FROM KCCI: Vehicle flips, submerges in water in Polk County crash; five injured. Five people were hurt in a two-car crash that left one vehicle upside down and submerged in water on Sunday morning. The Polk County Sheriff's Office says the two vehicles crashed at the intersection of N.E. 112th Street and East University Avenue south of Mitchellville at about 9:15 a.m. Sunday. A deputy and several witnesses were able to flip the upturned vehicle back onto its wheels. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Driver identified, charged in relation to police chase, Embassy Suites crash. The Des Moines Police Department has released the name of the driver who led police on a chase and crashed into the Embassy Suites on Wednesday. The incident began around 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday when several 911 callers reported a person attempting to assault pedestrians in the 600 block of Robert D Ray Drive. Callers reported the man had chased people both on foot and in a vehicle. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Winterset homeowners battle rising waters. Between 1:30 and 5 a.m. on Sunday, the City of Winterset said it saw more than five inches of rain pour down in around three and a half hours, resulting in a "significant flashing flooding event." Water pooled in several areas outdoors, and some said their basements were decently impacted. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: 568 people survived after an Indonesian passenger ferry caught fire at sea, killing 3. Indonesian rescuers evacuating people from a passenger ferry that caught fire at sea said Monday more than 560 were rescued and three died. The KM Barcelona 5 caught fire around midday Sunday while heading to Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, on its regular half-day journey from Melonguane port in Talaud Islands district in the same province, according to First Adm. Franky Pasuna Sihombing, chief of the Manado navy base. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Off-duty border patrol agent shot in a Manhattan park in apparent botched robbery, police say. An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in a Manhattan park on Saturday following an apparent robbery gone wrong, New York City police and federal officials said. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: One in custody following shooting incident in Fort Dodge. One person is in custody and an investigation is underway following a shooting incident in Fort Dodge on Saturday. According to the Fort Dodge Police Department, just after 3:30 p.m., the Webster County dispatch center received a call of shots fired on Avenue M West, near the Westridge Townhomes in Fort Dodge. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

Dry until Thursday it appears. Heating up Tuesday into Thursday. Scattered storm chances Thursday through Saturday.

For help with pre-approvals or refinancing, get in touch with Originating Branch Manager Carrie Hansen at carrie.mortgage.

Back to the Biz
New laws took effect July 1 in Iowa that affect restaurants and customers. 1.) THC beverages are now treated like booze in transport. Driving with an open container is now criminal. Store the beverages in your trunk. 2.) It is now a felony-level crime to alter a gift card with intent to fraud. 

CBS News explained why cherries are such a bargain this year compared to grapes and other stone fruits. The Pacific Northwest is having ‘the best year ever” for their cherry crop, because of little rain in late spring and early summer. Rain damages cherry yield because water splits and softens the fruit. Expensive helicopters must be used after rains to try to dry the cherries. 

Deals today 
• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) has $8 omelets and $10 hot beef sandwich specials Mondays.

• Johnny's Italian Steakhouses have a chicken de Burgo special on Mondays before 4 p.m., $14 including beverage.
 
• Felix & Oscar's is celebrating its 50th anniversary with buffets all July. $18 or two for $30. Kids $10, under 4 free. Monday is a pizza, salad and wings bar.
 
• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) hosts Shelby Smokehouse Soul Food on Mondays, 5-9 p.m.
 
• Haiku (1350 31st St., Des Moines) offers free egg drop soup and crab Rangoon with lunch entrees today.
 
• Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St., West Des Moines) has a $5 burger deal after 5 p.m.
 
• G Mig's (126 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has $11 smashburgers today with a side.
 
• 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.

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

• Hy-Vee grilles are offering a Monday special meat loaf dinner with green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy for $8. 

• 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) 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 tuna, chicken or egg salad sandwiches on croissants for $12.50. 

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

• Chuck's (3610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines) offers $14 calzone specials with up to three ingredients on Mondays. 

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

•  Fareways have specials through Saturday on Fareway butter at $2.99/pound, 5-ounce pork ribeyes at four for $5, and chicken hindquarters for 99 cents/pound.
 
— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1861: The First Battle of Bull Run. On July 21, 1861, in the first major land battle of the Civil War, a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell is routed at the First Battle of Bull Run by a Confederate army under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard.   ... READ MORE

2007: Final Harry Potter book is released. On July 21, 2007, the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is released, with an initial print run of 12 million copies in the United States alone. Like each of the previous Harry Potter novels, Deathly Hallows was slated to be made into a major Hollywood film. ... READ MORE

2011: NASA’s final space shuttle mission comes to an end. On July 21, 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program completes its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the program’s 30-year history, its five orbiters—Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour—carried more than 350 people into space and flew more than 500 million miles, and shuttle crews conducted important research, serviced the Hubble Space Telescope and helped in the construction of the International Space Station, among other activities. NASA retired the shuttles to focus on a deep-space exploration program that could one day send astronauts to asteroids and Mars.  ... READ MORE

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