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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman stabbed to death outside her home on the west side of Sioux City. She’s been identified as 24-year-old Kenia Alvarez-Flores. Police say she died at a hospital after being stabbed several times before 8 a.m. Sunday. Authorities have arrested and charged 20-year-old Melissa Camargo-Flores, of Dakota City, Nebraska. Her attorney didn’t immediately return a call Tuesday from The Associated Press.
Court documents say Camargo-Flores admitted stabbing Alvarez-Flores and told investigators she’d been involved in a relationship with the victim’s boyfriend. Authorities say the two women were not related.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Johnston teacher accused of groping and making sexual comments to an anatomy class student has been given two years of probation. Court records say 34-year-old Dustin Mead entered an Alford plea to a harassment charge in a plea deal. He originally pleaded not guilty to sexual abuse and sexual abuse by a school employee. The Alford plea means Mead acknowledges there’s enough evidence for a jury to reach a guilty verdict, but he says he didn’t commit the acts alleged.
Mead resigned from his teaching job at Johnston schools in April 2017 after a female student alleged he gave her grades she didn’t earn, made sexual comments and groped her during the 2015-2016 school year.
Mead’s lawyer, Guy Cook, told The Des Moines Register that Mead “maintains his innocence because he is innocent.”
While the initial reaction to the grain and livestock markets was negative after U-S tariffs were announced, Iowa State University Extension Grain Marketing Specialist says some of those markets have shown signs of recovery. Chad Hart says there is some hope the U-S and China may begin negotiations to minimize the impact of the trade war. Hart says some if not all of the tariffs might not happen as they could be negoitiated away. He says while the tariffs were announced, they don’t go into place for two months.
Hart says the initial drop in soybean prices came back up some and there is hope the time lag before the tariffs happen gives hope the damage can keep from being too bad. He says there is time for negoitiators to get rid of the tariffs before they even start, and that led to some rebound in the markets after the initial drop. Hart says several Iowa farm and commodity organizations have had trade missions to China in order to build a relationship. He says it may be difficult for those farm organizations to maintain the trusting relationship needed with the Chinese. He says it often takes years to build up a trade relationship, but it can be swept away rather quickly.
(Radio Iowa)
Today: Area of fog possible this morning; Mo. Sunny. High 54. SW @ 10-15.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 38. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 70. SW @ 15-25.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 68.
Friday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/showers. High near 70.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 36. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.), was 26. We received just a trace of drizzle and snow flurries Monday. Last year on this date our High was 59 and the Low was 29. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 94 in 1930. The Record Low was 17, in 1989.
Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County, Monday night, arrested a Cass County man on a drug charge. 19-year old Markus Joshua Bothwell, of Griswold, was arrested at the intersection of Elm and 2nd Streets, in Elliott, at around 8:35-p.m. Bothwell was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $1,000.
The prospect of a return to winter weather conditions this weekend has forced the cancellation of Iowa State’s spring football game. The school announced late Monday afternoon that Athletic Director Jamie Pollard and Head Coach Matt Campbell mutually decided to cancel the spring game set for Saturday in Ames due to the forecast for poor weather conditions.
The game will not be rescheduled and other activities scheduled in conjunction with the game are also canceled. The National Weather Service says temperatures could reach into the 70’s by Wednesday — but they are expected to plummet again by Saturday back into the 30’s and 40’s with the possibility of more snow.
A statement from Pollard says the team will hold its final spring practice Saturday behind closed doors.
(Radio Iowa/Learfield Sports)
Two senior corners give the Iowa State defense a chance to make even more progress next season. Brian Peavy returns for his senior season after considering a jump to the NFL. He was a first team All Big-12 selection last season. He and fellow senior DeAndre Payne will be the leaders of the secondary. Peavy says the goal is to become the best secondary in the Big 12.
ISU was scheduled to hold its Spring game this Saturday, but it was cancelled due to the anticipated return of Winter weather.
(Learfield Sports)
The Iowa Hawkeyes are looking to post their punt game and punt return game in spring drills. The Hawkeyes ranked 13th in net punting last season and special teams coordinator LeVar Woods says there is competition for the punting job.
Colten Rastetter handled the majority of the punting chores last season and averaged just under 38 yards as a sophomore. Ryan Gersonde punted 13 times for an average of just over 42 yards as a freshman and Woods says he is trying to find the right style of. Woods says the two punters have contrasting styles.
Iowa is looking to find a spark in the punt return game. The Hawkeyes finished 10th in returns last year and averaged just over six yards per return. Woods says sophomore receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette has shined this spring in the return game. He caught 18 passes as a freshman. Iowa’s spring drills run through April 20th.
(Learfield Sports)
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