CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A Powerball ticket sold in northwest Iowa is worth $1 million. Iowa Lottery officials say the ticket sold in Correctionville, Iowa, matched five of the six winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing. The ticket was sold at a Brew convenience store.

The store will receive a $1,000 bonus from the Iowa lottery for selling the winning ticket. No one matched all six numbers to win the jackpot in Saturday’s drawing. So the prize will grow to $90 million for Wednesday’s drawing.

A series of meetings and a media blitz should have Guthrie County residents ready to make an informed vote Tuesday on an $8.5-million referendum to pay for a jail expansion and parking lot improvement project in Guthrie Center, that authorities have been promoting. Sheriff’s officials have said the current jail, constructed 56-years ago, was originally only supposed to house 10 inmates and five employees, but it is currently 100% full, due to segregation rules (including gender, juvenile, medical/mental health issues, misdemeanor/felony, etc.). And, while the jail might only five inmates, it is considered full due to the segregation rules. Overflow inmates are transferred to another county at a daily rate.

Authorities say the cost of housing inmates at other out-of-county facilities from December 2018 to November 2019 amounting to over $47,180, and does not include transportation/labor costs of approximately $29,000 per year. They said also, the jail is cramped. It was built to house several departments within the Sheriff’s Office (dispatch, civil, patrol, administration) and Guthrie County inmates charged with criminal offenses outlined in the Iowa Code.

Sheriff Marty Arganbright says due to an increase in crime, drug use, and mental health issues, there is a mix of 35 full and part-time employees, reserve officers, and chaplains. Because there’s also an increase in inmates, some are forced to sleep on the floor and live in less than humane conditions. Officials say the 911 Center/Dispatch area is not secure, and there is poor inmate flow that presents increased risk to public, staff, and inmates.

The solution, according to officials is a 14,800 square foot addition will serve as the Guthrie County Law Enforcement Center (LEC). The facility is designed to include five classification units and four intake holding cells and includes a jail with 28 beds (with second bunk – 32 beds), jail services, jail administration, Sheriff’s administration, patrol, and investigations. Other support spaces include interview rooms, evidence, records, storage, and a sally port. From a safety perspective the new facility design and surveillance technologies officials say, will enhance safety by providing more effective supervision, less potential incidental contact between inmates, staff and the public, and reduced inmate transfers.

To tour the current facility and see models of the new Guthrie County Jail Center visit the Guthrie County Vote website.

(Radio Iowa) — The number of homes sold in Iowa during the month of January, bounded more than ten-percent compared to January of 2019, according to a report from the Iowa Association of Realtors. Association president Scott Wendl, a realtor in Clive, credits the warmer weather for the healthy jump. “If you remember last year, January was really cold and not many people like to look at homes when it’s negative-20-degrees out,” Wendl says. “This year, it just seems to be a more mild winter, not as much snow. People are more energized to get out and start looking with the rates being so competitive.”

The report says home sales prices across Iowa remained steady compared to January of 2019.”The average price has gone up statewide 1.3% which averages out to about $3,000,” Wendl says. “The average sale price in the Iowa market is $160,000 which makes it very affordable when comparing it to other states.” More than 21-hundred homes sold statewide in January, compared to about 19-hundred a year ago. Wendl says homes sold relatively fast compared to last year, too, as January saw an average of 70 days on market compared to 74 days in January of 2019. “Anything with less than six months inventory, basically homes available, it’s kind of a balanced market,” Wendl says. “The buyers are definitely out there. The inventory is starting to pick up a little bit so there’s more homes to choose from.”

He’s expecting home sales to continue rising with the temperatures as warmer weather approaches. “It always picks up right after Spring Break,” Wendl says. “The floodgates open and everybody wants to buy or put their home on the market after the long winter.” Compared to last January, the report says new listings were up 4.4-percent and pending sales were up 7.5-percent, which Wendl says bodes well for February. Those numbers will be out later this month (In March).

Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County, Saturday evening, arrested an Adams County man following an investigation into a single-vehicle accident. Authorities say 34-year old Jeffrey Knapp, of Nodaway, was taken into custody at around 6-p.m., for OWI/1st offense. Knapp was not injured in the accident, which took place in the 1900 block of 200th Street, in Red Oak. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail, and held on a $1,000 bond. The incident remains under investigation.

Red Oak Police arrested a man late Saturday night on a Public Intoxication charge. 32-year old Brandon Michael Houghtaling, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 11:26-p.m. in the 1600 block of Broadway. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 bond. Red Oak Police said Houghtaling had also been arrested Friday night on the same charge in a different area of town. He was also held on a $300 bond for that offense, before being released and apprehended again Saturday night.

Emergency personnel from the West Des Moines Fire Dept. along with Police and other EMS crews were called to the scene of an accident involving three motorcycles, Saturday afternoon. Three people were injured. According to KCCI in Des Moines, the accident happened in the 1200 block of the Veterans Parkway, at around 4:10-p.m., Saturday.

Two of the crash victims suffered serious injuries, while injuries to a third person were considered to be life-threatening. The crash remained under investigation. No names were immediately released.