The second night of the draft concluded Friday as the San Francisco 49ers took Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard in the third round. Beathard, the grandson of former NFL General Manager Bobby Beathard, was the 104th pick. The 6-2 QB and weighs 219 pounds.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal with 3:51 left to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators in Game 2 on Friday night to tie the Western Conference semifinal series. Jori Lehtera also scored for the Blues, and Jake Allen stopped 22 shots — including 14 in the third period. Game 3 is Sunday at Nashville, Tennessee.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Miguel Sano and Joe Mauer hit consecutive two-run doubles in the eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. The Royals have dropped eight straight.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs began bolstering their defense in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday night, selecting defensive end Tanoh Kpassgnon out of Villanova with the 59th overall pick. The 6-foot-6, 289-pound Kpassgnon is the first player chosen from the Football Championship Subdivision school since offensive lineman Ben Ijalana in 2001. But despite playing at a smaller school, his raw athleticism and impressive Senior Bowl performance put him on many draft radars.
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals helped their defensive front by taking edge rusher Jordan Willis from Kansas State in the third round. The Bengals had trouble getting pressure on the quarterback last season and finished with their second-lowest sack total in the last eight years.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Northern Iowa player Ali Farokhmanesh is returning to the Missouri Valley Conference as an assistant at Drake. The 29-year-old Farokhmanesh has spent the last three seasons at Nebraska, most recently as the director of player relations and development. Drake coach Niko Medved announced the hiring Friday.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — LaShawn Merritt held off Rio relay teammate Tony McQuay and 2012 silver medalist Kirani James of Grenada to win the men’s 400 Friday at the Drake Relays. Merritt came in first at 45.41 seconds in Des Moines. Native Iowan Jenny Simpson won the women’s 1,500 in 4:16.10.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Judges are sealing warrants that allowed police to obtain blood and urine samples from “The Bachelor” Chris Soules and to enter his home after a fatal crash. Two orders released Friday say the release of warrant materials could jeopardize the investigation into Monday’s accident and undermine Soules’ right to a fair trial. Soules is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly accident after his truck rear-ended a tractor, killing 66-year-old farmer Kenneth Mosher.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Illinois man has been given 20 years in an Iowa prison for the fatal shooting of another Illinois resident. The Quad-City Times reports that 19-year-old Juwan Johnson, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced Thursday in Scott County District Court. Prosecutors say Johnson killed 19-year-old Louis Woodson Jr. outside a store in Davenport on Sept. 2, 2015. Woodson lived in Quincy, Illinois.
RED OAK, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters in southwestern Iowa have rescued a man trapped under a tractor. Omaha television station KETV reports that the accident happened early Friday morning at Red Oak, Iowa. Crews were sent to the area around 6:15 a.m. for a report of a tractor rollover and a person trapped. Arriving firefighters found a tractor on its top with a man underneath. Crews used special inflatable bags to lift the tractor and get the man out.
CHELSEA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman has died after a fire at her home in central Iowa. Poweshiek County officials say 56-year-old Catherine Foster died after firefighters found her late Thursday morning inside the residence a little more than 2 miles south of Haven.
GORDON LeROY NILAN, 79, of Oakland, died Thursday, April 27th, at the Oakland Manor. Memorial services for GORDON NILAN will be held 11-a.m. Wed., May 3rd, at the Oakland United Methodist Church. Rieken-Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland has the arrangements.
GORDON NILAN is survived by:
His wife – Rosalee, of Oakland.
His son – Jeff Nilan and wife Roxanne, of Oakland.
His daughter – Jill Musfeldt and husband Kent, of Coon Rapids.
4 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
WILLIAM EDWIN GREINER, 85, of Panama died Thursday, April 27th at his home. Mass of Christian Burial for WILLIAM EDWIN GREINER will be held Tuesday, May 2nd at 10:30am at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held Monday, May 1st from 12:00pm to 8:00pm with family greeting friends from 4:00pm-8:00pm at St. Mary’s Parish Center in Panama. A wake service will be held at 7:00pm that evening.
Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Panama.
WILLIAM EDWIN GREINER is survived by:
Sons: Dr. Timothy (Janet) Greiner of Council Bluffs. Donal (Kim) Greiner of Cedar Rapids.
Daughters: Joann (Jim) Noble of Apopka, FL. Theresa (Kurt) Wieneke of Indiapolis, IN. Mary Kay (Scott) Jorgensen of Grand Prairie, TX. DeeDee (Steve) Leinen of Panama. Jean James of West Des Moines.
18 Grandchildren
11 Great-Grandchildren
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a rural Red Oak man suffered minor injuries and possible hypothermia after being trapped underneath a tractor overnight. At 6:30am on Friday morning Deputies responded to a reported overturned tractor with the operator pinned beneath it. Deputies found 73-year-old Robert J. Jones of rural Red Oak had been removed from being pinned underneath the Farmall 504 he had been operating the day before.
Jones best assessment was that the incident occurred at approximately 4:30pm on Thursday as he was rotary mowing and the tractor rolled and pinned him underneath the operator’s station. He was discovered Friday morning at about 6:15am by his wife. The accident occurred just west of a residence on F Avenue on private property.
Jones was extricated and transported to Montgomery County Memorial Hospital by Red Oak Fire and Rescue for treatment of what appeared to be minor injuries and possible hypothermia. The injuries weren’t expected to be life threatening.
The tractor received an estimated $1,000 in damage during the accident.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Judges are sealing warrants that let police obtain blood and urine samples from “The Bachelor” star Chris Soules and to enter his home after a fatal Iowa crash. Two orders released Friday say the release of warrant materials could jeopardize the investigation into Monday’s accident and undermine Soules’ right to a fair trial.
Soules is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly accident after his truck rear-ended a tractor, killing 66-year-old farmer Kenneth Mosher. Authorities say he called 911 and sought help for Mosher before leaving for his Arlington home, where he declined to answer the door until officers obtained a warrant.
Judges approved warrants allowing officers to search Soules’ home, a red truck, and to obtain blood and urine specimens. Police are investigating whether alcohol was a factor.
KEITH BOYD ROBINSON, 87, of Atlantic, died Friday, April 28th, at the Heritage House, in Atlantic. Memorial services for KEITH ROBINSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, May 2nd, at the 1st United Methodist Church, in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family is from 9:30- until 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, at the 1st United Methodist Church, in Atlantic.
Memorials may be directed to the Atlantic Rotary Club or to the family’s wishes.
KEITH BOYD ROBINSON is survived by:
His wife – Gerry Robinson, of Atlantic.
His sons – Tom (Lori) Robinson, and Ted (Mary Jo) Robinson, all of Atlantic.
His daughters – Terri (Alan) Gangestad, of Omaha; Toni (Dan) Mason, of Chandler, AZ., and Trish (Jeff) Nelson, of Audubon.
16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Work on some of the rural bridges in Cass County Continues. County Engineer Charles Bechtold informed the Board of Supervisors during their meeting this (Friday) morning, that Bridge #134 by Massena was poured a couple of weeks ago and the railings have been installed. It should be open in a couple of weeks. Bridge #17 in the southern part of the County is scheduled to have a deck poured next Wednesday, weather permitting.
He says two bridges are still under design, in-house. Bridge #433 on Olive Street was contracted out, and is expected to be done by November.
Bechtold said also, they’re having a hard time getting QUALITY gravel. Atlantic’s gravel pit he said, is shut-down, and they’re having to pull rock out of other, more distant quarries.
It costs about three-dollars per ton to haul if it comes from Atlantic, but four-dollars per ton from elsewhere. It takes 250-tons of rock and $4,000 to gravel one-mile of road.
Results from local High School athletes will be updated here throughout the day as finals events are held.
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Shot Put
High Jump
100m Hurdles Prelims
100m Prelims
100m Finals
Sprint Medley Final
4x100m Relay
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Discus
Long Jump
110m Hurdles Prelims
110m Hurdles Finals
100m Prelims
Distance Medley Final
4x200m Relay
800m Finals
4x100m Prelims
4x400m Prelims
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