DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Powerball jackpot is creeping higher again. No one has won the full jackpot since March 2 and the multi-state lottery estimates Wednesday night’s drawing will be worth $348 million. While it’s not chump change, it’s a far cry from the $1.6 billion Powerball prize shared by three winning lottery ticketholders in January, the largest ever jackpot draw in the world.

Powerball says the odds of winning the top prize are one in more than 292 million. Powerball tickets are sold in 44 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Council Bluffs voters have approved a bond referendum for a new, $20 million police headquarters. Nearly 63 percent of the votes counted Tuesday approved the referendum for a bond issue. The unofficial turnout was nearly 3,900 voters, or about 11.6 percent.

Several city sites are under consideration for the new building. The current 19,000-square-foot headquarters was built in 1977. Police Chief Tim Carmody has said the department needs at least 58,000 square feet for current and future needs.

Cass County Democratic Party Chair Sherry Toelle reports five delegates and one alternate were seated at the Third District Democratic Convention, which started Saturday, April 30th, and ran thru early Sunday morning.

Cass County delegates attending the convention included Gerard O’Rourke, Don Sonntag, Mike Young, Cheryl Wessels, and Toelle; Melissa Warren, as an alternate, was seated as a delegate during the convention, after Sonntag had to leave.

Photo: Front: from left to right: Wessels, Toelle, and Warren. Rear: Young and O’Rourke. (Photo courtesy Sherry Toelle)

The five delegates will be attending the state convention to be held in Des Moines on June 18th.