A 23-year-old man has been convicted of attacking a 19-year-old woman at a rest stop off Interstate 29 near Onawa.

A news release from the office of the Monona county attorney says Mark Bitzan was accused of taking the woman into a stall in the women's restroom, threatening her with a knife
and sexually assaulting her.

The crime occurred on Dec. 17, 2010. A jury convicted Bitzan on Tuesday. His sentencing has not been scheduled yet.
    

The news release says Bitzan was convicted in 2006 of a sexual assault in Natrona County, Wyo.

A Sioux City woman who claimed she was roughed up by police during an arrest has been convicted of assaulting an officer.

34-year-old Dacosta Daniels was found guilty on Tuesday. She faces up to a year in jail.

Footage from a patrol car's dashboard camera shows the officers struggling with Daniels as she was handcuffed on Aug. 8 after a traffic stop.

On the tape, she is shown being punched in the side and put in a headlock. Police say an internal investigation found the officers had followed policies.

Police say Daniels used profanities to answer an officer's questions and punched him in the head when he attempted to take her cellphone.

Iowa Congressman Steve King is among Republicans upset with President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline project.

Congressman King says the decision to reject Keystone was a political one:

King says he believes Obama made the decision now so it wouldn't be hanging over his head before he gives his State of the Union address.

THE HEAD OF TRANSCANADA OIL SAYS HIS COMPANY WILL REAPPLY FOR A PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT AN OIL PIPELINE THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST TO TEXAS.

C-E-O RUSS GIRLING SAYS THE COMPANY HOPES TO HAVE THE NEW APPLICATION PROCESSED IN AN EXPEDITED MANNER TO ALLOW FOR AN IN-SERVICE DATE OF 2014.

PRESIDENT OBAMA REJECTED THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE PROJECT WEDNESDAY SAYING THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME TO DETERMINE ITS SAFETY OR ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT.

GIRLING SAYS TRANSCANADA WILL ALSO WORK WITH NEBRASKA TO DETERMINING THE SAFEST ROUTE THROUGH THE STATE TO AVOID THE SANDHILLS...A STUMBLING POINT FOR THE INITIAL APPLICATION BECAUSE OF THE AQUIFER THERE.

GIRLING SAYS THOUSANDS OF JOBS HANG IN THE BALANCE AND THE PROJECT IS TOO IMPORTANT TO THE U.S. AND CANADIAN ECONOMIES AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES NOT TO PROCEED.