by Dar Danielson | Mar 31, 2012 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa Lottery says the monster $640-million Mega Millions jackpot was split three ways by tickets purchased in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland. A total of 108,143 tickets purchased by Iowa Lottery players won prizes ranging from $2 up to $10,000. The two tickets that...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 31, 2012 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
Early details from the Iowa Lottery show that $108,143 tickets sold in Iowa won some type of prize in Friday’s world-record Mega Millions jackpot. There isn’t a confirmed winner in Iowa of the record $640-million jackpot, but at least two tickets were close,...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 31, 2012 | News, Politics & Government
A proposal moving forward in the Iowa legislature would retain the four charity options Iowans see on their state tax forms. Jim McNulty, with the Iowa Department of Revenue, says nature preservation receives the most money – usually around $150,000 a year....
by Dar Danielson | Mar 31, 2012 | Military, News
The Iowa Air National Guard soldiers who are on active duty right now in Afghanistan face threats on the ground and in the air as they provide air support for coalition forces 24-hours-a-day. One threat the 124th Fighter Squadron’s commander says they are not...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 31, 2012 | Human Interest, News, Outdoors
A distribution center that will send out an assortment of products to non-profit and charity groups is now open in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area. Cindy Hallberlin is president of “Good Three-Sixty” which is new to the region. “We provide the largest...