DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa judge says an organization that fights against rape, incest or fetal abnormality exceptions in abortion-related legislation cannot intervene in a lawsuit challenging Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law. The Iowa affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in May challenging the constitutionality of a law that would prohibit most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Michigan-based Save The 1 sought to intervene in the lawsuit, alleging the law is unlawful under the state and federal constitutions because it discriminates against fetuses created by rape or incest and those with medical anomalies by allowing them to be aborted. Judge Michael Huppert in an order filed Wednesday says the group’s claims go beyond the issues of the initial lawsuit and would delay the case.

An attorney for Save The 1 says she will file a federal lawsuit seeking to remove the exceptions portion of the law. If successful, that could leave Iowa with among the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws, banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected with no exceptions.

A District Court Judge in Pottawattamie County, Wednesday, sentenced 29-year old Paige Elizabeth Thurman, of Council Bluffs, to 140 months (11.6-years) in prison, for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Thurman was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow her prison term. She plead guilty to the charges on April 5th, 2018.

Thurman admitted she possessed $6,100, a Colt .380 Mustang semi-automatic handgun, digital scale, ammunition, plastic baggies, knife, stun gun, and had 140.5- grams of methamphetamine on her person, as well as in the vehicle she was driving on September 8, 2017. Those items were discovered after she lead law enforcement on a high speed chase in Council Bluffs. Thurman admitted she possessed the methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it and she possessed the handgun to assist in the distribution of methamphetamine.

Her case was investigated by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department and Council Bluffs Police Department. It case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

Officials with the Creston Police Department report a teenage female was injured during a single-vehicle accident at around 7:15-p.m. Wednesday. 13-year old Kayla Marie Mills, of Orient, was transported by EMS to the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, for treatment of possible/unknown injuries, after the girl complained of pain. Mills was a passenger in a 2007 Saturn Ion driven by 16-year old Courtney Marie Gross, of Greenfield. The car was traveling south on Cedar Street, and while attempting to turn right onto Adams Street, went out of control.

The car hit the curb and continued off the road before coming to rest. The vehicle sustained damage to the front wheel assembly from hitting the curb with speed and force. Damage to the vehicle amounted to $800. Both girls were wearing their seat belts. And, while no citations were issued, authorities said excessive speed was a factor in the accident.

The Harlan Police Department has issued a report on arrests. On Tuesday, 29-year old Dustin Allen Delgado, of Harlan, was arrested following a call about a reckless driver in the 3000 block of 12th St. Upon further investigation, Police saw track marks where the 1998 Ford Expedition Delgado was driving, had left the road, entered a yard, and then went back on the road. There was a small light pole lying in the roadway, which was struck by the vehicle. Delgado was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with driving while revoked and failure to show proof of liability.

On Sept. 3rd, 29-year old Johnathon Lee Paull, of Harlan, was arrested for driving while suspended. He was taken into custody following a traffic stop near Highway 59 and Roland Lane. And, on Aug. 31st, 36-year old Kristina Marie Namanny, of Harlan, was arrested following a call for a domestic situation in the 600 block of Tarkington. Namanny was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with domestic abuse assault, and criminal mischief 4th degree.

(Radio Iowa) — A sheriff’s deputy in northwest Iowa has been fired over the fatal shooting of a dog. Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputy Alec Wolf was fired this week after video of the incident surfaced on social media. The shooting happened in early August after a report in Cleghorn that a dog had attacked two other dogs, killing one of them. Deputy Wolf had claimed he shot the animal outside of city limits. He was placed on leave days later, after a Cleghorn resident reported the dog was actually shot in his yard. He took photos and said the deputy shot the dog 10 times before trying to clean up the scene.

Sheriff’s Deputies in Page County, last Saturday night, arrested 37-year old Darin James Vanatta, of Emerson, following a traffic stop near Essex. Authorities said today (Thursday), Vanatta was taken into custody for OWI 2^nd Offense.  Vanatta was transported to the Page County Jail where a $2000 cash bond was posted, and he was released pending further court proceedings. And, a Shenandoah woman was arrested Sept. 1st on a Page County warrant charging 38-year old Ronda Allison Howard with two-counts of Probation violation. Howard was transported to the Page County Sheriff’s Office, where remains after being unable to  post a $10,000 cash only bond, and pending further court proceedings.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office today (Thursday), released details about a single-vehicle, personal-injury accident that took place at around 7-a.m. Saturday, September 1st. The accident happened near the intersection of Highway 2 and W Avenue, or about three-miles east of Clarinda. An investigation determined 22-year old Braddley Horatio Lehman, of Sacramento, CA, was driving a 2013 Chevy Cruz owned by Kevin Ritchie of Bedford. The car was traveling east on Highway 2, when it left the road to the south, and entered the ditch. The vehicle continued in ditch, while Lehman attempted to get it back on the road.

The vehicle then struck a cable guard barrier on the ditch side of the roadway and continued east along the ditch side of the guard barrier causing damage to the guard barrier. The car came to the intersection of W Avenue and Highway 2, where it turned south at the embankment of W Avenue, and came to rest on the edge of a pond at that location. Lehman was the only person in the vehicle. He was transported to the Clarinda Regional Health Center for treatment of unknown injuries by the Clarinda Ambulance Service. Charges are pending at this time.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Clarinda Police Department, Clarinda Fire Department and Clarinda Ambulance service.

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — Federal, state and local agents are at the Iowa dairy farm that employed and housed the man charged with killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts. Agents from the Poweshiek County sheriff’s office, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and federal agencies were seen Tuesday morning at Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn, Iowa. They appeared to be looking around the property and talking to workers. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the agents were investigating the cattle farm’s employment practices, the slaying of the University of Iowa student, or both.

Authorities had no immediate response to inquiries. The activity comes one day after The Associated Press reported that the suspect in Tibbetts’ death, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, worked at the farm using the name John Budd.

Rescue crews were said to be on the scene this (Thursday) morning, of a rollover accident north of Kimballton, off Highway 173. The vehicle was said to be in the north ditch at the scene. No other details were immediately available from the Audubon County Sheriff’s Department, which was handling the scene.

ONAWA, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public meeting at 6:00 p.m., Sept. 11, at the Lewis & Clark State Park Visitor Center, to discuss plans for the Missouri River Fish Management Office. Any person attending the public meeting and has special requirements such as those related to mobility or hearing impairments should contact the DNR or ADA Coordinator at 515-725-8200, Relay Iowa TTY Service 800-735-7942, or Webmaster@dnr.iowa.gov, and advise of specific needs.