DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A judge will temporarily block the most restrictive abortion law in the country from taking effect in Iowa next month under an agreement between lawyers for the state and abortion rights groups. KCRG-TV reports the advocacy groups have sued the state to block the law, which bans most abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines teenager accidentally shot and killed himself earlier this week on the city’s east side, according to the Des Moines Register. James Shorter, 17, was sitting in a car Monday when he moved a handgun and accidentally shot himself in the neck.

TIPTON, IA (IRN) – A Cedar County woman has been charged with the 1992 murder of a man near West Liberty. KCRG-TV reports 55-year-old Annette Cahill has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Corey Wieneke. Police say Cahill had a previous sexual relationship with Wieneke, and that they have new evidence she beat him to death with a baseball bat after an argument about his involvement with another woman.

FORT DODGE, IA (IRN) – The body of a man missing after his kayak overturned on the Des Moines River in Fort Dodge has been found. KCCI-TV reports Alex Dencklau was discovered yesterday by family members assisting in the search. Dencklau and his wife were kayaking when both kayaks flipped Monday. She swam to shore, but he was swept away by the river.

WEST BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa man was hospitalized after getting stuck in a grain bin Wednesday. WHO-TV reports the accident happened in West Burlington, along the Mississippi River. The farmer was trapped in the bin for over an hour. Firefighters believe an air pocket in the grain collapsed and pulled him under. The man’s head and neck remained exposed, but the grain crushed the rest of his body.

TIFFIN, IA (IRN) – What’s the fastest growing town in Iowa? It’s Tiffin, according to the Des Moines Register. The bedroom community near the Iowa City and Cedar Rapid metro areas, saw its population increase from 1,964 to 3,361 between 2010 and 2017. That’s a 72 percent increase. In 1990, the eastern Iowa town was home to only 460 people. Projections are it’s poised to top 4,000 residents by 2020 and 12,000 by 2030.