FROM KCCI: 19-year-old Des Moines woman dies in I-35 crash. A 19-year-old Des Moines woman died after crashing into a semi that was sitting on the shoulder of Interstate 35 on Tuesday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol says a semi was sitting on the outside shoulder of the northbound lanes near mile marker 100.9 due to mechanical issues. Shortly before 3:30 p.m., Emilie van Winkle, of Des Moines, was traveling northbound in a 2002 Mercury Sable when she lost control and crashed into the rear of the semi on the side of the road. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: 3 Johnston School Board candidates reprimanded for allegedly violating campaign law. The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board unanimously voted Tuesday evening to reprimand three of the candidates running for Johnston School Board for allegedly violating a law that prohibits campaign signs on property owned or leased by a corporation. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Alley Landing takes next step in Des Moines' affordable housing plan. A new affordable housing complex is now open near the intersection of Douglas Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.  The development, called Alley Landing, sits on the site of the former Plaza Lanes and features 40 units aimed at residents earning at or below 60% of the area median income. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm. Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Judge orders daily meetings with Border Patrol official Bovino on Chicago immigration crackdown. A judge in Chicago took the rare step Tuesday of ordering a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to brief her every night, an unprecedented bid to impose real-time oversight on the government’s immigration crackdown in the city after weeks of tense encounters and tear gas thrown by officers. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Blossom, a beloved goose at Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, dies after being hit by vehicle. A beloved goose at a Marshalltown cemetery has died. Riverside Cemetery says tragedy struck Monday night. Blossom was hit by a vehicle at around 5 p.m. Monday, according to the cemetery, and surveillance footage shows the driver stopped, approached Blossom, and left her by Lake Woodmere. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

Rain chances will be with us into the morning hours. Breezy today. Halloween will be dry and a bit breezy. A few showers are possible Saturday.

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

Woebegone Wednesday
 
Entry level whiskey? Remember when whiskey made news with the release of single barrel Bourbons, deluxe decanters or Elvis bottles? Those days are gone. Now whiskey news is about new flavors. "Flavored whiskey has gone from niche to mainstream in less than a decade," declares "The Whiskey Wash" editor Beth Squires. Crown Royal leads that growth with a lineup that includes Apple, Peach, Vanilla, Salted Caramel, and now Chocolate, its big release for the holiday season this year. Jack Daniels started this trend in 2011 with Tennessee Honey aimed at new and female drinkers. Since then they added Tennessee Fire, Tennessee Apple and now, for Christmas 2025, Tennessee Blackberry. My Irish grandmother rolls in her grave. Scotch does not allow flavored whisky. In fact, it is forbidden by law. 
 
American whiskey exports to Canada are down 85% from this time last year... India, a great whiskey drinking nation, charges 150% tariffs on U.S. whiskeys... The U.S. market for whiskey drinking hit an all-time low last year of just 54% of adults. 

Deals today 
• Waterfront stores' Wednesday special this week is John Dory, a wildly weird looking fish with buttery texture.

• Fareway is offering $5 rotisserie chicken on Wednesdays. Other days they cost about $9.

• Whatcha Smokin? (Highway 17, Luther) has a brisket burnt ends special on Wednesdays. 

• The Bistro at Iowa Culinary Institute is open for its fall season in Building 7 of Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny. Lunch will be served Wednesdays through Fridays till Dec. 5. $17 for a buffet or three course a la carte with a drink, 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

• 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.

• Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road) offers 10 wings for $10 on Wednesdays. 

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

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

• G Mig's (128 Fifth St., Valley Junction) offers a special five cheese tortellini dinner with chicken in a garlic Alfredo sauce plus 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 (3124 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) have specials on tacos today. 

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

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

• 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.

• Fresh Thyme (2900 University Ave., West Des Moines) begins a week-long sale on King salmon filets at $21.99/pound and Atlantic salmon filets at $6.99/pound, plus BOGOs on over 200 items.

• Price Choppers are running sales on russet potatoes at $2.99/10-pound bag, swai or pollock frozen fillets at $3.49/pound, red grapes at $1.49/pound and winter squash at 88 cents/pound.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1929: Stock market crashes on Black Tuesday. Black Tuesday hits Wall Street on Oct. 29, 1929 as investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind because the machinery could not handle the tremendous volume of trading. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression. ... READ MORE

1998: John Glenn returns to space. Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit the Earth, Senator John Herschel Glenn Jr. is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery on Oct. 29, 1998. At 77 years of age, Glenn was the oldest human ever to travel in space. During the nine-day mission, he served as part of a NASA study on health problems associated with aging.  ... READ MORE

2015: China announces the end of its controversial one-child policy. On Oct. 29, 2015, the Chinese government officially announces the end of its one-child policy, ending the most extreme state birth control project in history after 35 years. ... READ MORE

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