CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Officials have announced that University of Northern Iowa Provost Jim Wohlpart is resigning to become the newest president of a public university in Washington state. Wohlpart announced the move Thursday after being hired to lead Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. His new position is effective in June, when he will replace outgoing president James L. Gaudino.

Wohlpart has served as UNI provost and executive vice president for academic affairs for the past six years. He also served as the Cedar Falls school’s interim president from July 2016 to January 2017. Central Washington has an enrollment of near 16,000, compared with about 10,000 at UNI.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With the widest reach of any lotteries in the U.S., Powerball and Mega Millions are designed to produce eyepopping jackpots that generate huge sales. It’s safe to say it’s working, as their combined jackpots reached an estimated $1.39 billion on Thursday. The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday night, when an estimated $750 million prize will be up for grabs.

FILE – In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, file photo, a customer shows off a Mega Millions lottery ticket after purchasing it, in Orlando, Fla. The nation’s two national lottery games are designed to produce immense jackpots that generate huge sales, and the recipe certainly is working now as prizes on Thursday reached a combined $1.39 billion. The next drawing for Mega Millions is Friday night, when a $750 million prize will be up for grabs. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

The drawing for an estimated $640 million Powerball jackpot will be Saturday night. If you’re wondering whether to risk $2 on a ticket, do so only if you expect to lose. The odds are 1 in 292.2 million to win Powerball and 1 in 302.5 million to win Mega Millions.

A total of four people were arrested recently on drug charges in Mills County. The Glenwood Police Department reports 50-year-old Lisa Partridge, of Fremont, NE., and 43-year old Ronald Phelps, of Bellevue, NE., were arrested Wednesday for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Their bonds were set at $1,000 each.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports 53-year old Traci Dawn Stephens, of Fremont, NE., was arrested Thursday (today), for two counts Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was taken into custody at around 2:40-a.m., following a traffic stop on I-29. Bond was set at $2,300.

Late Monday morning, 47-year old David Daniel Good, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on I-29 in Mills County. He was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia., and Driving Under Suspension. Bond was set at $2,000.

Mills County Deputies, on Wednesday, arrested: 34-year old Caleb Stephen Coggins, of Richmond, MO., for being a Fugitive from Justice. He was being held without bond; 35-year old Matthew Paul Dennis, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Wed. afternoon, on a warrant for Driving While Revoked or Denied. He was taken into custody at the Pottawattamie County Jail, and held on $1,000 bond. And, 39-year-old Sunshine Dawn Dalton, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Pott. County Jail, on two Mills County warrants for two counts of Theft in the 2nd Degree and Forgery. He bond was set at $12,000.

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers, Thursday, said “With a potential winter storm approaching our area on Friday, the Clarinda Police Department would like to remind the citizens of Clarinda about the snow ordinance. The ordinance states that; no person shall park any motor vehicle or other apparatus upon any street of the city that will obstruct the removal of snow when there has been an accumulation of two (2) inches or more.”

“Any vehicle left parked on any street in violation of this ordinance may be impounded, and the registered owner of the vehicle will be subject to a $30.00 parking fine, and payment of all applicable towing and storage fee before the vehicle is released.

The parking ban remains in effect until the snow ceases to fall and the streets have been plowed from curb to curb.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude. The lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Iowa says Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City and the companies conspired to lure the students to Iowa under a work- and study- based visa exchange program only to push them into unskilled labor positions, pay them significantly less than U.S. employees and take unlawful deductions from their paychecks.

The college denies the allegations calling them malicious, untrue, and offensive.

Officials with the Harlan Police Department are asking for your help in solving a crime.  A person or persons unknown caused thousands of dollars damage to a new residence being built on Gary Scull Drive. Information leading to an arrest or arrests and conviction(s) in this case, will be eligible for a financial reward. You can report any information concerning the incidents and remain confidential. Please call the Harlan Police Department at 712-755-5151 if you have any valid information concerning those who damaged the residence on Gary Scull Drive, in Harlan.

Due to the weather forecast of impending snow and wind, City Officials in Harlan have declared a Snow Emergency for Friday January 15, 2021. No parking on north/south streets from 8:00am to noon, and no parking on east/west streets from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm. (1/14/21)

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Ben Corell says there were a “staggering number” of domestic and overseas deployments for Iowa Guard soldiers and airmen in 2020. That includes 17-hundred who are still on duty overseas and over 900 Iowa Guardsmen called to pandemic-related duty. “Not since the historic floods of 2008, has the Iowa National Guard played such a diverse role in coming to the aid of Iowans during their time of need,” Corell said.

Adj. Gen. Ben Correll

Corell delivered the annual “Condition of the Guard” address to Iowa legislators this (Thursday) morning. He went on to highlight the actions of the Guard during the pandemic: distributing 312 tons of food to food insecure Iowans, driving over 420,000 miles to deliver personal protective equipment and Test Iowa Samples to Iowa hospitals, and staffing 12 Test Iowa locations.

The Guard also assisted during the Derecho; they were responsible for clearing debris from city blocks so that power could be restored. 2020 saw the Guard have 1,700+ soldiers and airmen deployed full time on humanitarian and peace keeping missions. General Corell maintained that the National Guard is ready and capable and will remain ready and capable moving forward.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man has been charged in Iowa with felony extortion and domestic assault counts after police say he threatened to shoot a woman if she didn’t give him thousands of dollars. The Globe Gazette reports that 27-year-old Anthony Scott Moore was arrested Tuesday, and charges were filed Wednesday in Cerro Gordo County. Police say Moore admitted to investigators that he held a gun to a woman’s head in a Mason City home and threatened to kill her if she didn’t write him a $50,000 check.

Police say he also took a cellphone from the woman and disconnected the 911 call she was trying to make. Moore is being held in the Cerro Gordo County Jail without bond.