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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an officer shot a driver who’d been trying to flee the scenes of several crashes in Davenport. Officers were dispatched around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday to check reports of two hit-and-run crashes. Authorities say the driver of vehicle that matched a description of the hit-and-run vehicle sped away through a residential yard after being spotted by officers and soon struck another vehicle.
Police say an officer fired two shots at a nearby intersection during an attempt to apprehend the driver. It’s unclear what led the officer to fire. The driver was taken to a local hospital and then flown to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. The names of those involved haven’t been released.
Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County, late Wednesday morning, arrested 26-year old Jesse A. Luft, of Villisca. Luft was arrested following a complaint he allegedly violated a Protective Order, and for Criminal Trespass. He was later released from custody on a $300 bond.
An annual survey conducted by Iowa State University Extension shows rental rates for Iowa farmland have increased for the first time in five years. ISU Extension economist Ann Johanns says cash rents seem to be following land values instead of expected farm profitability. “I think it will surprise people that it’s gone up…with these lower grain prices,” Johanns said. “But, just because the survey went up doesn’t mean every rental agreement in the state went up.” A little more than half of the farmland in Iowa is rented. This year, the average statewide rental rate is $222 per acre, an increase of just 1.4 percent over last year. “The last six months to a year, land value prices have stabilized in other surveys and so we kind of expected rents to be stable to slightly lower. It did come out, statewide, to be just a few dollars higher. It was the first increase since 2013,” Johanns said.
The survey shows the highest average cash rent in Grundy County at $290 per acre. The lowest rental rate is in Clarke County at $126. “Grundy County has higher quality soils, higher yields, and a larger percentage of rented acres. Whereas, Clarke County…we don’t have as much rented acres in that south-central area,” Johanns said. Average rental rates increased in all regions of Iowa except the south-central and southeast regions. Statewide, Iowa farmland rental rates peaked in 2013 at $270 per acre. Since then, they’ve dropped by just under 18-percent. The survey notes, over the same time period, corn and soybean prices received by Iowa farmers declined by 52 and 37-percent, respectively.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines has been ordered to pay nearly $1 million in damages to a construction company it blacklisted. The jury ruling last week came in a lawsuit filed by Jenco Construction Inc., which is based in Des Moines. The city said Jenco didn’t finish a $3.3 million bridge reconstruction project on time or deliver quality work. As a result, the city barred Jenco in March 2015 from bidding on city projects for three years.
The Des Moines Register reports that Jenco sued the city in May 2015, challenging the city’s complaints. Jenco attorney Thomas Olson says the company encountered boulders, concrete, debris and tree stumps that nobody knew about. Des Moines City Attorney Jeff Lester says city officials will be discussing their next course of action.
Thursday, May 17th
Girls Results
Class 4A
Shuttle Hurdle Relay Prelims
CB Abraham Lincoln- DNQ 11th (Jocelyn Hendrix, Darby Thomas, Taylan Keefer, Hayley Hartman) 1:07.76
3000M Run Final
N/A
200M Dash Prelims
Darby Thomas, CB Abraham Lincoln- Qualified 2nd 24.99
Caitlyn Jones, CB Thomas Jefferson- Qualified 3rd 25.55
4x800M Final
CB Abraham Lincoln- 21st (Kerigan Keefer, Moriah Heilesen, Claire Jones, Jeanette Juarez) 10:16.75
100M Dash Prelims
Darby Thomas, CB Abraham Lincoln- Qualified 2nd 12.09
Caitlyn Jones, CB Thomas Jefferson- Qualified 7th 12.58
400M Dash Final
Megan Witte, Lewis Central- 19th 1:01.75
Discus
Josey Starner, CB Thomas Jefferson- 4th 128-01
Lauren Payne, Lewis Central- 7th 123-03
High Jump
Megan Witte, Lewis Central- 7th 5-01.00
Kayla Schleifman, CB Abraham Lincoln- 20th 4-09.00
Thursday, May 17th
Boys Results
Class 4A
3200M Run Final
N/A
200M Dash Prelims
Max Duggan, Lewis Central- Qualified 6th 22.21
Connor Ellis, CB Abraham Lincoln- 22nd 23.26
4x800M Final
N/A
100M Dash Prelims
Hayden Hatcher, Lewis Central- 21st 11.47
400M Dash Final
Connor Ellis, CB Abraham Lincoln- 22nd 52.83
Discus
Logan Jones, Lewis Central- 5th 172-00
Jasper Stottlemyer, CB Abraham Lincoln- 15th 147-03
Dane Theobald, Lewis Central- 16th 147-01
High Jump
Thomas Fidone, Lewis Central- 22nd 5-11.00
Shuttle Hurdle Relay Prelims
Lewis Central- 19th (Nolan McKenzie, Thomas Fidone, Adam Mortensen, Josh Sell) 1:03.78
2018 State Track and Field Championships
Thursday, May 17th
Girls Results
Class 1A
Shuttle Hurdle Relay Prelims
Nodaway Valley- Qualify 2nd (Annie Herr, Natalie Yonker, Sadie Marnin, Lexi Shike) 1:09.10
Fremont-Mills- DNQ 16th (Lydia Alley, McKayla Gartner, Clara Schaaf, Bailey Hauschild) 1:11.62
Woodine- DNQ 24th (Alyssa Jensen, Kerragen, Hamblen, Jayde Clark, Kerstyn Matusik) 1:16.04
3000M Run Final
Emma Lucas, Bedford- 1st, 10:04.31
Janette Schraft, East Mills- 2nd, 10:10.97 (2016 and 2017 Champion)
Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center- 4th, 11:46.05 (New School Record)
200M Dash Prelims
Maddy Duncan, Sidney- 18th 27.18
Jade Hays, Coon Rapids-Bayard- 19th 27.22
Amanda Brich, Tri-Center- 23rd 27.65
Whitney Petersen, Audubon- 24th 27.76
4x800M Final
IKM-Manning- 5th (Kia Rasmussen, Payton Sporrer, Shyanne Sporrer, Gabby Cadwell) 10:15.81
St. Albert- 15th (Sophie Sykes, Clara Genereux, Bailey White, Gracie Springman) 10:29.86
Riverside- 23rd (Alexis Post, Ari McGlade, Sydney Holub, Gracie Bluml) 10:47.54
100M Dash Prelims
Jordyn Blaha, St. Albert- 10th, 12.95
Kerragen Hamblen, Woodbine- 18th, 13.35
400M Dash Final
Maddy Duncan, Sidney 6th 59.71
Tara Peterson, Stanton- 13th 1:01.76
Whitney Petersen, Audubon 22nd 1:04.46
Gabby Cadwell, IKM-Manning- 23rd 1:04.81
Shot Put
Kendra Fichter, Fremont-Mills- 7th 36-10.00
Sophie Phillips, Fremont-Mills- 16th 35-03.50
Melissa Deist, Audubon- 17th 35-01.50
Long Jump
Jocelyn Amos, Griswold- 17th 15-05.75
Maddy Duncan, Sidney- 20th 15-01.50
Clara Schaaf, Fremont-Mills- Fouled Out
Thursday, May 17th
Boys Results
Class 1A
3200M Run Final
Brycen Wallace, Nodaway Valley- 2nd 9:30.57
Adam Thompson, Sidney- 7th 10:11.83
Evan Wilson, Exira-EHK- 11th 10:19.85
Justin Ambrose, Boyer Valley- 12th 10:20.09
Skyler Rawlings, Nodaway Valley- 13th 10:19.55
Dakota Holaday, CAM- 17th 10:30.22
200M Dash Prelims
Tavares Boykins, Clarinda Academy- Qualified 1st 22.54
DeShawn Carr, CAM- 14th 23.80
Marshall Hansen, IKM-Manning- 19th 24.12
Wyatt Pryor, Woodbine- 22nd 24.23
4x800M Final
St. Albert- 2nd (Joe Liston, Kyle Barnes, Luke Gronstal, Ryan Hughes) 8:12.61
Earlham- 3rd (Alex Caskey, Caleb Swalla, Alex Firch, Jake Willem) 8:16.38
Woodbine- 6th (Wyatt Pryor, Adam Sherer, Joseph McHugh, Seth Gruver) 8:21.79
IKM-Manning- 12th (Nate Blankman, Adam Gruhn, Alex Lingle, Parker Behrens) 8:27.98
Exira-EHK- 14th (Jayden Goodwin, Creighton Nelson, Mason Rasmussen, Evan Wilson) 8:29.91
Sidney- 19th (Noah Jorgenson, Jaden Sears, Mister McNaughton, Cody Hankins) 8:39.81
100M Dash Prelims
Tavares Boykins, Clarinda Academy- Qualified 1st 11.06
DeAdrien Butler, Clarinda Academy- Qualified 3rd 11.17
DeShawn Carr, CAM- 18th 11.75
Jacob Ridgely, Earlham- 20th 11.80
400M Dash Final
Tyler Blaha, St. Albert- 1st 50.33
Alex Lingle, IKM-Manning- 12th 52.44
Andrew Hanafan, St. Albert- Scratched
Shot Put
Matt Fagan, St. Albert- 6th 49-04.75
Connor Alley, Fremont-Mills- 14th 46-05.25
Hunter Poston, Southwest Valley- 15th 45-07.50
Jacob Webb, Southwest Valley- 19th 44-08.50
Joey Wolf, Woodbine- 20th 44-08.25
Long Jump
DeShawn Carr, CAM- 5th 20-08.25
Jadon Jahnke, Griswold- 10th 19-11.00
Dylan Schroeder, East Mills- 12th 19-10.50
Drew Schurke, Ar-We-Va- 13th 19-09.75
Brady Hilpipre, Nodaway Valley- 14th 19-07.25
DeAdrien Butler, Clarinda Academy- 22nd 16-02.75
Addison Bull, Southwest Valley- Foul (Injury after first attempt)
Shuttle Hurdle Relay Prelims
Audubon- Qualified 4th (Jackson Jensen, Ethan Klocke, Skyler Schultes, Nolan Smith) 1:00.06
St. Albert- Qualified 6th (Jake Carley, Garret Reisz, Tiege Hunt, Chad Neuzil) 1:00.98
CAM- 9th (Connor McKee, Thomas Hensley, Jacob Holste, Nicholas Holste) 1:01.59
Woodbine- 13th (Maverick Winther, Layne Pryor, Tyler Coberly, Joey Wolf) 1:02.62
Griswold- 14th (Derek Mueller, Spencer Muhlbauer, Preston Good, Jadon Jahnke) 1:03.19
Southwest Valley- 20th (Addison Bull, Brett Schafroth, Aaron Armstrong, Grant Maurer) 1:06.42
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have signed second-round draft pick Josh Jackson from Iowa. Green Bay general manager Brian Gutekunst announced the cornerback’s signing on Thursday.
Jackson was taken with the 45th overall pick in last month’s draft, and his signing comes two days after the Packers signed first-round pick Jaire Alexander, a cornerback from Louisville.
The 6-foot, 196-pound Jackson led the country with eight interceptions as a senior for the Hawkeyes, returning two for touchdowns. He and Alexander are expected to improve a Green Bay secondary that allowed 30 touchdown passes last season, tied for the second-highest total of any team.
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