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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A California woman who pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge has been sentenced in Iowa to three years in a federal prison. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Janeth Pineda, of Chula Vista, California, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. She’d pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. She admitted in her plea agreement that she opened bank accounts in Iowa from summer 2013 through August 2014 so her husband’s drug customers could deposit payments to him. Prosecutors say her husband, Michael Pineda, headed an operation that took methamphetamine from California to Iowa.
Prosecutors say Michael Pineda is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and money laundering.
(Radio Iowa) — A California company plans to reopen a Hamilton County truck stop that closed last month. Anyway Logistics, Incorporated of Fresno purchased the Boondocks U.S.A. Truck Stop near Williams for $500,000 at an auction held on Wednesday. It will be the first truck stop to be owned by Anyway Logistics. The Boondocks truck stop closed October 20th after 45 years of operation by owners Bob and Miriam Welch. The reason for the closing was due to competition from nearby truck stops and finding enough employees. The truck stop hosts a diner and a 30-unit motel located off Interstate 35 near Williams. The truck stop served as a haven for stranded motorists during adverse winter weather. No date has been set for the reopening of the truck stop.
ELAINE B. OWEN, 92, of Dallas Center (Formerly of Audubon), died Tuesday, Nov. 27th, at the Spurgeon Manor, in Dallas Center. Funeral services for ELAINE OWEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1st, at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is Friday, Nov. 30th, from 4:30-until 6:30-p.m.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery.
ELAINE OWEN is survived by:
Her daughter – Diane Lundgren, of Dallas Center.
Her sister – Martha Leader, of Bellevue, NE.
1 grandson, 4 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren, and her half brother-in-law Bernard (Bessie) Owen, of Audubon.
Police in Red Oak, Wednesday afternoon, arrested a man wanted on warrants out of Carroll and Montgomery Counties. 36-year old Jesse Donald Trost, of Red Oak, was taken into custody without incident after the warrants were served. Trost was taken into custody on a Carroll County warrant for Contempt of Court/Failure to pay child support, and an active warrant out of Montgomery County, for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond.
Today: Areas of fog this morning; Increasing cloudiness w/ a chance of scattered light rain this afternoon. High around 37. SE @ 5-10.
Tonight: Cloudy w/a chance of a rain-snow mix early. Low 25. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: Mo. Cloudy. High 40. SE @ 10-20.
Saturday: Cloudy w/a rain-snow mix, late. High 38.
Sunday: Cloudy w/light snow or flurries. High 32.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 32. Our Low this morning 17. Last year on this date our High was 51 and the Low was 15. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 71 in 1998. The Record Low was -8 in 1891.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Learfield Sports has suspended Iowa play-by-play broadcaster Gary Dolphin for two games for negative comments directed at Hawkeyes guard Maishe Dailey that inadvertently made it to the air during a commercial break on Tuesday.
Iowa announced on Wednesday that Dolphin, who has broadcast Hawkeyes games for over 20 years, will miss Friday’s game against No. 22 Wisconsin and Monday’s game at No. 9 Michigan State after comments dismissive of Dailey’s play aired during Tuesday’s 69-68 win over Pittsburgh.
Iowa athletic director Gary Barta says the suspension is because of those comments “as well as some ongoing tensions that have built up over the past couple of years.” Dolphin apologized for his comments after the win over the Panthers. Dolphin did not swear or use inappropriate language but sounded exasperated as he criticized Dailey for dribbling with his head down into a double team.
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Ciara Duffy made five 3-pointers and scored 17 points, Allison Arens added three 3-pointers and 11 points and South Dakota beat No. 23 Iowa State 64-59 on Wednesday night.
The Cyclones rallied from an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit to pull within three points with 1:19 remaining, but Madison McKeever’s free throws with 14 seconds left sealed it for South Dakota.
Hannah Sjerven had 10 points and 10 rebounds for South Dakota (6-1), which hosted Iowa State for the first time since 1984.
South Dakota knocked down six 3-pointers in the second quarter, outscoring Iowa State 22-9 for a 35-18 halftime advantage. Madison Wise made three 3-pointers and scored a season-high 19 points for Iowa State (5-1), which entered one of just 37 unbeaten teams in Division I. Bridget Carleton added 14 points on 5-of-19 shooting. Iowa State returns home to play Arkansas on Sunday in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
Wise scored 10 straight during ISU’s 15-0 fourth-quarter run.
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Sam Merrill scored 20 points as host Utah State beat Northern Iowa 71-52 on Wednesday night in the Mountain West/Missouri Valley Conference Challenge. The Aggies (6-1) snapped a two-game losing skid and are now 2-2 in their annual contest.
Merrill, a junior guard who led all scorers with 50 points in two games during the MGM Main Event in Las Vegas, made 7 of 14 field goals and all four of his free-throw attempts. Luke McDonnell scored 14 points to lead Northern Iowa (3-4).
Utah State built a 31-23 halftime lead. The Panthers stayed within double digits until a 5-0 spurt made it 48-35 with nine minutes left and they didn’t get closer. Diogo Brito’s two free throws stretched the Aggies’ lead to 60-42 with 5:22 remaining.
It was the first meeting between the schools.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Learfield Sports has suspended Iowa play-by-play broadcaster Gary Dolphin for two games for negative comments directed at Hawkeyes guard Maishe Dailey that inadvertently made it to the air during a commercial break. Iowa says that Dolphin, who has broadcast Hawkeyes games for over 20 years, will miss upcoming games against No. 22 Wisconsin and at No. 9 Michigan State after comments dismissive of Dailey’s play aired during a 69-68 win over Pittsburgh.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Berry was back on the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice field for the first time since early in training camp, though it remains unclear when the star safety will be ready for games. Berry tore his Achilles’ tendon in last season’s opener but was back on the practice field over the summer. He began training camp but then was sidelined by a troublesome heel problem.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Zylan Cheatham finished an assist short of the second triple-double in school history and Arizona State rolled to an 89-71 victory over Nebraska-Omaha. Arizona State beat No. 15 Mississippi State and Utah State last week to win the MGM Main Event in Las Vegas. The Sun Devils were short-handed against Omaha and started slow before using a big run to turn the game into a rout.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Damien Jefferson scored 18 points, Martin Krampelj added 17 and Creighton shot 60 percent in beating Montana 98-72. Creighton was 32 of 53 from the field, including 13 of 25 from distance, and made 21 of 30 free throws.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Becca Hittner scored 15 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter to help No. 24 Drake pull away for an 85-69 victory over Creighton. Hittner matched her season high and went over 1,000 points in her career. Sara Rhine added 17 points and Sammie Bachrodt had nine rebounds for the Bulldogs. Drake shot a season-best 13 of 28 on 3-pointers. Creighton’s Temi Carda scored 18 of her career-high 20 points in the second half.
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