This has been a great year so far for people in the Cedar Valley when it comes to winning big with the Iowa Lottery. Since April there have been about five lottery winners in the Cedar Valley. And that number keeps growing.

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In early Spring, one Waterloo woman won $100,000 after playing the lottery. Not even a full week later, yet another woman in Waterloo took home the big cash prize of $30,000. By the end of April, a third Waterloo woman had claimed a $20,000 payout. In total, $150,000 went directly into the pockets of several Cedar Valley residents. Another Waterloo man sweetened up the pot by winning another $100,000 in April.

You thought Waterloo had the only big winners? Think again!

 

Two Multi-State Lotteries Each Offer Over $400 Jackpots
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A LaPorte City won big with the Iowa Lottery this week. Ann Haraldson got very lucky when she played the state lottery scratch game "Bonus Crossword" and won $30,000. This winning ticket that she bought came from the Kwik tar on 841 South Street in Jesup.

These winners from Northeast Iowa are really wracking up money. A new winner from Waterloo is adding another few thousand to the count.

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On Friday afternoon, when a lot of us were returning from our lunchbreaks, Mr. Charles Jones of Waterloo was skipping out early. He had a good reason though. Jones had won $50,000.

When he went to the Cedar Rapids regional office to claim his prize, officials say he couldn't hide his glee.

"I'm overwhelmed. It still feels surreal," Jones said.

The Waterloo resident bought several scratch off tickets at the HyVee on Logan Avenue in Waterloo last week during his lunch break, according to lottery officials.

"Then I went back to see what the prize was, and I was just – I couldn't believe that I hit the max," he said.

Jones plans to use his winnings to pay his bills and retire some of his debt.

Hilarious Iowa DOT Signs

Anyone else share a sense of humor with a state's Department of Transportation? Just me? Well, every Monday the Iowa Department of Transportation puts up a sometimes hilarious, sometimes straightforward message on their road signs across the state. This is called "message Monday" and Iowa DOT tries to entertain and educate drivers through these signs. Here are just a few of our favorites.

Roseanne Barr Abandoned Iowa Mansion in Eldon, IA

I fell into a rabbit hole when I found out that Roseanne Barr almost had a mansion in Iowa. After seeing the current state of the property on Facebook, I was amazed that such an extravagant project could be so quickly overtaken by nature. Only two hours away from Waterloo, this abandoned field could have hosted some of the coolest and elite Hollywood parties in the Midwest. The current photos were taken by Gable Fry on a recent trip he took.

 

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