CLIVE, IOWA (November 20, 2023) — A Quad Cities man who won a $50,000 lottery prize said he initially thought his prize was much smaller.

“I told my wife, ‘I think I won $75 or $50. Do you want to check it?’” Rogelio Almanza said of his wife, Silva, on Thursday as he claimed his prize at the lottery’s Cedar Rapids regional office. “So, she checks it and she goes, ‘Ro, you won! $50,000!’”

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 17, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced her appointment of Ashley Sparks as a district judge in Judicial Election District 2B.

Sparks, of Bondurant, Iowa, is the Owner of Sparks Law PLLC and is a Boone County Magistrate. She received an undergraduate degree from Western Illinois University, a Master’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa, and her law degree from Drake University Law School.

CLIVE, IOWA (November 16, 2023) — Six teams of Iowa youth won scholarships while participating in the Senior Division of the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) 

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (November 10, 2023) — The Illinois Freedom Caucus is issuing the following statement on Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s deliberate decision to prevent legisaltion to extend the Invest in Kids program to be voted on duing the final week of the Veto Session.