(Radio Iowa) The Iowa Lottery is looking for the holders of two Powerball tickets worth a combined 100-thousand dollars which will expire soon. Spokesperson Mary Neubauer says the tickets were purchased at a Casey’s in Council Bluffs and a Kum & Go in Stuart.

The Council Bluffs ticket was purchased for the drawing on July 21st, 2021.

The person who bought the winning ticket in Stuart has more time to claim the prize.

Neubauer says it is a little unusual to have two prizes of this size go unclaimed.

Neubauer says they’ve done some analysis on the amount of time it takes for someone to bring in a winning ticket.

You have one year from the drawing to collect any prizes from Iowa Lottery tickets. The prizes that expire without being claimed go back into the prize pools for future games and promotions.

(Radio Iowa) From Iowa’s biggest cities to the smallest towns, the recently-red hot housing market is cooling off considerably as the heat of summer arrives. Julie Hurt, a realtor with Century 21 Pro Link in Le Mars, says that community of ten-thousand residents has remarkably few homes for sale.

Hurt says there’s been a dip in home sales in the Le Mars area and she points to the short inventory list of available homes, plus, a longer list of buyers.

Hurt says homes aren’t on the market very long, just two weeks on average. While home prices are rising, she says buyers are still motivated, but they are more selective.

The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors met with staff from the Cass County Extension office on Thursday, July 7th, 2022, to meet new staff and learn more about the services Extension provides.

Kate Olson, Director of Cass Extension, shared they have welcomed two interns for the summer as well as a new Youth Coordinator. Caroline Pellett has been interning since May and is helping with all youth programming in the county. Courtney Hering has also been interning since May and has been involved with Cass County Fair preparations and office work.

Katie Bateman, Youth Coordinator, is from Atlantic and has been involved with 4-H her entire life. Bateman attended UNI and worked in Story and Linn County before moving back to Atlantic. Bateman has been involved with Cass County 4-H programs as a participant and volunteer and has always enjoyed all the opportunities 4-H provides youth. Bateman is excited to continue her passion for 4-H in her hometown county.

Olson shared some upcoming programs Extension has coming up in the next few weeks. They will be hosting a Beef Forage and Grazing Field Day, in partnership with the Wallace Foundation, at the Armstrong Research Farm, located on the edge of Lewis. A Food Preservation 101 Workshop will be hosted next week. Pre-fair judging will also begin next week including King & Queen Contest interviews, Clothing Selection/Fashion Review and Table Setting. Olson mentioned one thing she loves about Extension being a statewide coalition, is you don’t have to leave home to have access to programs.

Olson shared outside of 4-H and youth programming, Extension also provides research-based information and programming to communities they serve related to: Economic & Community Development, Ag & Natural Resources, Horticulture and Human Sciences. One of their major Horticulture programs is Master Gardeners. Olson is excited to share they will be hosting a Master Gardeners course in the fall with the popular hybrid model making its return. Participants will take their courses online with four to six hands on sessions available in Cass County. Participants must also complete 40 hours of community service before becoming fully certified as a Master Gardener.

Olson thanked her staff, which is made up of three full-time employees and two part-time employees, for all they do to keep their programs organized, but heightened the importance of their large volunteer base that helps keep all their programming manageable.

For more information on Extension programming or Cass County Fair updates, visit their website at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/cass or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CassCoIAExt.

The Cass County Extension office is located at 805 W. 10th St., Atlantic and is open Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 4:30 PM.

Adair County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Mandy Berg, announces that pursuant to a Federal Court Order, the filing period for candidates for Nonparty political organization (NPPO) and Non-Affiliated persons for the upcoming General Election, held on November 8, 2022, has changed.

Anyone interested in running as an NPPO or Non-Affiliated candidate in the General Election may pick up Nomination Papers and Affidavits of Candidacy in the Auditor’s Office, located at 400 Public Sq, Ste 5, in Greenfield, from 8:00 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday or at https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/electioninfo/general/index.html

The first day for Non-Party candidates and Township Trustees to file for the General Election is Monday, August 8th, with a filing deadline of 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31st.  As a reminder, the last day to file for Soil & Water Commissioners and Ag-Extension is 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31st.  If you have already filed papers to be on the General Election ballot, you do not need to refile.

County positions open are: Supervisor-Districts #2NE and District #4SE, Treasurer, Recorder, County Attorney, Township Trustees & Clerks (Richland & Washington Townships), Soil & Water Commissioners, and Ag-Extension candidates.

For more information and for the number of signatures required for each office, please contact the Auditor’s office at 641-743-2546.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest of 39-year-old Jason Leroy Arends of Creston at 6:10 p.m. on Thursday at the intersection of Elm and Irving Streets in Creston. Arends was charged with Interference with Official Acts Bodily Injury, Driving While Barred, Domestic Abuse Assault, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Obstruction of Emergency Communication, and two warrants from outside agencies. Arends was booked into the Union County Jail and held on no bond until seen by a judge.