Clarksville Skilled Nursing employee, Greene resident wins $10,000 in lottery pre-tax

CLIVE – A Butler County woman expected to claim a $100 prize on her winning scratch ticket, but she ended up winning a lot more than that.
Cheryl Mehmen of Greene said she purchased a “$100,000 Mega Crossword” scratch ticket Tuesday at her local Express Mart located at 214 N. First St., and when she scratched it off she thought she’d won a $100 prize. But Mehmen ended up winning the seventh of 25 prizes of $10,000 available in the game.
“This one I thought was $100 and I took it back up (to Express Mart) with the meaning of taking my husband out for dinner,” Mehmen told lottery employees Wednesday as she claimed her prize at the lottery’s regional office in Mason City. “Then (the clerk) goes, ‘You’re a big winner!’ And I go, ‘No I’m not, it’s just $100.’ She goes, ‘No Cheryl, you’re a big winner – you just won $10,000!’ And I’m like, ‘What?’”
Read the full article in the January 28 edition of the papers.