The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Thursday evening of a Corning man. 23-year old Ian Gepner was taken into custody at around 6:15-p.m., on an Adams County warrant for Supplying Alcohol to a Minor resulting in injury. Authorities say the warrant stems from a incident which took place June 16th, where a person under the age of 21 who was allegedly on Gepner’s property and had been drinking booze, was injured. Gepner was being held in the Adams County Jail on $2,000 bond,Thursday.

And, the Red Police Department reports an alcohol-related arrest occured, Thursday. 23-year old Kiley Brian Caron, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 3:15-p.m. on west Coolbaugh Street, on a charge of OWI/1st Offense. Caron was being held in the Montgomery County Jail Thursday, on $1,000 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican Governor Terry Branstad now has the final say on payments for all Medicaid-funded abortions in Iowa. Branstad yesterday signed a health care bill that includes a provision that changes the rules for how the state reimburses abortions for Medicaid patients. Previously the state Medicaid program approved the dollars after extensive review. But under the new rules, Branstad, a practicing Roman Catholic, will have to sign off on those reimbursement dollars.

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — Republican Ben Lange says he won’t run in next year’s elections for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District seat. The 34-year-old attorney from Independence lost in 2010 and 2012 to Representative Bruce Braley, a Democrat who is running for the U.S. Senate instead of seeking re-election. Lange cited family demands in his announcement on Wednesday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the suspicious death of a Des Moines hammer attack suspect wasn’t the result of a crime. The Des Moines Register) reports that a police spokesman said that although the cause of Larry Western’s death on April 25th was undetermined, the case is not a homicide.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Johnson County and its sheriff’s department have reached a settlement with a transgender woman over the courthouse’s bathroom policy. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports the settlement with 56-year-old Jodie Jones of Iowa City, means deputies will receive new training on civil rights matters and the county will clarify its policy on public restroom use.