FROM KCCI: No charges filed after gun found at Iowa Catholic school. Algona police said no charges will be filed after a gun was reported at Bishop Garrigan Catholic School on Oct. 7. Authorities were called to the school and found the firearm on top of the bed cover of a pickup truck. Police said it was an accident and no charges are warranted at this time. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Vehicle found with bullet holes after shooting in Des Moines. An investigation is underway after a shooting was reported in the city’s River Bend Neighborhood Monday. At around 12:30 p.m. officers with the Des Moines Police Department responded to multiple reports of a shooting near the intersection of 6th Avenue and Forest Avenue. The DMPD said that responding officers discovered a vehicle with bullet holes and shell casings at the scene. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Iowa AG: Boone police officer was ‘legally justified’ in fatal shooting of armed 18-year-old. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has concluded that a Boone police officer was "legally justified" in shooting and killing an armed man in Greene County last month. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Missing bodies of hostages top the list of uncertainties as fragile Gaza ceasefire holds. The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding Tuesday even as complex issues remained ahead, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: 1 dead, 2 missing and dozens rescued after remnants of a typhoon lash western Alaska. One person was dead and two were missing in western Alaska on Monday after the remnants of Typhoon Halong over the weekend brought hurricane-force winds and ravaging storm surges and floodwaters that swept some homes away, authorities said. More than 50 people had been rescued — some plucked from rooftops. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Two people charged in connection to death of 20-month-old in Vinton. Two people were charged in connection to the death of a 20-month-old last year. On Sept. 22, 2024, a 20-month-old was found unresponsive at an apartment in Vinton. The child was found unresponsive in a pack and play that was used as a crib by her mother, identified as 23-year-old Kaylee Morris. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

Rain chances will be with us through Wednesday. Thursday and most of Friday look dry, with another rain chance Friday evening into Saturday.

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

WSJ produced a film this year in which collectors talk about their obsessions with Le Creuset, which sells pots for up to $800 each. The interviewees sound like addicts. Altoona boasts a Le Creuset outlet store with deep discounts, often for colors that didn't sell well. I confess to buying at least one item every time I win at Prairie Meadows. Today and tomorrow, the outlet store offers an additional 35% off across the board. That is our wonder bargain of the week. 

Wilson Farms hosts a Harvest Moon dinner Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m. This seven-course, farm-to-table meal will showcase a variety of meats including bison, venison, duck and rabbit, $125.

Deals today
• A 20-year-aged bottle of Pappy Van Winkle will be auctioned tonight at Iowa
Tap Room. A $75 ticket includes appetizers, and all money goes to Rebuilding Together. 6-8 p.m.

• Hy-Vee Market Grilles offer a Tuesday special America's cut pork chop dinner for $8.

• Mullet’s Norwalk offers a free kids meal per adult meal on Tuesdays 4 p.m. to close.

• Mickey's Irish Pub (50 S.E. Laurel St., Waukee) has a special $7 half-pound burger with a side all day Tuesday. 

• Kelly's Little Nipper (1701 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines) offers a "Tendy's Tuesday" pork tenderloin basket with a drink for $11.50.

• Eastside Eddie's (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines) has a Tuesday special cheeseburger with fries, tots or salad and a drink for $10.

• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) offers $7 breakfasts and $8 burgers Tuesdays.

• Pelican Post (265 50th St., West Des Moines) offers a special smashburger with cheese, fries and a draft beer for $10 on Tuesdays.

• Johnny's Italian Steakhouses have a beef stroganoff special on Tuesdays, $14 including beverage.

• McDonald's is advertising its new $8 Big Mac meal (includes fries and medium drink) in an effort to bring back the Value Meal.  

• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) hosts 222 BBQ today from 5-9 p.m.
 
• Red Robin stores are featuring a $10 cheeseburger with an "endless side" on Tuesdays.

• Jethro's Tuesday special is two pounds of bone-in smoked wings for the price of one. 

• Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction) runs a Tuesday special hot beef sandwich for $13.50. 

• Kids meals are half price till 2 p.m. today at Machine Shed (11151 Hickman Road, Urbandale).  

• Taco Tuesday brings serious discounts to Mariscos El Pirata (6050 S.E. 14th St., Des Moines), La Familia (1610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines), all Taco John's, all Abelardo's, all Fernando’s, Malo (900 Mulberry St., Des Moines), Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines), Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road, Des Moines), The Continental (407 E. Fifth St.), Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St., West Des Moines)  and Faustino's. 

• Today is beef and noodles day at Maxie's Supper Club (1311 Grand Ave., West Des Moines).

• Django (1420 Locust St., Des Moines) has happy hour all night Tuesdays. That means super deals on oysters, shrimp, duck frites, poutine, charcuterie, cheese boards, beers, wine and classic martinis.

• Sully's (806 First St., West Des Moines) has a burger basket special for $12 today.

• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) hosts a Tuesday Burger & Beer special, half-pound burger, chips and dip, with a tap beer of choice $15. 

• The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll Ave.) has a tenderloin Tuesday special with BPT and fries for $10.

• Curbin Cuisine (1325 S.W. Oralabor Drive, Ankeny) offers cheeseburgers and fries for $7.99 on Tuesdays.

• G Mig's (128 Fifth St., Valley Junction) offers a Tuesday BBQ special ribs or brisket with beans, slaw, creamed corn and corn bread for 19.95.

• Haiku (1350 31st St., Des Moines) offers free fried tofu/miso with lunch entrees today.

• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth, Des Moines) has $10 burger and fries and a drink on Tuesdays.

• Ruby Tuesdays offers $5.95 burgers with fries on Tuesdays.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1892: “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” published. On Oct. 14, 1892, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is published. The book was the first collection of Holmes stories, which Conan Doyle had been publishing in magazines since 1887. ... READ MORE

1964: Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize. African American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America. At 35 years of age, the Georgia-born minister was the youngest person ever to receive the award. ... READ MORE

1968: Military announces it will send U.S. servicemen to Vietnam for second tours. U.S. Defense Department officials announce that the Army and Marines will be sending about 24,000 men back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours because of the length of the war, high turnover of personnel resulting from the one year of duty, and the tight supply of experienced soldiers. This decision had an extremely negative impact on troop morale and the combat readiness of U.S. forces elsewhere in the world as troops were transferred to meet the increased personnel requirements in Vietnam. ... READ MORE

 www.history.com