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Iowa early News Headlines: Thu., Feb. 12 2015

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February 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — They’ll have to share, but with a more than $564 million jackpot, that shouldn’t be a problem. Lottery officials say there are at least three winning tickets in Wednesday night’s big Powerball drawing. The winning tickets are in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas. Should the winners select the lump sum option, each would get a little more than $127 million before taxes.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers are differing greatly over bills that would decide when fall classes can start for Iowa school districts. A Senate education committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would give control to school districts. Lawmakers on a House education committee later approved a bill that would require classes to start on or after August 23rd, with a stipulation that school districts cannot seek a waiver to begin sooner.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A court is dismissing an order that required a University of Iowa medical official to pay $183,000 for unfairly revoking the clinical privileges of a subordinate. The Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed a claim yesterday against UI nuclear medicine director Michael Graham brought by former employee Ravi Sood.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — The IRS will return $344,000 in legal earnings that agents seized from a prominent Iowa neurologist over the way he withdrew his own money. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa dismissed a civil forfeiture case last week involving Mason City doctor Alireza Yarahmadi.