FROM KCCI: Memorial Day 2025: How Iowans can honor the fallen. The United States will commemorate Memorial Day on Monday, May 26, by honoring soldiers who died during service. Originally known as Declaration Day, the tradition can be traced back to May 30, 1868. Gen. John A. Logan, 3rd commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former Union soldiers, proclaimed it a day to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil War. This year, many organizations across Iowa will keep the tradition alive. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Male boater missing on Des Moines River, rescue crews continue search. The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office temporarily suspended the search for a missing man reportedly thrown from a boat Sunday morning. According to the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 9:50 a.m., a caller reported a boating accident on the Des Moines River near 310th Street, in rural Eddyville. The caller reported that two individuals had been thrown from the boat that they were operating. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Iowa farm groups chalk up pluses and minuses in state legislative session. Since Iowa's General Assembly adjourned in the early hours of May 15, many passed bills have been signed or sit on Gov. Kim Reynolds' desk. A number of those pieces of legislation directly impact agriculture. ... READ MORE

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Back to the Biz
CelebrAsian was a huge hit this year. One vendor told us she topped her previous sales record at the festival on just the first day. Cooler than average temperatures brought people and their dogs out. Personally, I don’t recall bigger crowds at any recent Gateway West fest. Bob Ray, the “Once and forever Gov,” would be smiling — this year’s fest honored the 50th anniversary of his initiative to make Iowa a welcoming home to Asian refugees post-Vietnam War.

Snack food makers are doubling down on the hope that people will get over the new, U.S. Health and Human Services-led movement to get rid of additives and chemicals in their junk food. Maybe they are just desperate since Ozempic and other diabetes drugs have people losing weight and their appetites for junk. Whatever the reason, Lay's introduced three new flavors of overly processed potato chips in April — bacon grilled cheese, Valentina and lime flavored and wavy Korean-style fried chicken. Then May saw their debut of Thai red curry chips, made with salt, spices, sugar, tomato powder, dextrose, corn maltodextrin, onion powder, natural flavors, paprika, potassium salt, corn syrup solids, citric acid, paprika extract, and garlic powder.

Deals of the day
 
• The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) has a Monday special Graziano grinder with a side for $12.
 
• The Continental (407 E. Fifth St., Des Moines) offers a Monday special double smash burger and shoestring fries for $12.
 
• Bad Dog Burgers include three 1/3-pound patties, six pieces of bacon, choice of cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion for $10.95 on Mondays at Kathy’s East 14th Street Tavern (3418 E. 14th St., Des Moines).
 
• Jethro's in Altoona and West Des Moines has a Monday mac and cheese special called hog wild this week. 

• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) has specials on chicken Parmesan and lasagna today, $11.50, with garlic bread and salad.

• Eastside Eddie’s (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines) Monday  special is a burger with domestic beer, soft drink or well drink for $10. Those are good, generously sized burgers, too.

• Centro (1003 Locust St., Des Moines) offers half-price pizza and Peronis on Monday.

• Who's on First (810 E. First St., Ankeny) has steak night on Monday, and it's an 8-ounce filet with salad, mashed potatoes and beans for $22.95.

• Pelican Post (265 50th St., West Des Moines) has a special today on hot beef sandwiches, $10.95 until 4 p.m. 

• Tito’s Lounge (3916 Urbandale Drive, Urbandale) offers all-you-can-eat wings Mondays. 

• Monday brings prime rib specials to both Chicago Speakeasy (1520 Euclid Ave., Des Moines) and Christopher's (2816 Beaver Ave., Des Moines).

• Johnny's Hall of Fame (302 Court Ave., Des Moines) has $12 burger baskets on Mondays and Fridays.

• Urban Cellars (640 S. 50th St., West Des Moines) offers $60 wine dinners for two on Mondays including two entrees with soup or salad, a dessert and a bottle on wine. 

• Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road, Des Moines) has a burger basket with fries deal Mondays for $9. 

• Red Lobster's Monday special is lobster and shrimp scampi with a side for $20. 

• Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction) has a Monday special homemade tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwich for $12.50. 

• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) has a Monday steak night special, sirloins and truffle fries for $18.

• Price Chopper delis offer two-piece, bone-in fried chicken dinners, with two sides and a roll, for $6 on Mondays.   

• Fareway has deals this week on AE yogurt at 58 cents, Bartlett pears at 99 cents/pound and beef short ribs at $6.99/pound through Saturday.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1865: One of the last Confederate generals surrenders. Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, surrenders on May 26, 1865, one of the last Confederate generals to capitulate. Kirby Smith, who had become commander of the area in January 1863, was charged with keeping the Mississippi River open to the Southerners. Yet he was more interested in recapturing Arkansas and Missouri, largely because of the influence of Arkansans in the Confederate Congress who helped to secure his appointment. ... READ MORE

1924: President Coolidge signs Immigration Act of 1924. On May 26, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signs into law the Immigration Act of 1924, the most stringent U.S. immigration policy up to that time in the nation’s history. ... READ MORE

1960: United States charges Soviets with espionage. During a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge charges that the Soviet Union has engaged in espionage activities at the U.S. embassy in Moscow for years. The charges were obviously an attempt by the United States to deflect Soviet criticisms following the downing of an American U-2 spy plane over Russia earlier in the month. ... READ MORE

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