DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Des Moines Register, CNN and its polling partner have decided not release the final installment of its presidential preference poll, fearing its results may have been compromised. Carol Hunter, the executive editor of the Iowa newspaper, posted the announcement Saturday night at the same time the results of highly anticipated survey were supposed to be released.

She said that one of the poll respondents reported earlier in the day that a candidate’s name was omitted. While believed to be an isolated incident, the poll administrators could not be sure. Hunter wrote: “Therefore, the partners made the difficult decision to not to move forward with releasing the Iowa Poll.”

The Audubon Chamber of Commerce announced their annual awards at the banquet Saturday, February 1.

The newest award, Live Large Audubon award winners are the Lawrence and Doris Handlos family.  They developed Waspy’s, the Feed Mill restaurant and Blue Grass Inn.

The Junior Citizen of the Year is Madison Vorm.

The Citizen of the Year is Roger Griffith, known for his community work with veterans, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, city of Audubon committees and volunteer efforts.

A large crowd was treated to a show from Branson, Missouri performer and Audubon-native Delana Ditto.

Authorities in western Iowa say a pursuit Saturday afternoon in Pottawattamie County, ended with the arrest of a man wanted on a sex offender warrant out of Douglas County, Nebraska. WOWT-TV in Omaha reports Nicholas Harms was taken into custody after a Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputy performed a PIT maneuver at the corner of Pioneer Trail and Traceview Loop.

Authorities told the station the pursuit began when Harms refused to pull over for a traffic violation. During the chase, speeds reached in excess of 100-miles per hour, with some speeds in the rural southeast Council Bluffs area he was finally stopped at, ranging up to 115-mph. No injuries were reported.

Harms was being held Saturday in the Pottawattamie County jail. He faces eluding and other charges, in addition to being wanted on the NE warrant.

Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Public Safety report that at around 9:40-p.m. Friday (1/31), the Monona County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call in reference to a shooting that occurred in Mapleton.  Emergency personnel responding to the call located a deceased male subject at the scene. The victim and witnesses at the scene are minors, and their names are not being released at this time. Authorities say there is no threat to the public.

The shooting is being investigated by the Mapleton Police Department, Monona County Sheriff’s Department, Monona County Attorney’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. The investigation is ongoing, and officials are not releasing additional details at this time.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two Des Moines police officers have been placed on standard paid leave following the officer-involved shooting of a man police say threatened a woman, then violently attacked responding officers. Police say in a news release that the shooting happened early Friday morning after officers were called to an apartment complex and encountered the 34-year-old suspect.

Police say when officers tried to arrest him, he became violent. Police say Officer Charlie Negrete, a 32-year veteran, fired his gun, seriously wounding the suspect, who remained hospitalized Saturday. Negrete and another officer, 30-year veteran Alycia Peterson, are now both on leave. The suspect’s name has not been released.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police are searching for a man they want to question in a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a 71-year-old woman. Police say the crash happened Thursday night. First responders arrived to find Stephanie Markert in the roadway suffering from serious injuries. Police say she remained hospitalized Saturday in critical condition.

Witnesses told police Markert had been hit by an SUV that fled the scene and was abandoned a short distance down the street. Witnesses said a man got out of the SUV and into a minivan, then drove away. Police have issued a material witness warrant for 41-year-old Isaias Flores-Morales of Des Moines.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports one person was injured during a rollover accident Friday, near the Adams/Taylor County line. Authorities say 31-year old Sean Sullivan, of Houston, Texas, was southbound on Highway 148 in a Chevy Silverado 1500, when for unknown reasons his vehicle left the roadway and rolled in the east ditch.

Sullivan was transported to CHI Health Corning by Adams County EMS with non-life threatening injuries. Taylor County was assisted on scene by Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Corning Fire Department, and Adams County EMS.