DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s largest utility is in the midst of a $3.6 billion investment in wind power and intends to keep spending on the towers with a goal of producing 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources.

The Des Moines Register reports that MidAmerican Energy plans to build 1,000 more turbines over the next couple of years on top of the more than 2,000 it already has around the state. When completed, the utility’s share of its energy that comes from renewable sources will jump from 55 percent to nearly 90 percent.

CEO Bill Fehrman says it’ll take about $2 billion and 550 turbines more to bring MidAmerican close to 100 percent. Bloomberg New Energy Finance analyst Daniel Shurey says the move would set a new precedent in the country.

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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.

Results from local High School athletes will be updated here throughout the day as finals events are held.

Girls

Shot Put

• Hannah Hood, Creston, 3rd 41-2.25.
• Katy Jones, Lewis Central, 15th 36-06.50

High Jump

• Sunday Faya, Denison-Schleswig, 4th 5-4
• Megan Witte, Lewis Central, T-8th 5-2
• Morgan Johnk, Panorama, T-12th 5-2

100m Hurdles Prelims

• Allison Bruck of Harlan was 17th fastest with a 15.62

100m Prelims

• Darby Thomas of Abraham Lincoln qualified for the finals with the second fastest time of 12.13

100m Finals

• Darby Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, 3rd 12.09
• Keaton Kester, ADM, 5th 12.23

Sprint Medley Final

• Abraham Lincoln, 10th, 1:51.58 (Kalyn Damgaard, Rylee Fichter, Eleana Bohnet, Darby Thomas)

4x100m Relay

• Abraham Lincoln, 48th, 51.72
• Treynor, 54th, 52.12
• Lewis Central, 63rd, 52.68
• Thomas Jefferson, 73rd, 53.79
• Harlan, DQ

Boys

Discus

• Sam Phillips, Fremont-Mills, 6th 160-8
• Cameron Baker, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 13th 150-6

Long Jump

• Nick Foss, Harlan, 1st 21-6.25
• Miles Rupiper, Kuemper Catholic, 12th 20-1
• Brett Daley, Treynor, 18th 19-1.75

110m Hurdles Prelims

• Atlantic’s Gratt Reed qualified for the finals with the 5th fastest time of 14.55. That’s a new personal record for Reed.
• Alec Mass of Lewis Central was 25th fastest with a 15.31.
• Nolan Smith of Audubon didn’t make the finals with a 26th fastest 15.37.
• Tyler Freese of Underwood was 31st with a 15.82.

110m Hurdles Finals

• Gratt Reed of Atlantic finished with a 4th place medal with a time of 14.42 in the final. That’s another personal record for Reed.

100m Prelims

• Gage Clay of AHSTW finished outside of qualifying with the 14th fastest time of 11.24

Distance Medley Final

• Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 9th 3:37.00. (Jeron Sampson, Cameron Lukavsky, Jake Axtell, Daniel Carey.

4x200m Relay

• Glenwood, 10th 1:30.84 (Joey Saddler, Matt Bowden, Nate Kennedy, Mavrick Decker)
• Lewis Central, 21st 1:34.37 (Collin Rew, Logan Redeker, Seth Childers, Max Duggan)

800m Finals

• Daniel Carey, CB Thomas Jefferson, 8th 57.62
• Jared Corder, Nodaway Valley 2:00.07

4x100m Prelims

• Kuemper Catholic, 54th, 45.25
• Glenwood, 56th, 45.30
• Abraham Lincoln, 64th, 54.64
• Lewis Central, 65th, 45.79

4x400m Prelims

• Glenwood, 14th, 3:25.72
• Lewis Central, 18th, 3:27.64
• Thomas Jefferson, 20th, 3:28.70
• Atlantic, 22nd, 3:29.44 (Gratt Reed, Dillon Sonntag, Zade Niklasen, Chase Mullenix)

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released pairings for girls golf regionals on Thursday.  Class 1A, 2A, and 3A regional first round golf meets will be played Monday, May 15th. Regional final meets for all classes will be played Monday, May 22nd.  Atlantic will host Class 3A Region 2B with their Regional final to be played at Menlo.

Class 1A Regional Golf Assignments

Class 2A Regional Golf Assignments

Class 3A Regional Golf Assignments

Class 4A Regional Golf Assignments

Class 5A Regional Golf Assignments

Girls Golf

• Atlantic 168, Shenandoah 195, Red Oak NTS. Medalist: Brooke Newell, Atlantic, 39. Runner-Up: Baylee Newell, Atlantic, 42. Other Atlantic scores: Sarah Fixmer 43, Alyssa Ginther 44, McKenna DenBeste 49, Mary Hayes 51.
  Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “I am extremely pleased with how the Atlantic girls played tonight.  All 6 varsity golfers improved their scores from out last outing.  Sarah Fixmer had her best 9 of the season; hope we see her in the lower 40’s more often.  She is very capable of achieving that.”
• Clarinda 221, Denison-Schleswig 223, Harlan 224
• Glenwood 201, St. Albert 307
• Griswold 207, Audubon 215. Medalist: Jasmine Turner, Audubon, 47. Runner-Up: Mateya Peters, Griswold, 49.
• Southwest Iowa 198, Lenox 228

Boys Golf

• Atlantic 153, Shenandoah 171, Red Oak 200. Medalist: Jake Olsen, Atlantic, 37. Runner-Up: Cyle Renaud, Atlantic, 37. Other Atlantic Scores: Nate Gifford 39, Ben Renaud 40, Matt Gearheart 40, Zac Stork 52.
  Atlantic Head Coach Ed DenBeste: “I was hoping for a good round today.  It was our last JV/Varsity meet of the year.  Weather wasn’t too bad.  A little chilly with a slight wind.  Greens were a little slower than normal though.  Good to see Jake and Cyle shoot well.  Both 2 over.  Nate had another good round for us.  That is two in a row.  Ben and Matt are a little higher than I would like but still at 5 over.  Zac had the bogie run and one bad hole.  Great to see Varsity finish 6 and 1 this year and play well.
  Great win for our JV as well.  They shot the same score on Monday but par was one stroke tougher.  Good to see Garrett shoot another solid round today.  Braden Bean shot his normal this year.  Also good to see Dawson put a nice score down today.  He hasn’t been practicing much with track practice.  I think Mason and Tate can shoot a little better.”
• Audubon 176, Griswold 195. Medalist: Micky Williamson, Audubon, 42. Runner-Up: Dylan Obermeier, Audubon, 43.
• Bedford 172, Southwest Iowa 175, Lenox NTS
• Clarinda 153, Harlan 159
• Glenwood 159, St. Albert 217

Girls Tennis

• Red Oak 9, Atlantic 0
• Shenandoah 9, Creston 0

Boys Tennis

• Atlantic 8, Red Oak 1. Atlantic winners: Singles: Cooper McDermott, Luke Hohenberger, Nile Petersen, Kaleb Flory, Caleb Williams. Doubles: Podhajsky/McDermott, Hohenberger/Petersen, Flory/Williams.
• Abraham Lincoln 9, Lewis Central 0
• Denison-Schleswig 9, Thomas Jefferson 0
• Harlan 7, Clarinda 2
• Shenandoah 7, Creston 2

Girls Soccer

• Bishop Heelan 2, Abraham Lincoln 0
• Columbus Scotus 2, Thomas Jefferson (TJ Tourney)
• Glenwood 4, St. Albert 2
• Millard South 5, Lewis Central 0 (TJ Tourney)
• Storm Lake 2, Kuemper Catholic 1 (PK’s)
• Treynor 5, AHSTW 1
• Underwood 2, Denison-Schleswig 1
• Winterset 8, Nodaway Valley/WCV/ACGC 1

Boys Soccer

• Abraham Lincoln 1, Thomas Jefferson (TJ Tourney)
• AHSTW 2, Treynor 0
• Lewis Central 3, Columbus Scotus 0 (TJ Tourney)
• St. Albert 2, Glenwood 0.

Team Scores

Full results here.

Girls Team Scores

Full results here.

Boys Team Scores

Full results here.

Class A Scores

Full results here.

Class B Scores

Full results here.