A 49-year-old Iowa woman on probation for dumping 23 dead or dying dogs in a Nebraska cornfield in 2008 has admitted violating probation by living with 13 dogs.

A judge told Denise Withee, of Mapleton on Thursday that she'll be resentenced on April 26 and that she could face prison time.

Court records say Withee originally was sentenced in September 2009 to four years of probation and was ordered not to own, possess or reside with any animal for five years.

The 13 dogs were found by Iowa authorities in January in the home Withee shares with her mother.
    

Withee will remain in Hall County Jail in Nebraska until her sentencing.

A former assistant U.S. attorney alleges in a lawsuit that she was subjected to age discrimination and
harassment by her boss, Stephanie Rose.

Rose is a federal judge nominee now under consideration by the U.S. Senate. The lawsuit was filed by 55-year-old Martha Fagg.

She was a lawyer for 12 years in the Sioux City branch of the U.S. Attorney's Northern District office.

She alleges Rose removed or demoted staff and attorneys older than 40. After complaining in 2010, Fagg says Rose began a prolonged retaliation.

In a statement Thursday evening, Rose called the claims meritless. Fagg is seeking lost earnings, compensation for distress and other damages.

If confirmed, Rose would be a federal judge for the Southern District of Iowa. She is 39.

A LEEDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRST GRADE TEACHER WAS SUPRISED YESTERDAY WITH A DISTRICT AWARD.

SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL OFFICIALS NAMED YVONNE CHURCH AS THE 2013 DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

CHURCH STARTED WITH THE DISTRICT IN 1973 AND HAS TAUGHT EITHER FIRST OR SECOND GRADE WHILE SERVING ON NUMEROUS COMMITTEES.

COLLEAGUES SAY SHE RADIATES LOVE FOR CHILDREN AND TEACHING THROUGH HER POSITIVE, OUTGOING ATTITUDE.

DUDE IT'S BEEF...THAT'S THE SLOGAN  NEBRASKA LT. GOVERNOR RICK SHEEHY SAYS SHOULD BE USED TO REFER TO LEAN FINELY TEXTURED BEEF.

SHEEHY AND OFFICIALS FROM FIVE STATES, THE U.S.D.A AND FOOD SAFETY EXPERTS TOURED BEEF PRODUCTS INCORPORATED SOUTH SIOUX CITY PLANT THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO SEE HOW THE LEAN BEEF IS PRODUCED.

NANCY DONLEY WAS PRESIDENT FOR TEN YEARS OF THE GROUP STOP FOOD BOURNE ILLNESS. SHE LOST HER ONLY CHILD TO E-COLI POISONING AND SAYS B-P-I'S PROCESS HELPS MAKE GROUND BEEF SAFER TO EAT AND PROTECTS PEOPLE FROM POTENTIALLY FATAL PATHOGENS:

GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD TOOK A NETWORK TV REPORTER TO TASK WHEN HE QUESTIOPNED WHY B-P-I DIDN'T SELL THEIR PRODUCT AS AN ADDITIVE. BRANSTAD SAYS NATIONAL MEDIA DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE PRODUCT IS REAL BEEF:

TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY AND KANSAS GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK, WHOSE STATES HAD B-P-I PLANT CLOSINGS ON MONDAY, WERE ALSO ON THE TOUR.