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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 7/31/16

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July 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:20 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball officials say one ticket sold in New Hampshire matches all six numbers in the Powerball drawing worth $487 million. The winning numbers for the Powerball are 11-17-21-23-32 and the Powerball number is 5. The numbers were drawn Saturday night for the nation’s eighth-largest lottery jackpot.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa hospital will soon begin offering heroin and opiate overdose rescue kits to the public. The Telegraph Herald report that Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque officials announced Friday that the hospital and its pharmacy will distribute kits with two nasal injection doses of naloxone to counteract the effects of opioids. To obtain the kits, people must go through a 30-minute training session to ensure the naloxone is administered properly.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State officials say the work of a crime laboratory analyst fired after posting a racist online rant will be independently reviewed by another analyst. Iowa Department of Public Safety spokesman Alex Murphy tells the Des Moines Register that such reviews are a common practice after the departure of any forensic scientist. Amy Pollpeter, a 10-year employee, was fired Tuesday after she lashed out at the Black Lives Matter movement _ and all blacks in general _ in a July 8 Facebook post.

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a crop-dusting plane hit power lines just south of Sac City in western Iowa, causing it to crash and killing the pilot. The Fort Dodge Messenger report that the crash occurred around 9:15 a.m. Friday. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory told the newspaper that the plane came down in a corn field about three miles south of Sac City. The pilot’s name has not yet been released.