FROM KCCI: Gov. Kim Reynolds issues executive order to require state agencies to use E-Verify and SAVE. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order on Wednesday that requires all state government agencies and departments to use E-Verify and SAVE to confirm work eligibility and citizenship status for all potential employees. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: 1,800 deployed Iowa National Guard troops won’t be paid if shutdown continues past Oct. 15. Troops will go without pay if the government shutdown continues past October 15, leaving their families back home concerned about how they will make ends meet. April Conway, the Vice President of Blue Star Mothers of Iowa, said she is already planning to support her son if the shutdown doesn’t end. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: DMACC's Evelyn K. Davis Center won’t be sold, at least for now. Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) is pressing pause on its plans to sell the Evelyn K. Davis Center. Last month, school officials said they needed to sell the community resource center due to funding challenges. DMACC was supposed to hold a public forum on Wednesday, Oct. 8, to discuss the sale of the center. The meeting was canceled as the college reconsiders its plans for the space. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — a breakthrough greeted with joy and relief Thursday but also caution. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: What to know about the capture of the last of 10 escapees from a New Orleans jail. All 10 fugitives who made a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail in May are back in custody after the last inmate who was still on the run was captured hiding in the basement crawl space of an Atlanta home. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Black Hawk Co. Supervisor charged with sexual abuse. A board supervisor with Black Hawk County has been charged with third degree sexual abuse. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation confirmed they arrested Christopher Schwartz, 45, at his Waterloo home Wednesday morning. Schwartz is being held in the Black Hawk County Jail on a $50,000 bond.He is in his third term as a supervisor. He is registered as a Democrat. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

A warming trend continues today. Slight rain chances early Friday, and then Sunday through Tuesday.

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

The Food Babe and the Froot Loops
 As U.S. companies continue to fret about losing junk food markets because of MAHA moms and GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, the Italian giant Ferrero is happy to buy our junk at a discount. Ferrero, whose portfolio has long included Nutella and Tic Tacs, scooped up Blue Bunny ice cream, Keebler cookies, and Butterfinger candy bars since COVID. Now it's negotiating with Kellogg to buy Froot Loops, which learned spelling from their legal department.
 
Froot Loops are so notoriously junky that The Food Babe picketed Kellogg headquarters last fall with signs that read "Stop poisoning us." The Food Babe, nee Vani Hari, is a food activist with 2.3 million Instagram followers. She is a close confidante of U.S. Health and Human Service head honcho Bobby Kennedy. She also visited Capitol Hill and state legislatures this year with boxes of Froot Loops' "poison."

Thursday deals
• Mullets Norwalk offers two two-topping pizzas for $20 on Thursdays, 4 p.m. to close.
 
• Flying Mango's (4345 Hickman Ave., Des Moines) Thursday special smoked prime rib is back.

• United Airlines "deal of the week" for Des Moines is $157 roundtrip flights to Denver (outbound on Oct. 15). 

• Aldi stores have sales through Tuesday on pumpkins at $3.05, peaches at $1.49/pound, and USDA Choice beef short ribs at $7.29/pound. 

• Buzzard Billy's (615 Third St., Des Moines) has $2 off appetizers on Thursdays.

• Whatch Smokin? (Highway 17, Luther) has a pork belly burnt ends special on Thursdays.

• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) offers $10 country fried breakfasts and $9 tenderloins or shrimp/fish tacos on Thursdays.

• Ruth's Chris (Ashworth Road at Jordan Creek Parkway) has a Thursday special with their decadent RBAR burgers and fries going for $16.

• Steaks: Sirloin steak dinners are featured specials today at Johnny's Italian Steakhouses (before 4 p.m.), Sully's Irish Pub (860 First St., West Des Moines); Front Row (9956 Swanson Blvd., Clive); Winn’s Pizza and Steakhouse (122 W. Ashland Ave., Indianola), and Hy-Vee Market Grilles. The Station on Ingersoll (3120 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) has a ribeye special on Thursdays. Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St. West Des Moines) offers ribeyes and sirloins only on Thursdays after 5 p.m.

• Sprockets (2314 University Ave., Des Moines) offers a breaded pork tenderloin special on Thursdays for $9.99

• Kids eat free at Scornovacca’s (1930 S.E. 14th St., Des Moines) on Thursdays.

• Mariscos El Pirata (6050 S.E. 14th St., Des Moines) offers $2 off all sushi on Thursdays.

• ShortE's BBQ (8505 Chambery Blvd., Johnston) has $1 smoked wings Thursdays.

• Jethro's Thursday special is a pound of boneless "wings" for $8.

• Bevy’s Tavern (1300 50th St., West Des Moines) has a special of beef stew and cornbread Thursdays for $13.

• Amruth Indian Grill (9974 Swanson Blvd., Clive) offers an all-you-can-eat dosa (gram/rice flour crepes) buffet on Thursdays, 5:30-9 p.m. $18.95.

• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) has a "Comfort Thursday" special chicken fried De Burgo, a gluten free spin on DSM's classic. $16

• The Dam Pub (2710 Beaver Ave., Des Moines) has a throwback Thursday special goulash with garlic toast.

• The Continental (407 E. Fifth St., Des Moines) has $7 loaded fries on Thursdays.

• Haiku (1350 31st St., Des Moines) offers free tom yum soup and edamames with lunch entrees today.

• Fresh Thyme (2900 University Ave., West Des Moines) has sales through Tuesday on T-bone steaks at $13.99/pound, avocados at 79 cents, and Atlantic salmon filets at $8.99/pound.

• Maxie's (1311 Grand Ave., West Des Moines) Thursday special for $20.95 is half a fried chicken with potato, side of spaghetti and a salad. Lunch and dinner.

 — Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

Third Annual Banned Books Festival at Franklin Event Center, 4800 Franklin Ave.
Saturday, Oct. 11, noon to 5 p.m. All ages are invited to this free event hosted by Beaverdale Books, celebrating the Freedom to Read. It is a great chance to join with like-minded folks who share their concerns on the subject of book bans, censorship and the future. Bring the family and enjoy a storytime, author talks, discussions, poetry readings and more. Be sure to visit the Pop Up Shop for a great selection of books and merchandise. Visit this link for full lineup details.

— John Busbee, The Culture Buzz

1936: Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles. On Oct. 9, 1936, harnessing the power of the mighty Colorado River, Hoover Dam begins sending electricity over transmission lines spanning 266 miles of mountains and deserts to run the lights, radios, and stoves of Los Angeles ... READ MORE

1975: Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize. Andrei Dmitriyevich Sakharov, the Soviet physicist who helped build the USSR’s first hydrogen bomb, is awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of his struggle against “the abuse of power and violations of human dignity in all its forms.” Sakharov was forbidden by the Soviet government from personally traveling to Oslo, Norway, to accept the award. ... READ MORE

1992: Meteorite crashes into Chevy Malibu. On Oct. 9, 1992, 18-year-old Michelle Knapp is watching television in her parents’ living room in Peekskill, New York when she hears a thunderous crash in the driveway. Alarmed, Knapp ran outside to investigate. What she found was startling, to say the least: a sizeable hole in the rear end of her car, an orange 1980 Chevy Malibu; a matching hole in the gravel driveway underneath the car; and in the hole, the culprit: what looked like an ordinary, bowling-ball–sized rock. ... READ MORE

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