DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A record Powerball jackpot grew to an even larger $1.9 billion after no one won the lottery drawing on Saturday night. The numbers for the drawing were: white balls 28, 45, 53, 56, 69 and red Powerball 20. The next chance for someone to get lucky will be Monday night. The new $1.9 billion jackpot is for a winner who is paid through an annuity over 29 years. Winners of lottery jackpots usually prefer a lump sum of cash, which the Multi-State Lottery Association says would be $929.1 million for Monday’s drawing. The odds of any given ticket winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. Those long odds have led to three months going by without anyone matching all six balls.
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Four teenagers from central Iowa died when their vehicle collided with a utility pole and caught fire. The crash happened shortly after 11 p.m. Friday on a city street in Marshalltown. The victims, all from Marshalltown, were ages 13, 15, 16 and 17. All four occupants of the vehicle died at the scene. Marshalltown Police Chief Michael Tupper calls it “a tragedy for our entire community.” A candlelight vigil for the victims and their families was scheduled Saturday night at a Marshalltown church.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her escaped from a women’s center where she was serving her probation sentence. A probation violation report said Pieper Lewis was seen walking out of the women’s center early Friday, and her GPS monitor was later cut off. A warrant was issued for Lewis’ arrest and the probation report asked for her deferred judgment to be revoked. She could face up to 20 years in prison for killing 37-year-old Zachary Brooks in 2020. Lewis said she was trafficked to Brooks for sex and stabbed him in a fit of rage. Prosecutors didn’t dispute that she was sexually assaulted.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Republicans have the upper hand in two U.S. Congressional districts in Iowa, according to the final Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, with the other two at tighter margins. The poll, of likely voters or Iowans who have already voted, asked respondents whether they favored the Republican or Democratic candidate in their district without specifically mentioning each candidate’s name. Statewide, 51% indicated support for the Republican candidate against 40% support for the Democratic candidate. 3% said they would vote for someone not of the two major parties, 1% would skip the race for Congress, and 5% were unsure. When respondents were separated geographically into the four Congressional districts in the state, Republicans continued to lead in all races. The largest lead was in District 4 in western Iowa, where likely voters showed 59% support for a Republican candidate against just 30% for the Democrat. District 1, in southeast Iowa, showed the second-largest margin, with 49% supporting a Republican and 40% in support of a Democrat. Districts 2 and 3 showed tighter contests, with a two-point lead for a Republican candidate in District 2 and a three-point lead for a Republican candidate in District 3.
