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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 1/7/2018

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January 7th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It’s been a billion-dollar lottery weekend after a lone Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire matched all six numbers and will claim a $570 million jackpot, one day after another single ticket sold in Florida nabbed a $450 million Mega Millions grand prize. The winning Powerball numbers drawn Saturday night were 12-29-30-33-61 and Powerball 26. The Powerball jackpot was the nation’s seventh largest.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new report says Iowa’s controversial shift to privately-managed Medicaid will save the state 80 percent less money this year than originally predicted. The Des Moines Register reported Saturday that a quarterly report prepared by Iowa Department of Human Services staff members says the state now stands to save $47.1 million this fiscal year by having private companies manage the $4 billion program. Former Gov. Terry Branstad had declared the move would save the state $232 million this year.

FOREST CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police in north-central Iowa say no children where hurt when a window of their moving school bus was shot out. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that the incident happened in Forest City on Friday morning, when the window shattered after being hit by a shot from a pellet gun. A statement from the Forest City School District said all children were safe and that no injuries resulted from the shooting or flying glass.