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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., Jan 20th 2015

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January 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa State Patrol supervisor is facing criticism for joking on Facebook that he wanted a sniper to shoot a prominent ESPN announcer in the head. Lt. Kelly Hindman, district commander of Post 7 in Fort Dodge, wrote the post about Dan Dakich on Saturday during the Iowa-Ohio State men’s basketball game. Hindman and other Hawkeyes fans used social media to criticize Dakich’s call of the game. Dakich called star player Aaron White “Andrew.” Hindman wrote that he wished “there was a sniper at Carver Hawkeye to shoot the color commentator in the head…cause he is driving me nuts. I’m about to watch the game Helen Keller style in a bit.”

HILLS, Iowa (AP) — Officials say one person has been injured after jumping from a moving party bus in eastern Iowa. Johnson County Sheriff officials say the person was hospitalized after jumping from the vehicle early Sunday morning on Highway 218, south of Hills. The person hasn’t been identified, and their condition was not immediately known.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Agriculture officials say an increase in corn and soybean profit is bringing young Iowans and Nebraskans back to the farm. Charles Wiiest, market president of the Nebraska-based Arbor Bank, says young people are now more likely to start their own farm or join their family’s farming business. Wiiest credits this influx to improved profitability in the agriculture industry in recent years.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Davenport officials have received a $3 million state grant for a Martin Luther King Jr. park. The Iowa Economic Development Authority grant will boost efforts for the $6 million project, which commemorates a speech King gave downtown after receiving an award from the Diocese of Davenport nearly 50 years ago. It also celebrates a former strip of local businesses where jazz musician Louis Armstrong is believed to have performed. Officials said Friday the grant will allow them to begin local fundraising to complete the project.