Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several days of strong winds in late October arrived at the wrong time for many farmers who saw their crops shrink as ears of corn fell to the ground in Nebraska and western Iowa. The damage varied, but in the hardest hit parts of central Nebraska some farmers reported yields dropping from an estimated 250 bushels an acre before the wind to 190 bushels afterward.

SIOUX CITY , Iowa (AP) — Tossing trash on the ground or spitting on the sidewalk will no longer carry the possibility of jail time in Sioux City. The Sioux City Journal reports the City Council recently scaled back the number of violations that specify imprisonment as an optional penalty. Before the move, littering and spitting on a sidewalk carried up to 30 days in jail. Fines for those offenses _ ranging from $65 to more than $600 _ remain in effect.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Texas woman has been found guilty of vehicular homicide for a Jan. 30 Davenport crash that killed 53-year-old Cynthia Elaine Jones. The Quad-City Times reports that in a ruling Friday, a judge rejected 58-year-old Lauria Lee Kelly’s defense that she was insane at the time of the crash. Kelly, of Alvarado, Texas, faces up to 10 years in prison when she is sentenced Jan. 24.

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Charles City man has been sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for the June shooting death of another man. The Courier reports that 36-year-old Antoine Williams was sentenced Friday for second-degree murder. Iowa law says he must serve nearly 38 years before he can be released. Williams was found guilty by a Floyd County jury in October of killing 36-year-old Nathaniel Fleming on June 30 in Charles City.