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UPDATE: Winning $2 million Iowa Lottery ticket sold to an 80-year-old Decorah man

Posted: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 11:29 AM

The identity of the owner of a $2 million Iowa Lottery winning ticket has been revealed.  He is 80-year-old Don Johnson of Decorah.

Johnson was given a Powerball ticket as a Father's Day present.  He checked the ticket on Sunday morning at the Casey's store on College Drive in Decorah--and learned it was worth $2 million.

After state and federal taxes are taken out, Johnson will receive a check for $1.4 million.  "Not too bad," he tells decorahnews.com.

Johnson says his daughter and son-in-law, Charles and Deb Coffey of Decorah, will give him a ride to Des Moines soon, where he will claim his prize at the Iowa Lottery headquarters.