DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A giant Mega Millions jackpot has grown larger to an estimated $640 million after another drawing without a winner. No one won the lottery game’s top prize Tuesday night, making it 21 straight drawings without anyone matching all six numbers. The next drawing will be Friday night. The huge jackpot comes less than two months after the largest lottery prize ever, a $2.04 billion Powerball prize that was won Nov. 8 in California. The reason for all the big prizes is simple. Long odds ensure there are few winners and the long streaks of lottery futility allow jackpots to grow ever larger week after week. The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot is one in 302.6 million.
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (IOWA’S NEWS NOW) — One person along with their 3 pets are dead after a fire in North Liberty. It happened Tuesday night at 10:02 pm on 95 Golf View Court. When crews arrived on the scene, they found fire in the living room inside the home. They quickly extinguished the fire and then soon did a search of the home. They found one person along with their three dogs had died. Their name will be withheld until their family is notified. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
BLACK HAWK COUNTY, Iowa (IOWA’S NEWS NOW) — One driver was ejected from his vehicle after colliding with a truck at the intersection of Canfield Road and Independence Avenue. Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the intersection at around 10:22 p.m. Tuesday A preliminary investigation revealed the individual driving an auto was heading westbound on Independence, and didn’t stop for the stop sign. The driver of the truck was heading northbound on Canfield and struck the rear driver side of the auto. The driver of the truck was uninjured. The driver of the auto was ejected from his vehicle and transported to Allen Hospital with critical but stable injuries.
DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA’S NEWS NOW) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has reached an agreement with JUUL Labs Inc. requiring a payment of $5 million over four years and a revamp of its targeted advertising to resolve potential violations of Iowa’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The settlement will also provide resources and education to Iowa youth who were targeted by the company’s products and became users. Miller alleged that JUUL exposed Iowans under the age of 21 to its electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), a violation of Iowa’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
