Regional News

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Senate committee has approved tax breaks that reward green energy, charitable food donations and preserving historical sites.

FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) — Lottery officials say a ticket sold at a Freeport gas station won the most recent $50 million Powerball jackpot.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he and his wife, Christie, are buying a house in Iowa.

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The St. Louis Blues have told the operators of the Peoria Civic Center that the NHL club’s minor league affiliate in Peoria will leave after this season.

The U-S-D-A spring planting survey shows farmers across the country intend to plant a little more corn and slightly less soybeans in the upcoming growing season.  

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The union representing about 800 building and food service workers who went on strike at the University of Illinois this month says it has reached a tentative deal with the school.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s teen drivers would face tougher rules under a bill that passed the Senate.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — No one in Iowa won Powerball’s $338.3 million jackpot this weekend, but a winning ticket worth $2 million was sold in Oskaloosa.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Spring is buried under winter in parts of the Midwest and the storm continues to move east.