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

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Leaders in Davenport, Iowa, are condemning a snow display depicting a figure gunning down a snowman wearing a Bernie Sanders shirt and another adorned with a Democratic Party hat. Davenport Mayor Mike Matson said Monday he’s asked the police chief to investigate the display, noting “all hate speech is wrong.” Homeowner Donald Hesseltine laughed off such concerns. He says he created the display over the weekend to “mess with” friends who support Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president. The display includes a mannequin topped with a military helmet that is holding a rifle and chainsaw. The rifle is pointed toward the Sanders snowman, which has red-dyed snow near its head.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — A high school science teacher in Davenport has been accused of secretly recording nude videos of two females who’d stayed at his Bettendorf home. Clinton Van Fossen is charged with five misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy and with other crimes. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney. Associated Press attempts to reach him Monday were unsuccessful. Davenport Community School District officials say Van Fossen had been placed on administrative leave with pay. He is listed as a science teacher at Davenport West High School. He’s denied knowing about two spy cameras police say they found in his Bettendorf home.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a collision between a semitrailer and a car left two people dead in Sioux City. The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Police say the northbound semi collided with the eastbound car at an intersection. The 19-year-old man and 18-year-old woman in the car were pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the truck driver wasn’t injured. The names of those involved and other details about the crash haven’t been released.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic White House hopefuls are deploying surrogates across the early primary states and beyond as they try to make up for their limited time on the trail. Candidates have deployed their spouses, their children and celebrities to make their case to undecided voters and help them raise money in unorthodox ways. The surrogates will become even more important this week as four senators running for president will be stuck in Washington to serve as jurors for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The proxies can help fill in the gap as the senators are sidelined from campaigning in the critical final stretch before voting.

The Iowa State Patrol, Monday evening, released additional information on an accident involving two teens who had absconded from the Clarinda Academy Monday afternoon. Authorities say the accident happened as Clarinda Police were chasing a 2018 Chevy passenger car that had been reported stolen. The vehicle was occupied by the driver, 16-year old Isaiah Mikah Fontana, and his passenger, 16-year old Chris Nathaniel Sullivan, both of Clarinda.

Authorities say at around 2:26-p.m., the car, which was traveling at a high rate of speed on Highway 2 near mile marker 37, topped the crest of a hill and went out of control before entering the north ditch and vaulting over a field drive. The vehicle rolled twice before coming to rest on its top. The teens were transported by Shenandoah and Clarinda Rescue squads to the Clarinda Regional Hospital.

Authorities had been looking for the teens since they absconded from the Clarinda Academy earlier in the afternoon, on Monday.

(Radio Iowa) — An Iowa State University study finds Iowa’s job rate grew by more than seven-percent in the decade since the Great Recession, but that growth was very lopsided. I-S-U economist Dave Swenson says between 2007 and 2018, jobs in Iowa’s metro areas grew by nine-percent, while the state’s rural areas saw jobs fall by two-percent.

“Iowa recovered a little bit more rapidly from the Great Recession than the nation,” Swenson says. “We didn’t contract as much as they did nationally and we recovered back to our pre-recession level of employment about a year before the nation did, but growth at the national level had a much sharper slope.” Compared to the national average at just over 16-percent, and job growth in surrounding states which averaged more than nine-percent, Iowa’s recovery was not nearly as strong.

“We rank this decade alone just 6th worst in growth,” Swenson says. “Among our neighbors, we rank worst and among all of the Plains states, we’re growing at a slower pace than all of the Plains states as well.” Swenson notes that Iowa’s jobless rate didn’t take as great of hit during the recession, falling just over two-percent compared to a five-and-a-half-percent drop nationally. Using federal data, Swenson found the state’s strongest job gains were in real estate and rental or leasing, which includes farmland rentals, while the greatest loss was in durable goods manufacturing.

“The growth in the metropolitan economies is relatively strong, but our economy is being dragged down somewhat because we’re populated with a lot of industries, agriculture, manufacturing, and industries that depend on agriculture and manufacturing that aren’t growing very fast,” Swenson says. “Our industrial mix is somewhat unfavorable towards growth.”

During the past decade, Swenson says Iowa’s metro areas added more than 30-thousand jobs in areas like health care and social assistance, while smaller communities lost nearly 13-thousand jobs. The shift makes it harder for people in rural communities, he says, as they have to travel farther for health care. In the future, Swenson says, rural areas may have to rely more on technology for those services.

(Radio Iowa) — A Spencer man is facing several charges after a domestic disturbance call turned into a standoff at a home Sunday. Upon arrival, officers determined the suspect 21-year-old Dawson Walker had threatened the occupants of the home with a gun and was keeping them locked inside. Officers made entry into the house and evacuated the occupants safely, along with removing the firearm.

Police say Walker armed himself with a butcher knife, and a standoff ensued. Walker eventually gave up and exited the home, where police took him into custody without further incident. Walker was charged with felon in possession of a firearm, domestic abuse assault while displaying a dangerous weapon, operation without owner’s consent, false imprisonment and interference with official acts.