in Sterling, Kan. The Rice County Sheriff’s Office provided the following description of Colle:

She is 5 ft., 5 in tall, weighs 115 lbs., with silver hair, and blue eyes.
She is wearing men’s black pants, red collared undershirt, black t-shirt, navy sweatshirt and green tennis shoes.
She is missing her front top two teeth.
If you see Colle, or have information about her whereabouts, please immediately contact the Rice County Sheriff’s Office at (620) 257-2363.