FROM KCCI: Des Moines police investigate rollover crash on Ingersoll Avenue. Des Moines police responded to a wreck that left one vehicle on its side in the 2900 block of Ingersoll Avenue on Tuesday night. The crash was reported shortly after 8:30 p.m. The Des Moines Police Department initially shared on its X account that a caller reported a vehicle struck several parked cars before it rolled. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Gov. Reynolds taps Iowa National Guard to assist ICE in immigration efforts. Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday announced she has directed the Iowa National Guard to serve in a supportive role to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As part of the mission, 20 soldiers with the Iowa National Guard will give administrative and logistical support to ICE officials based in Iowa. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Des Moines police asking public for help locating teen believed to be in crisis. The Des Moines Police Department is asking the public for help locating a missing teen Tuesday. 15-year-old Aiden, who is described as 5’7” tall at approximately 125 lbs., is believed to be in crisis, according to Des Moines police. The attached photo is said to only be a few days old. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Mexico transfers 26 cartel figures wanted by U.S. authorities in deal with Trump administration. Mexico sent 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States Tuesday in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks smuggling drugs across the border. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: U.S. national debt reaches a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports. The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record number that highlights the accelerating debt on America’s balance sheet and increased cost pressures on taxpayers. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Marion County man lying in driveway run over by SUV. A Pleasantville man lying in a driveway was run over by an SUV late Monday night. According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, at around 9:51 p.m. a Buick Enclave was turning into the driveway of a home in the 200 block of Gear Street in Pleasantville when it hit a 79-year-old man who was lying in the driveway . The crash report says that the driver of the SUV then backed up off the victim and called 911. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

Dry today and Thursday, with another spotty storm chance early Friday. Next best rain chance comes Sunday into Monday.

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

Woebegone Wednesday
 
U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend that females over 14 should aim for at least 25-28 grams of fiber per day, while males should aim for 31-34 grams. Most Americans do not meet these recommendations, with over 90% of females and 97% of males falling short. (Dietary Guidelines for Americans)

7-OH is under fire by the Food and Drug Administration which is calling for labels to identify it as an "opioid" which would make it a controlled substance. Currently it is available at many vape stores and convenience markets without a prescription. FDA agents are also moving to modernize the 18-year-old labeling for oxytocin which was based on one test of 50 arthritis patients that lasted two weeks, according to FDA head Marty Makary.

Deals today
• Waterfront stores' Wednesday special this week is a whole boiled Maine lobster with sweet corn and potatoes for $29. 

• Kelly's Little Nipper (1701 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines) offers any burger with a side for $10 on Wednesdays. 

• 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. 

• Gilroy's (1238 Eigth St., West Des Moines) has all you can eat fried chicken dinners on Wednesdays, $21.99 after 5 p.m. Dustin Baird will play on the patio there from 6 p.m. tonight.

• 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 mac and five cheeses with three meats 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.

• 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 Mig's (128 Fifth St., Valley Junction).

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

•  Taylor King plays Either/Or at 6 p.m.

• 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 Market Grilles are offering a cheeseburger and fries  Wednesday special for $8.

• Hy-Vee stores have sales on chicken thighs and drums for 99 cents/pound, Haagen Daaz for $3.99/pint and Hy-Vee yogurts at $1/three through Sunday. 

• Fresh Thyme (2900 University Ave., West Des Moines) begins a week-long sale on southern peaches at $1.49/pound, red, green or black grapes at $1.99/pound and avocados at six for $3.   . 
 
— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1878: First Victim of Memphis yellow fever epidemic dies. On Aug. 13, 1878, Kate Bionda, a restaurant owner, dies of yellow fever in Memphis, Tennessee, after a man who had escaped a quarantined steamboat visited her restaurant. The disease spread rapidly and the resulting epidemic emptied the city.  ... READ MORE

1952: “Hound Dog” is recorded for the first time by Big Mama Thornton. On Aug. 13, 1952, four years before Elvis Presley would make “Hound Dog” his longest running no. 1 hit, the song is recorded for the very first time by the rhythm-and-blues singer Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton in Los Angeles, California. Since Presley's version ran 11 weeks at the top of the pop music charts, it's often been mistakenly assumed to be his original. ... READ MORE

1961: Berlin is divided. Shortly after midnight on Aug. 13, 1961, East German soldiers begin laying down barbed wire and bricks as a barrier between Soviet-controlled East Berlin and the democratic western section of the city.  ... READ MORE

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