DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Snow continues to fall on the lower half of Iowa, snarling traffic as the snow blankets roads. The southbound lanes of Interstate 35 near Decatur City remained blocked mid-morning Saturday after a semitrailer jackknifed and tipped over amid the winter storm around 2:30 a.m.

The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that a passenger bus then hit the overturned semi, leading to minor injuries for one bus passenger. Seven passengers were on the bus at the time of the crash.
Some reports show 10 inches of snow had fallen spots in the southwestern corner of Iowa, and the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for a large section of the state near the Missouri border until 6 p.m. Saturday.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — A central Iowa man has won $300,000 in a state scratch lottery game. Jonathan Moss claimed the first of eight top prizes in the Iowa Lottery’s “$300,000 Platinum Cash” scratch game that debuted last month. Moss bought the winning ticket at Hy-Vee gas station in Altoona and claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Clive. The game is a $30 scratch ticket. More information on it and the number of prizes still available can be found online at www.ialottery.com .

The Iowa Lottery says that since its start in 1985, players have won more than $4.2 billion in prizes. The lottery also has raised more than $1.9 billion for state programs, including support for public schools and veterans and their families.

A man from Nebraska was arrested Friday night in Red Oak, on charges of Public Intoxication and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense. Police say 24-year old Austin Wayne Hale, of Omaha, was arrested at around 9:34-p.m. at the intersection of N. 6th and Joy Streets. Hale was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

A pursuit in eastern Iowa’s Tama County early Friday morning resulted in the death of a man from Montour. The Iowa State Patrol reports 22-year old Royce Grayson Timberwolf, who was not wearing a seat belt, died after being ejected from a 2014 KIA Optima that rolled several times after it left the road and struck a driveway in Montour.

The crash happened at around 12:10-a.m. in the 300 block of Northwood Drive, as the car was being pursued by Meskwaki Nation Police on the Meskwaki Settlement. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Tama County Sheriff’s Department, Toldeo Police & Meskwaki 1st Responders, along with Toledo Fire and EMS, and Meskwaki Nation Police.