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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A Nebraska filmmaker caught up in Iowa’s film tax credits scandal has been acquitted at his third trial. The Des Moines Register reports jurors found Dennis Brouse not guilty Thursday of fraudulent practice. He’d been convicted at two previous trials, but the Iowa Appeals Court overturned both convictions, once because of issues with evidence, once because of faulty jury instruction.
Brouse made public television programs about horse training that aired in Nebraska. He moved his company to Iowa to take advantage of generous tax credits. Iowa suspended the credits program after auditors discovered that $26 million in credits were improperly issued.
Prosecutors accused Brouse of buying a trailer for $10,500, but reporting that it cost twice that much so he could inflate his credits.
Today: Areas of fog this morning; Mostly Sunny. High 72. NE @ 5-10.
Tonight: Partly Cloudy. Low 46.Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow: Mostly Sunny. High near 80. SW @ 10-15.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 83.
Monday: P/Cldy w/isolated thundershowers. High 83.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 73. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m) was 41. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 68 and the low was 39. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 94 in 1956. The Record Low was 25 in 1895.
Under current law, licensed teachers, administrators and coaches can be charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee if they’re suspected of inappropriate contact with an Iowa student. A new law the governor approved yesterday (Thursday) expands the list of people who could be charged with this crime to “non-licensed” school employees like cooks, custodians, bus drivers and volunteers who oversee students. Representative Megan Jones of Sioux Rapids has been trying to pass this legislation for a few years.
“Many of you have reached out to me in one way or another and said that you had a similar issue in your district and I just appreciate the thoughtful, hard consideration you put into this bill so that we can make the children of Iowa safer,” Jones said during House consideration of the bill last month. Those found guilty of the crime of sexual exploitation by a school employee can be sentenced to up to two years in prison.
Three years ago lawmakers adjusted the law so prosecutors could charge COACHES with the crime of sexual exploitation of a student. Legislators acted after the Iowa Supreme Court tossed out a conviction against an assistant basketball coach for having sex with a 16-year-old student. The court ruled the 36-year-old coach did not fall under the law forbidding sexual exploitation of students because he did not have a teaching license. His main job was at a manufacturing plant.
(Radio Iowa)
An Iowa lawmaker says it was a “terrible, horrible mistake” that a man convicted in connection with his wife’s death was able to collect on her life insurance policy — and a new state law will ensure it won’t happen again. Representative Marti Anderson of Des Moines was director of the Iowa Crime Victim Assistance Division seven years ago when Bridgett Wirtjes, of Manly died.
“She had cuts on her nose and on her knees, blunt force injuries and I’m not going to tell you about the rest,” Anderson said. It HAS been illegal in Iowa for people to collect the life insurance benefits of someone they’ve been convicted of MURDERING, but Tyler Wirtjes and two others were convicted of sexually assaulting his unconscious wife, who died soon after the incident.
“He was found guilty of two, third-degree sexual assaults because they couldn’t really determine what the exact cause of her death was,” Anderson said. “But when this happened, her kids were sleeping in the next room. His kids were sleeping in the house when he did this to his wife.” Wirtjes, who took photos of the assault with his cell phone, successfully filed a claim on his dead wife’s life insurance policy. Her parents went to court, but lost.
“This insurance was a policy that they had bought for her when she was four years old and they had paid for,” Anderson says, “but the man who contributed to her death…he got the insurance.” The governor signed a bill into law Wednesday that now bars people like Wirtjes who are convicted of a felony like sexual assault from collecting on the life insurance policies of their victims. Those convicted of other felonies, like kidnapping and human trafficking, also will be prohibited now from being the beneficiary of their victim’s life insurance.
(Radio Iowa)
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — A Republican congressman who campaigned on repealing the Affordable Care Act is cautioning constituents that the House GOP replacement bill is just “a tweak of Obamacare.” Two-term Iowa Republican Rod Blum indicates that the GOP bill would have gone further if he had his way. Blum and others are understating the impact of the bill that, if enacted, could drop millions from their insurance by next year.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An audit of the University of Iowa athletics department says administrators failed to adequately monitor information technology purchases, allowing wasteful spending and creating a major risk for equipment theft. The report cites missing iPads, unnecessary travel and improper credit card spending. The department’s IT director left his job in February as auditors were nearing the conclusion of their inquiry.
MARION, Iowa (AP) — A teen convicted of fondling three kindergarten students while volunteering at an eastern Iowa elementary school has been sentenced to a state training school. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the teen, now 16, was sentenced Thursday to the school in Eldora, and a judge recommended he stay there until he’s nearly 20. However, the school has discretion to decide how long he’ll stay. He’ll also have to register as a sex offender.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Greg Forristall, a Republican state representative from southwest Iowa, has died. Colin Tadlock, a spokesman for House Republicans, said Thursday that Forristall’s wife, Carol Forristall, contacted legislative staff to confirm the Macedonia lawmaker died Wednesday. He was 67. House Speaker Linda Upmeyer said in a press release that Forristall had been battling cancer.
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Girls Team Scores
Boys Team Scores
Atlantic Boys State Qualifiers
Full results: 3ADenison2017
Girls Team Scores
Girls Qualifiers
100M Dash
1 | McKayla Olsen | Treynor | 12.87 | 10.00 |
2 | Jessica Norman | MO Valley | 12.89 | 8.00 |
200M Dash
1 | Jessica Norman | MO Valley | 26.60 | 10.00 |
2 | Lauren Bair | Clarinda | 26.98 | 8.00 |
400M Dash
1 | Noel James | Treynor | 59.58 | 10.00 |
2 | Jessica Norman | MO Valley | 1:00.21 | 8.00 |
800M Run
1 | Shyanne Sporrer | IKM-Manning | 2:28.97 | 10.00 |
2 | Jessica Jackson | Shenandoah | 2:29.82 | 8.00 |
100M Hurdles
1 | Jaycie Schueman | AHSTW | 16.22 | 10.00 |
2 | Hannah Irlbeck | Kuemper Cath | 16.65 | 8.00 |
1500M Run
1 | Karley Larson | Underwood | 5:06.88 | 10.00 |
2 | Alexis Cook | MO Valley | 5:08.57 | 8.00 |
3000M Run
1 | Karley Larson | Underwood | 11:12.97 | 10.00 |
2 | Alexis Cook | MO Valley | 11:28.30 | 8.00 |
400M Hurdle
1 | Jaycie Schueman | AHSTW | 1:07.94 | 10.00 |
2 | Adrianna Holmes | Shenandoah | 1:09.40 | 8.00 |
Discus
1 | Lauren Shapcott | Underwood | 116-00 | 10.00 |
2 | Logan Hughes | Shenandoah | 115-08 | 8.00 |
High Jump
1 | Sydney Durbin | OA-BCIG | 5-03.00 | 10.00 |
2 | Sienna Black | Treynor | 5-02.00 | 8.00 |
Long Jump
1 | Asia Hughes | MO Valley | 15-05.25 | 10.00 |
2 | Maddie Shipley | Treynor | 15-03.50 | 8.00 |
Shot Put
1 | Logan Hughes | Shenandoah | 38-11.50 | 10.00 |
2 | Madelyn Deitchler | Treynor | 37-04.50 | 8.00 |
4X100M Relay
1 | Treynor | 51.38 | 10.00 |
2 | MO Valley | 51.67 | 8.00 |
4X200M Relay
1 | OA-BCIG | 1:48.35 | 10.00 |
2 | Treynor | 1:48.58 | 8.00 |
4X400M Relay
1 | Treynor | 4:11.22 | 10.00 |
2 | Tri-Center, N | 4:13.44 | 8.00 |
4X800M Relay
1 | IKM-Manning | 10:01.72 | 10.00 |
2 | Treynor | 10:06.80 | 8.00 |
400M Shuttle Hurdle Relay
1 | Underwood | 1:09.62 | 10.00 |
2 | OA-BCIG | 1:10.66 | 8.00 |
800-Sprint Medley Relay
1 | Treynor | 1:51.49 | 10.00 |
2 | Underwood | 1:53.20 | 8.00 |
1600-Distance Medley Relay
1 | Underwood | 4:22.78 | 10.00 |
2 | Red Oak | 4:26.54 | 8.00 |
Boys Team Scores
Full results: MV district meet 2017
Boys Qualifiers
100M Dash
1 | Gage Clay | AHSTW | 10.99 | 10.00 |
2 | Miles Rupiper | Kuemper Cath | 11.38 | 8.00 |
200M Dash
1 | Gage Clay | AHSTW | 22.63 | 10.00 |
2 | Marcus Mumm | Tri-Center, N | 22.98 | 8.00 |
400M Dash
1 | Brett Daley | Treynor | 50.45 | 10.00 |
2 | Duke Kyle | MO Valley | 51.89 | 8.00 |
800M Run
1 | Konner Roth | East Sac County | 2:04.52 | 10.00 |
2 | Jordan Miller | Shenandoah | 2:07.52 | 8.00 |
110M Hurdles
1 | Lucas Shatava | Clarinda | 15.35 | 10.00 |
2 | Tyler Freese | Underwood | 16.06 | 8.00 |
1600M Run
1 | Ben Grote | Kuemper Cath | 4:41.07 | 10.00 |
2 | Trey Castle | Treynor | 4:41.19 | 8.00 |
3200M Run
1 | Jerry Jorgenson | Treynor | 10:06.74 | 10.00 |
2 | Trey Castle | Treynor | 10:07.64 | 8.00 |
400M Hurdle
1 | Brett Daley | Treynor | 54.70 | 10.00 |
2 | Lucas Shatava | Clarinda | 56.86 | 8.00 |
Discus
1 | Brandon Magnuson | Underwood | 159-07 | 10.00 |
2 | AJ Sieh | AHSTW | 139-02 | 8.00 |
High Jump
1 | Miles Rupiper | Kuemper Cath | 6-10.00 | 10.00 |
2 | Jared Johnson | IKM-Manning | 6-00.00 | 8.00 |
Long Jump
1 | Miles Rupiper | Kuemper Cath | 21-08.25 | 10.00 |
2 | Kyle Berg | Kuemper Cath | 19-02.50 | 8.00 |
Shot Put
1 | Ryder Meek | OA-BCIG | 48-11.50 | 10.00 |
2 | Austin Sibenaller | Kuemper Cath | 47-02.00 | 8.00 |
4X100M Relay
1 | Kuemper Cath | 44.45 | 10.00 | Runners |
2 | AHSTW | 45.09 | 8.00 | Runners |
4X200M Relay
1 | AHSTW | 1:33.22 | 10.00 | Runners |
2 | Kuemper Cath | 1:33.47 | 8.00 | Runners |
4X400M Relay
1 | Treynor | 3:28.87 | 10.00 | Runners |
2 | Underwood | 3:31.05 | 8.00 | Runners |
4X800M Relay
1 | Underwood | 8:23.22 | 10.00 | Runners |
2 | MO Valley | 8:35.35 | 8.00 | Runners |
440M Shuttle Hurdle Relay
1 | OA-BCIG | 1:02.41 | 10.00 | Runners |
2 | Clarinda | 1:03.25 | 8.00 | Runners |
800-Sprint Medley Relay
1 | Treynor | 1:36.38 | 10.00 | Runners |
2 | Tri-Center, N | 1:36.54 | 8.00 | Runners |
1600-Distance Medley Relay
1 | East Sac County | 3:41.30 | 10.00 | Runners |
2 | OA-BCIG | 3:42.70 | 8.00 | Runners |
Girls Team Scores
Girls Individual Winners
Boys Team Scores
Boys Individual Winners
Full results: 2017 Dist Track Audubon Results