COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Small groups of protesters gathered outside Planned Parenthood clinics in western Iowa’s Council Bluffs, as wells as Lincoln, Nebraska, on Saturday as part of a nationwide movement to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the agency of all federal funding.

The website www.ProtestPP.com says it wants the funding reallocated to health centers that help disadvantaged women without providing abortions. In Iowa, rallies were also held at Planned Parenthood locations in Council Bluffs, Cedar Falls, Des Moines, Iowa City and Sioux City.

About two dozen people rallied outside the Council Bluffs Planned Parenthood clinic. No group of Planned Parenthood defenders made an appearance in the deeply conservative western Iowa city. The small rally was met mostly with honks of approval and thumbs-up from passing motorists.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — A University of Northern Iowa student is using her trumpet to give back to veterans, playing “Taps” at many local military funerals. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports university marching band member JD Waybill of Central City has been performing at most military funerals with the Cedar Falls AMVETs Post 49 since 2015.

Waybill reached out to the Cedar Falls AMVETs because she had performed at military funerals in Central City since eighth grade and wanted to continue doing so in college. Waybill estimates she’s performed at more than 100 funerals in Central City and Cedar Falls combined.

Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 39 commander Marv Mattfield says Waybill’s services are in high demand given the rate at which aging World War II and Korean War veterans are passing away.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Protesters are slated to gather at Planned Parenthood offices in Iowa and Nebraska as part of a nationwide movement to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the agency of all federal funding.

The website www.ProtestPP.com says it wants the funding reallocated to health centers that help disadvantaged women without destroying human life through abortion.

In Iowa, protests are scheduled Saturday for Planned Parenthood locations in Council Bluffs, Cedar Falls, Des Moines, Iowa City and Sioux City. A rally in Nebraska is slated Saturday for the Planned Parenthood office in Lincoln.

Ice fishing is not recommended over about the southern third of Iowa and caution is advised across the state. D-N-R conservation officer Michael Miller recently had to rescue an ice fisherman who fell through the ice on West Lake near Osceola. Miller says people may get fooled by a couple of cold days and think the ice is safe.

“It takes some pretty extreme conditions to make ice…and now we are having open water and when that water gets blown around by the wind, that weakens the ice,” Miller says. Temperatures were rising again Friday and Miller says that also adds to the problem.

“You don’t make very much ice on sub-32 degree days this time of year,” Miller says, “it needs to be 32 and under for considerable amounts of time.” He says far more ice is lost on warm days than is gained when the temperature might dip down below 32 at night. Miller says the water remains cold and the is a bigger concern when someone falls through the ice than drowning as it does not take long for hypothermia to set in and be deadly.

(Radio Iowa)

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Sheriff’s Deputies in Fremont County responding Friday night to a disturbance outside of Hamburg, arrested 22-year old Jacob Duerfeldt, of Hamburg, for Sexual Abuse/Assault on a juvenile in the 3rd Degree. Deputies were called to 3027 300th Avenue at around 9-p.m., and took Duerfeldt into custody following an investigation into the incident. The name of the juvenile was not released.

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope says Duerfeldt was transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center and held on a $10,000 cash bond. The incident remains under investigation.

Jacob Duerfeldt

A traffic stop late Friday night in Shenandoah resulted in a woman taken into custody on drug charges. Authorities say Officers stopped a vehicle in the 200 block of N. Elm Street at around 10:20-p.m., Friday. After speaking with the occupants of the vehicle and K-9 “Argo” being deployed, officers arrested 37-year old Amber Sue Glantz, of Shenandoah.

Glantz was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) – a serious misdemeanor and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia – a simple misdemeanor. She was transported to Page County Jail, where her bond was set at $1,000.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:00-a.m. CST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The powerful and controversial leader of the board that governs Iowa’s public universities says he will not seek a second six-year term. Iowa Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter said Friday that it was a tough decision, but he will not ask Gov. Terry Branstad for a new appointment. He thanked Branstad for giving him the opportunity to serve and said he is leaving satisfied with accomplishments that include a tuition freeze.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Woodbury County attorney has cleared of wrongdoing a Sioux City police officer who fatally shot a South Dakota man during a traffic stop. County Attorney Patrick Jennings said Friday that Officer Dylan Grimsley was justified in shooting 36-year-old Daniel Riedmann, of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, on Dec. 7. Police say Grimsley shot Riedmann when Riedmann reached for something. Police say a loaded handgun was found in the vehicle.

DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a 27-year-old Iowa man was shot to death east of Denver. The Adams County coroner tells the Denver Post that Zackery Henderson, of Mason City, Iowa, was pronounced dead at Denver Health Medical Center. Deputies responding to reports of a disturbance say Henderson was found fatally wounded at about 3 a.m. Monday near the intersection of U.S. 36 and North Pecos Street.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has made it significantly more difficult for police to continue to ask questions or even ask for a driver’s license during routine traffic stops if there is no reasonable suspicion a crime has been committed. In a ruling Friday, the majority of a divided 4-3 court overturned a 30-year-old Iowa legal precedent that said officers could at least ask drivers to produce their license during routine stops.

The Woodbury County Attorney has ruled Sioux City police were justified in shooting an armed suspect to death during a traffic stop last December. “The death of Daniel Riedmann is determined to be a justifiable homicide under the laws of the State of Iowa,” according to Woodbury County Attorney Patrick Jennings. He talked about the shooting of 36-year-old Daniel Riedmann (RIDE-man) during a news conference Friday afternoon.

“Riedmann was actively disobeying the officers’ commands to exit the vehicle and, in fact, he locked his door,” Jennings said. “When Riedmann began to make aggressive movements inside the vehicle, the officers did draw their weapons and continually instructed him to show his hands and exit the vehicle. Still, Riedmann refused to obey those officers’ commands.”

Sioux City Police had stopped a vehicle with a female driver and a passenger on the evening of December 7th. The passenger was Riedmann, who was from Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. The officers learned there was an arrest warrant for Riedmann, who was to be considered armed and dangerous. Officer Jordan Burns saw a handgun on the rear seat behind Riedmann. Jennings says Officer Dylan Grimsley shot Riedmann as the suspect began reaching for something.

“Had Riedmann not made aggressive movements away from offices which denied Grimsley the ability to see Riedmann’s hands, Grimsley would not have been faced with the split-second resulting in him using deadly force for officer safety,” Jennings says. The policeman fired four shots, striking Riedemann four times. Trevor Modlin of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says the handgun WAS loaded.

“The gun actually came out of the car when Riedmann was removed from the vehicle, so it fell out with him,” Modlin says. Modlin says an autopsy showed Riedemann had meth along with amphetamines in his system at the time of the shooting.

(Radio Iowa)

A new study shows a one-cent statewide sales tax has helped Iowa schools address overdue facility and equipment needs. The Secure an Advanced Vision for Education — or SAVE — fund was created by the legislature in 2008 to replace another tax program that led to inequities between urban and rural districts. Iowa State University economist Dave Swenson says districts have used money from the SAVE fund for a variety of purposes, depending on their size and student population trends.

“Growing districts have way more demand for new bricks and mortar. Stable districts are looking to be able to maintain maybe both their bricks and mortar and their equipment needs, while some of the declining rural districts are having to invest in technology and alternative education systems and mechanisms,” Swenson said.

The ISU study, compiled for the Iowa Association of School Boards, covered SAVE spending from 2009 to 2015. During that time, SAVE has generated just under three-billion dollars ($3 billion) for school infrastructure construction projects. But, Swenson notes districts can also borrow, based on future SAVE revenues, and they’ve taken on a combined $2.42 billion in debt.

“That penny sales tax appears to not be sufficient to fund all of their incremental equipment and infrastructure needs,” Swenson said. One of the selling points for the SAVE fund was the promise of property tax relief. The ISU researchers found that 30 percent of Iowa school districts used SAVE funds for direct property tax relief in 2011. However, that level dropped to just under 17 percent four years later. The SAVE fund is due to expire in 2029.

(Radio Iowa)