CLIVE, IA (IRN) – Iowa lottery receipts are down, according to the Des Moines Register. Lottery figures released Thursday show the lottery generated nearly $81 million for the state in the year ending June 30 – down around $7 million from the record $88 million the previous fiscal year.

CASEY, IA (IRN) – Authorities are investigating a robbery at the Rolling Hills Bank in Casey, according to Raccoon Valley Radio. No one was injured, and it hasn’t been released whether or not the robber left with any money.

MCGREGOR, IA (IRN) – The small town of McGregor in northeastern Iowa suffered serious damage from a high end EF-1 tornado Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Several buildings in the historic town along the Mississippi River were damaged or destroyed.The good news is no one was injured.

BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – Strategic Behavioral Health has been given the green light to build a mental health facility in Bettendorf. WQAD-TV reports the company will close on the land within 30 days, and hope to be open for business next year.

WEST DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A special display at the Iowa State Fair will mark 35 years since 12-year-old Johnny Gosch, a West Des Moines newspaper delivery boy, disappeared without a trace. KCCI-TV reports the little red wooden wagon that Johnny used to carry those newspapers hasn’t been seen since that Sunday morning he disappeared in 1982, but now the Iowa State Patrol will display the wagon and its history at the patrol’s spot inside the Grandstand.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Six years ago a Cedar Rapids woman saved the life of a man from Denmark, and just this week they met for the first time. KCRG-TV reports Jonas Staal and Rachel Kruse met at the airport in Iowa City after years of waiting. Jonas had leukemia, and Rachel was his match and donated her bone marrow. Jonas says, “I wouldn’t have survived the chemo without Rachel’s donation.”