FROM KCCI: 'It was crazy': Iowa woman recalls Ozzy Osbourne's infamous Des Moines concert. Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary heavy metal singer and former lead vocalist of Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 76, as confirmed by his family in a social media post. His death comes just weeks after his farewell concert, where he reunited with members of Black Sabbath. Part of Osbourne's legacy was cemented in Iowa on Jan. 20, 1982, during a concert at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The Iowa Events Center shared a picture of the flyer from that concert, where a dead bat was thrown on stage. Osbourne, who later said he thought the bat was made of rubber, picked it up and bit its head off. This stunt has followed him for more than 40 years. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Des Moines man charged in shooting that killed his step-grandson, DMPD says. A Des Moines man has been charged in an early Tuesday morning shooting that killed his step-grandson the Des Moines Police Department announced. At around 12:45 a.m. officers with the DMPD responded to a shooting in the 200 block of Bell Avenue. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 38-year-old man with gunshot wounds as well as the suspected shooter. The victim, identified as Ryan Schonlau, died from his injuries at the scene. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Des Moines food assistance organizations see problems arise amid heatwave. Many people who rely on food pantries and soup kitchens will have to battle the extreme heat this week just to get a meal. The heat can create a new set of challenges for the food assistance organizations who serve them as well. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Trump strikes tariff deal with Japan, auto stocks surge. U.S. President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan that lowers tariffs on auto imports and spares Tokyo from punishing new levies on other goods in exchange for a $550 billion package of U.S.-bound investment and loans. It is the most significant of a clutch of agreements that Trump has bagged since unveiling sweeping global levies in April, though like other deals, exact details remained unclear. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Florida signs $245 million in contracts for ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Here’s a look by the numbers. Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ administration has already signed contracts to pay at least $245 million to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” according to a public database. The amount — to be fronted by Florida taxpayers — is in line with the $450 million a year officials have estimated the facility will cost. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Officials confirm case of measles in Western Iowa. Iowa Health Officials have confirmed a measles case in Western Iowa. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed that an adult in Western Iowa has a case of the measles. HHS has also released potential exposure locations. The affected individual is fully vaccinated and has not traveled outside of Iowa or come in contact with any previous confirmed measles cases, according to the HHS. ... READ MORE

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Woebegone Wednesday
Middling away. “Farmers receive only 16 cents of every food dollar spent and are also battling inflationary pressures on inputs like machinery and fertilizer,” according to Dr. Christopher Pudenz, Iowa Farm Bureau’s economics and research manager. Does that not sound a lot like the problem with the pharmaceutical industry that FDA Director Marty Makary has been denouncing recently? In both cases, the U.S. seems to have more layers of middlemen taking their cut between farm, or lab, and table. 

Science Advances magazine reported that the killer bird virus HPAI is showing remarkable adaptability. The impact on ecological, animal and human health is “substantial,” because it could lead to a host of “range expansion and human infections,” according to the researchers. The most recent spread of HPAI that began in February 2022 affected more than 180 million birds in North America before spreading to other mammals in the last year including humans, dairy cows, cats, dogs and foxes according to USDA and other researchers. 

Deals today

• Exile (1514 Walnut St., Des Moines) offers a $12 burger basket with fries and a beer on Wednesdays. 

• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) offers $8 French toast or pancake breakfasts and $2 tacos, $9 wraps and $10 half-pounds of wings on Wednesdays. 

• Johnny's Italian Steakhouses have a chicken Madeira special on Wednesdays before 4 p.m., $15 including beverage.

• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) has a $10 classic burger and beer all day. 

• Felix & Oscar's is celebrating its 50th anniversary with buffets all July. $18 or two for $30. Kids $10, under 4 free. Wednesday is a pasta, salad and bread bar.
 
• Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St., West Des Moines) has all-you-can-eat fried chicken dinners on Wednesdays, $21.99, after 5 p.m.

• Haiku (1315 31st St., Des Moines) lets kids 11 and younger eat free with adults on Wednesdays. Hot sour soup and eggrolls are comped today with lunch entrees.  

• Wednesdays bring steak night to Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road, Des Moines). Steaks are cooked to order with salad, potato and bread, $14.99.

• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) offers hot beef sandwiches with mashed potatoes and gravy for $11.50 on Wednesday. 

• Curbin' Cuisine (1325 S.W. Oralabor Road, Ankeny) offers traditional gyros for $7 Wednesdays. 

• Wine bottles are half price on Wednesdays at Trostel's Greenbriar (5910 Merle Hay Road, Johnston). The Continental (407 E. Fifth St., Des Moines) also has half-priced bottles on Wednesdays. 

• G Mig's (128 Fifth St., Valley Junction) offers a special chicken Parmesan dinner today with salad and garlic bread for $19.25.

• Barntown's (9500 S.E. University Ave., West Des Moines) Wednesday specials are a pound of chicken tenders with fries and two sauces for $11.99, plus $13 core pitchers of beer.

• Wednesday is Biryani Festival at Chowrastha (5910 Ashworth Road, West Des Moines). Buy two and a third is free.

• Tacos Mariana's (1305 University Ave., Des Moines) and The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) have specials on tacos today. 

• Village Inns offer free pie with entrees on Wednesdays. 

• It's lasagna day at Maxie's Supper Club (1311 Grand Ave., West Des Moines), breaded pork tenderloin day at Eastside Eddie's (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines), and barbecue ribs evening at G Migg's (128 Fifth St., Valley Junction).

• Panka Peruvian (2708 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) has live jazz Wednesday. 

• Chuck's (3610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines) offers $5 off pizza on Wednesdays.

• Curbin Cuisine (1325 S.W. Oralabor, Ankeny) has $7 gyros on Wednesdays. 


• Bordanaro's (6108 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) has a Wednesday-Thursday only special on carryout pizza. They start at $6.50 for a 10-inch cheese pie. Each ingredient added is an extra charge, but this pretty much adds up to half-price pies.

• Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St., West Des Moines) has fried chicken specials tonight.  

• Kwik Stars' Wednesday special is eight pieces of fried chicken for $10. Their fried chicken is ridiculously good for a convenience store.  

• On Wednesdays, you can get any burger with fries for $10.99 at Tito's Lounge (3916 N.W. Urbandale Drive, Urbandale). 

• Jethro's have $9.95 BPT sandwiches, including a side of choice, on Wednesdays. 

• Hy-Vee grilles are offering a cheeseburger and fries  Wednesday special for $8.

•  Price Choppers have sales on stone fruits at $2.49/pound, blueberries and red or white grapes at $1.99/pound, Talenti ice cream at $3.99/pint, and swai or pollock frozen filets at $3.49/pound  through Monday.

• Waterfront’s Wednesday special this week is the year's first lobster boil, after 4:30 p.m.

• Fresh Thyme begins a week long sale today on jumbo golden dew melons at $4.99, wild swordfish or ahi steaks at $10.99/pound and Michigan blueberries at $1.99/pint.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

"My little corner of Page County, which has 'moderate drought' currently. These flowers have never cared if it was hot and dry. They just keep blooming and spreading!" — Diane Ferguson

1973: President Nixon refuses to hand over tapes. On July 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over his secret audio recordings to the Senate Watergate Committee and Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, citing executive privilege. His refusal kickeds off a legal battle that culminateds in the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling one year later that Nixon must hand over the tapes. ... READ MORE

1996: U.S. women take home gymnastics gold. On July 23, 1996, at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team wins its first-ever team gold. ... READ MORE

1999: Woodstock ’99 begins. The music festival Woodstock ’99 opens on July 23, 1999. The festival—timed to the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock—attempts to bring the spirit of peace, music, and love to a new generation; instead it devolves into three days of scorching heat, raw sewage, misogyny and greed in upstate New York. ... READ MORE

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