DENISON, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say the body of a 15-year-old Denison girl missing for a week has been pulled from the Boyer River.

Crawford County Sheriff Jim Steinkuehler says searchers found the body of Yoana Acosta around 3:45 p.m. Thursday in the western Iowa tributary.

The teen disappeared Jan. 19 after a car she was riding in crashed into the river. A 25-year-old man driving the car and three other teens managed to escape.

The driver, Ramon Hernandez of Denison, is in the Crawford County jail on charges of drug distribution to minors, marijuana possession, reckless driving, driving under suspension and failure to maintain control.

Hernandez’s attorney did not immediately return a message Thursday seeking comment.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of killing an Omaha resident.

Police say Malik Stelly was arrested Thursday and jailed. Online court records say he’s charged with first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and use of a firearm. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for Stelly.

He’s accused of shooting to death 28-year-old D’Angelo Branch on Jan. 11.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been given 30 to 40 years in prison for shooting two men in a botched marijuana deal.

Online court records say 28-year-old Leshawn Rogers was sentenced Wednesday in Lancaster County District Court. He’d pleaded no contest to two counts of assault after prosecutors reduced them in exchange for Rogers’ pleas.

Police say the shootings of the two Omaha residents occurred Feb. 11 last year at a home in Lincoln.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha school teacher is facing another child sex assault case.

A Douglas County judge ruled Wednesday that Daryl Clark will stand trial in a case that dates back to the 2004-2005 school year.

Prosecutors say a 24-year-old woman approached police after learning that Clark had been charged. She told authorities that Clark molested her when she was 11 and he was tutoring her at Beveridge Magnet Middle School. Her allegations were investigated but he was not prosecuted.

A district spokeswoman says he wasn’t fired then because there wasn’t enough information to do so. He was transferred to Monroe Middle School, where he was arrested in the most recent case.

Clark has pleaded not guilty to three counts of child sexual assault and one of having a firearm on school grounds.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Fremont area water utilities appear prepared to handle any contamination from a proposed Costco chicken plant, but water experts urge residents not to let their guard down.

Costco is looking to create a slaughterhouse in Fremont and develop a regional poultry farming network to provide chicken to its stores. The retail giant plans to contract with farms to raise around 17 million chickens at a time.

Opponents of the project have warned about possible resulting water contamination. They point to areas in southeastern United States with similar projects, where chicken manure gets into waterways, killing marine life and threatening businesses.

Des Moines Water Works CEO Bill Stowe says there should be a balance of economic growth and environmental issues “because the water is precious.”

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of a woman who was fatally wounded and a man who was injured in an Omaha shooting.

Police say officers were sent to Creighton University Medical Center around 1:40 a.m. Thursday after a private vehicle arrived there with the two shooting victims. Police say the woman has since died but the man is expected to survive his wound.

Police identified the dead woman as 23-year-old Ashlyn Higgins. The injured man was identified as 27-year-old Parris Stamps.

Homicide investigators are poring over a northeast Omaha site for clues and any witnesses. No arrests have been reported.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha zoo officials say a mountain lion that was shot and captured at one of Omaha’s busiest intersections in 2003 has died in captivity.

Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium says the puma, named “Omaha,” died Wednesday morning after a long battle with kidney disease.

The 108-pound, 7-foot long male cat captured national attention when it was spotted in a residential park near 114th Street and West Dodge Road. Police and zoo officials converged on the area and tranquilized it. But before the drug took effect, the cat lunged at an officer and was shot in a hind leg. After surgery, it recovered and remained at the zoo.

Then-zoo director Lee Simmons said he believed the puma followed a creek into the city, feeding on rabbits and dogs.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — A report released by Bix Ox Energy says an ongoing sewer odor is not primarily because of wastewater from the company’s plant, but rather the below-code plumbing in dozens of South Sioux City homes.

According to the report released Tuesday, most of the homes reporting “rotten eggs” sewer odors either have insufficient or broken plumbing systems or are sharing a wall with other units that have below-code plumbing. Engineering firm Black & Veatch began testing last week for sulfur-related compounds in the homes that could be causing the odors.

Bix Ox converts organic waste into methane gas, and went online at Roth Industrial Park in September. Shortly after going online, many residents that share a sewer line with the park began complaining of the odor. About two dozen residents were displaced from their homes, and a dozen still remain in hotels.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A nonprofit is opening a drop-in center in downtown Lincoln for homeless and runaway youth.

Cedars will open the Youth Opportunity Center in a former hair salon Feb. 1.

Cedars Executive Director Jim Blue says the new center is expected to serve about 750 teenagers annually. Staff and volunteers will work to guide the youth toward having permanent living conditions and community services access.

Blue says the number of young people living on their own seems to be increasing. Cedars street outreach program manager Christina Lloyd says many young adults who are too old for foster care aren’t comfortable with looking for help alongside older adults.

Lloyd says the goal is to make the center a “safe space” for teens.