Deputies in Fremont County, Monday, arrested a woman in connection with an assault that took place April 21st. Authorities says 50-year old Cynthia Devault, of Hamburg, was arrested for Willful Injury and Domestic Abuse 2^nd Offense. Additional charges are pending.

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Officials say Deputies were called to a home in Hamburg on April 21st, following a report of a man having possibly been stabbed.  Deputies determined that Devault had stabbed the man during an argument, and fled the scene prior to law enforcement arrival.  The unidentified male subject was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Devault is being held on $7,000 bond at the Fremont County Jail.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports a traffic stop Tuesday by Deputies with the Fremont County K9 Unit, resulted in the arrest of two men on drug charges. The vehicle was pulled over for speeding, near the intersection of 380^th Ave and Hwy 2 near Farragut, Iowa.

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During the traffic stop, a K9 was deployed and indicated to the presence of controlled substances in the vehicle.  A subsequent search uncovered marijuana and a loaded handgun concealed inside the vehicle. The driver, 20-year old Brandon Vanatta, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance, (marijuana.)  A passenger, 20-year old Anthony McCart, was placed under arrest for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Carrying a Loaded Weapon. Both men are from Thurman.

Vanatta was being held on a $1,000 bond, while McCart was being held on a $2,300 bond at the Fremont County Jail.  Two minors in the vehicle were released to the custody of their parents.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers have paved the way for the nation’s most restrictive abortion legislation in the country. The Republican-majority Iowa Senate fast-tracked a vote early Wednesday morning on a so-called “heartbeat” bill that seeks to ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The GOP-controlled Iowa House approved the bill hours earlier.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has appointed her 78-year-old father to a six-year term on a panel that vets and recommends candidates for open judgeships. Reynolds on Tuesday announced that she had appointed Charles Strawn of Saint Charles to the District 5A Judicial Nomination Commission, among two dozen other appointments to similar commissions. The governor’s announcement didn’t mention that Strawn is her father, but press secretary Brenna Smith confirmed the relationship.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police in eastern Iowa have announced an arrest in the killing of a woman pulled from a burning garage. Cedar Rapids police say they have arrested 38-year-old Timothy Wesley Evans in the death of 38-year-old Gina Frederiksen. Police said Tuesday in a news release that investigators believe Evans broke into the detached garage, assaulted Frederiksen and then set fire to the garage.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has amended his annual personal financial disclosure to list several private companies that were left off his initial filing. The Associated Press reported last month that a company Pate formed in 2016 recently spent $2 million purchasing a strip mall and developing a Cedar Rapids storage business. Yet he didn’t name the company when asked to list his outside businesses. Pate’s amended filing names that company and three others that weren’t on his earlier form.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Legislators in the Republican-controlled Iowa House have begun debate on a so-called “heartbeat” bill that seeks to ban most abortions in the state. Lawmakers are expected to debate for hours Wednesday over the legislation, which would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. That’s usually around six weeks of pregnancy.

The measure would need a final vote in the GOP-led Senate before it can be sent to Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who hasn’t said whether she’d sign it into law. If enacted, the legislation would almost certainly be challenged over whether it violates U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

Mississippi passed a law earlier this year that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That legislation is considered the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, but it’s on hold amid litigation.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department have released additional information with regard to an officer involved shooting that took place a little after 3-a.m. Tuesday (Today). Authorities say a preliminary review of the available evidence and information has been completed by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber and the Council Bluffs Police Department.

As a result of that review Council Bluffs detectives have obtained felony arrest warrants for 28-year old Clifton A. Wade, whose last known address was in Bondurant. Wade was still being treated at a local hospital for non‐life‐threatening injuries (including lacerations to his face and a gunshot wound to the arm) suffered during a collision with two Council Bluffs Police cruisers and from being shot by a Council Bluffs Police Officer following the collisions. Upon his medical release, he will be turned over to Nebraska authorities on warrants for two-counts of Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer, and felony Eluding.

Wade has not yet been booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail. All the officers involved made it home safely. The officer who fired the shots that injured Wade has been placed on administrative leave while the investigation runs its course. The other four officers have been cleared to return to duty. Their names will not be released until sometime later this week.

Wade was arrested and transported to the hospital following a chase that started near a construction site. The pursuit began on South 11th Street in Council Bluffs and ended on Interstate 29 southbound.

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports two men were arrested on warrants, recently. Vandewater says on April 26^th, Greenfield Police arrested 29-year-old Brian Keith Cunningham, of Greenfield. He was taken into custody on a warrant for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order, and on two warrants for Violation of Probation. Cunningham was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $10,000 cash-only bond.

And, Deputies in Adair County arrested 34-year-old Joshua Ray Derry, of Fontanelle, April 22^nd, on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Probation. Derry posted a $2,000 cash or surety bond. Adair County Deputies also arrested 18-year-old Koy Alan Brandt, of Greenfield, on April 28^th for Possession of Marijuana. He was held in the jail on a $1,000 cash or surety bond. 18-year old Jesse Christopher Christensen, of Fontanelle, was arrested April 27^th in Adair County, for OWI 1^st Offense and Driving While License Denied/Revoked for OWI. He was being held on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

And, 61-year old Barbara Ann Davis, of Dexter, was cited in Adair County on April 25^th, for Operating While Intoxicated 1^st Offense. She was released on the citation.