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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As Iowa sees coronavirus infections rise and spread to more counties, school officials are struggling with what do do for the rest of the academic year. State public health officials on Friday reported 85 additional cases to a total of 699. Gov. Kim Reynolds says schools statewide are closed through at least April 30. Des Moines Public Schools won’t return this year. Instead, the district will use an at-home program. For the next month, Iowa schools can either offer voluntary classes or required learning. Under the voluntary option, no attendance is required and no credit is given.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Winning a Mega Millions lottery prize worth hundreds of millions of dollars was always a long shot, but soon it will be nearly impossible. The group the oversees the lottery game announced Friday it was following the lead of Powerball, the other national lottery game, and reducing its future jackpots. Blame both decisions on the new coronavirus, which has kept people at home and away from spots where they typically buy lottery tickets. People still have a shot at the current $121 million jackpot, but once there is a winner there won’t be a guaranteed minimum prize. The starting jackpots and rate of increase will be determined based on sales and interest rates.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican governor has appointed a West Des Moines lawyer with longtime ties to the state GOP as the newest Iowa Supreme Court justice. Gov. Kim Reynolds named Matthew McDermott on Friday to fill the vacancy left when former Justice David Wiggins, a Democratic appointee, retired last month. McDermott served as lawyer for the state in a contentious lawsuit filed by a labor union challenging a 2017 Republican-backed law that made sweeping changes to Iowa’s public employee collective bargaining statute. McDermott’s team won the lawsuit and a subsequent appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court, which ruled the law change was constitutional. McDermott was also a lawyer for the Republican Party of Iowa from 2007–2012.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Medicine is asking Gov. Kim Reynolds to issue a shelter-in-place order to further slow the spread of the coronavirus. The board, comprised mainly of doctors, voted to send a letter to Reynolds urging her to move beyond the current restrictions she has issued and impose a public shelter order. The board executive director says the doctors believe an order from the governor would further discourage individuals from meeting in groups and going out into public. Reynolds says she wants to hear what they have to say.