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Saturday News, December 8th

THREE ARRESTED AFTER TRI-STATE AREA PURSUIT

SIOUX CITY POLICE HAVE THREE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A CAR THEFT AND ROBBERY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AT 18TH AND GRANDVIEW THAT LED TO A VEHICLE PURSUIT THROUGH THE TRI-STATE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

LT. PAT BREYFOGLE OF THE SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS DETECTIVES SPOTTED THE STOLEN CAR ON THE WESTSIDE WHEN THEY RESPONDED TO A POSSIBLE SHOOTING ON THE CITY’S WESTSIDE JUST BEFORE 3PM FRIDAY:

THAT PURSUIT FROM NORTH SIOUX CITY DOWN INTERSTATE 29 AT TIMES REACHED NEARLY 100 MILES AN HOUR.

FROM THERE THE SUSPECTS WENT FROM IOWA INTO SOUTH SIOUX CITY BEFORE RETURNING ACROSS THE VETS BRIDGE WHERE THE CAR RAN OVER A POLICE SPIKE STRIP.

THE CHASE ENDED AT 21ST AND WALL WHERE THE SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY;

THE DRIVER AND OTHER SUSPECTS WERE BEING QUESTIONED BY DETECTIVES AND THE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENTS S CONTINUING.

BREYFOGLE SAYS THE PURSUIT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE SHOOTING VICTIM, 23-YEAR-OLD BRODY COBBS OF SIOUX CITY, WHO CHECKED HIMSELF INTO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER.

COBBS IS IN STABLE CONDITION AND TOLD POLICE A MALE SUSPECT SHOT HIM AS HE SAT IN A CAR AFTER A CONFRONTATION NEAR WEST 2ND AND LEONARD.

TAILWAGGERS READY FOR ANNUAL LITTLE YELLOW DOG AUCTION

THE HO-CHUNK CENTRE WILL BE ALIVE WITH SOUNDS OF AUCTIONEERING, HOLIDAY MUSIC AND CHRISTMAS CHEER TODAY.

IT’S FOR THE 83RD YEAR OF THE AUCTION PUT ON BY THE ANCIENT AND EFFERVESCENT ORDER OF THE LITTLE YELLOW DOG.

POLAR, A WHITE GOLDEN RETRIEVER, IS THIS YEAR’S CHOICE FOR THE AUCTION TO SUPPORT THE SIOUX CITY JOURNAL’S MR. GOODFELLOW CHILDREN’S TOY FUND.

SENIOR TAILWAGGER STU HUFF SAYS MANY PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO THE CHILDREN’S TOY FUND KNOWING THEY WON’T WIN THE DOG:

FELLOW TAILWAGGER BEAU BRAUNGER SAYS JUST BEING AT THE AUCTION PUTS YOU IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT:

THE FIRST DOG SOLD FOR $25 DOLLARS BACK IN 1936.
LAST YEAR’S PUP SOLD FOR $15,000.

JUDGE SETS TIMETABLE FOR DECISION ON IOWA HEARTBEAT BILL

A state court judge says he will take up to 60 days to consider arguments in a legal challenge to Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law, an abortion bill considered one of the strictest in the country.

The law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May would prohibit most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks of pregnancy.

The law was to take effect July 1st, but a legal challenge by abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood and the Emma Goldman Clinic, halted its implementation.

The abortion providers and the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa argued Friday to Judge Michael Huppert that the primary issues in the case have been decided by the Iowa Supreme Court and they asked the judge to declare the law unconstitutional and end the case without a trial in a summary judgment.

The attorney for Reynolds and the state says there are many disputed issues different in this law that must be heard at trial.

NEBRASKA PRINCIPAL ON LEAVE AFTER BANNING CHRISTMAS SYMBOLS

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska elementary school principal has been placed on leave after a conservative Christian group threatened legal action over her ban on Christmas and holiday symbols in her school.

Elkhorn Public Schools quickly reversed the ban on Santa, candy canes, red and green items, and other Christmas-related symbols after Liberty Counsel accused the district of hostility toward Christians. The district says Manchester Elementary principal Jennifer Sinclair violated district policy that specifically allows Christmas trees and other seasonal symbols to be displayed.

Sinclair apologized to parents in an email Wednesday. She was placed on administrative leave Thursday and couldn’t be reached for comment Friday.

Liberty Counsel is known for taking up evangelical and anti-gay rights causes. It represented a former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.