FROM KCCI: SNAP benefits resume after shutdown as Food Bank of Iowa faces record demand. Relief is finally on the way for the more than 130,000 Iowa households that have gone nearly two weeks without Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services says November payments will begin hitting cards Thursday, ending a stretch of uncertainty that forced many families to seek help for the first time. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Name of man killed in shooting at Des Moines home released. The name of the man who was shot and killed at a Des Moines home early Wednesday morning has been identified. At around 4 a.m. the Des Moines Police Department and Des Moines Fire Department responded to reports of a shooting at a home in the 600 block of E. Hackley Avenue. When first responders arrived at the scene they found a man dead inside the home. On Thursday, the Des Moines Police Department confirmed that the victim was Gilberto Rios Martinez. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Iowa THC and CBD businesses prepare for change amid new hemp restriction. The same spending bill that was signed into law Wednesday, reopening the government, might close the doors of local businesses selling hemp products. That's because it includes a restriction on hemp-based items, prohibiting the sale of products that contain over 0.4 milligrams of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). At CBD American Shaman in West Des Moines and Altoona, that's a majority of what they sell. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Iran seizes tanker in Strait of Hormuz, US official says, as tensions remain high in region. Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a U.S. official said, turning the ship into Iranian territorial waters in the first-such interdiction in months in the strategic waterway. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Trump’s next immigration crackdown will target Charlotte, North Carolina, a sheriff says. The latest city bracing for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is Charlotte, North Carolina, which could see an influx of federal agents as early as this weekend, a county sheriff said Thursday. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Authorities investigate fourth fatal Amish buggy crash in decade. The hit-and-run crash in rural Clarke County is now the fourth fatal collision in the state involving a horse-drawn buggy in the last ten years, according to statistics from the Iowa Department of Transportation. The crash occurred just south of Murray on Wednesday evening on 130th Avenue, also known as Route 15. The Iowa State Patrol crash report indicates that a vehicle struck the rear of a horse-drawn buggy on the road about 1,000 feet south of the intersection with Forest Street. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

Staying mild through Saturday. Cooler air starts to move in Saturday night. Rain chance Monday into Tuesday.

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

When are sandwiches weapons?
A DC jury contemplated that mystery this month in the case of Sean Dunn vs. Customs and Border Protection. Dunn was charged with misdemeanor assault for hurling a footlong Subway sandwich into the bulletproof vest of a Customs and Border Protection agent who was patrolling a bustling nightlife corridor on the night of Aug. 10. Prosecutors sought a felony charge but backed down. The confrontation was captured in a most viral video, played for the jury in court, that turned the fired Justice Department employee into a symbol of resistance. According to Wall Street Journal, "when pressed by the defense for more specificity on the toppings — lettuce? ham? turkey? —  (the officer who was hit by the sandwich) appeared to hold himself back from laughing but said he absolutely ended up with mustard on his uniform and an onion on his radio antenna. Dunn was found not guilty.

Cheba Hut thinks sandwiches are cause for thanksgiving. The counterculture toasted sub brand celebrates "Nugsgiving" on Nov. 18 with free subs for everyone. 

Weekend deals
• Hy-Vee stores with hot food service will provide free meals for kids and $3 meals for parents 4-7 p.m. today and tomorrow.

• ShortE's BBQ (8805 Chambery Blvd., Johnston) offers 20% discounts to first responders and military on Friday and Saturday. They have a Friday special pulled pork sandwich, fries and fountain drink for $12.

• Table 128's Saturday chef's menu will include wild salmon ceviche, pork loin and cranberry crumble. $58.


• Amruth (9974 Swanson Blvd., Clive) has 20 dishes on their new Saturday and Sunday buffet, noon to 4 p.m. Of course, there will be dosas.

• Waterfront stores' Saturday special includes cocktail shrimp or raw oysters on the half shell for half price until 4 p.m.



• Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St., West Des Moines) does Saturday and Sunday brunch buffets for $24.99 for adults. Kids 6 and younger eat free.

• The Station on Ingersoll has a Friday special patty melt: burger, pepper jack cheese, grilled onions, thousand island dressing on marble rye, served with tator tots, $14  

• Rube's steakhouses offer a prime sirloin special on Sundays only, $29.

• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) offers $9 Philly cheesesteaks or hot honey chicken plus $8 biscuit and gravy breakfasts on Fridays.

• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) offers walleye or steak dinner specials tonight and karaoke after 9 p.m. They have a ten for $10 wings deal on Sundays. 

•  Jethro's Sunday special is papa cheeseburgers and side for $9.95. Today they have BBQ melt and side deal for $9.95. 

• G Mig's has Friday prime rib dinners with chipotle mashed potatoes and asparagus for $32 or bay scallops and sweet corn risotto with asparagus for $28.95. Saturday's special is fried chicken dinner for $18.50.

• Heavenly Asian (225 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has an all-day Friday sale on orange chicken served with soup, crab Rangoon, egg roll and rice, $14, available for dine-in and phone carry-out.

• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) has a $40 prime rib dinner special Friday and Saturday. 

• Court Avenue Brewing Company (309 Court Ave., Des Moines) hosts Saturday and Sunday breakfast buffets for $23.99.

• Aldi stores haves sales through Tuesday on avocados at 55 cents, racks of lamb at $9.99/pound and USDA choice beef tenderloin at $10.99/pound.  

• Fareways have specials through Saturday on AE yogurt at 58 cents, navel oranges at 99 cents/pound and free turkeys (up to 14 pounds) with $75 purchase at the meat counter.

• Price Choppers have sales through Monday on blueberries at $1.99/pint, catfish nuggets at $1.99/pound and Hickory Country bacon at $2.99/pound.  

• Fresh Thyme (2900 University Ave., West Des Moines) has sales through Tuesday on large king crab legs at $29.99/pound, boneless NY strip roasts at $13.99/pound and grapefruit at $2.99/5-pound bag. 
 


• Hy-Vee stores have sales on frozen vegetables at 88 cents, Hy-Vee pasta at $.97/pound plus a buy a ham, get a turkey deal. 

Music


El Toreado Mexican Bar & Grill on EP True has live music from The Juan and Only on Friday from 6 p.m... Willie James Shay plays Sonny’s Pizza Bistro Friday at 5:30 p.m... Brittany Sword play Kelly's Little Nipper at 7 p.m. Friday... Brad Seidenfeld will be at Caffrey’s Irish Pub, Waukee,  at 5 p.m. Friday. … Fred Gazzo Quintet plays Anna Dolce Ristorante, WDM, at 6 p.m. Saturday... The Soul Searchers play Middlebrook Mercantile, Cumming, at 2 p.m. Sunday... Willie Shay plays Simon’s at 7 p.m. Friday... John Krantz / Randy Ward and friends play Louie’s Wine Dive at 5 p.m. Sunday... 5 Below plays Mickey’s Irish Pub, Waukee, at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1832: NYC’s first mass transit debuts: a horse-drawn streetcar. On Nov. 14, 1832, New York City’s New York and Harlem company premiered the nation's first horse-drawn street car. Making its debut on Bowery and Fourth Avenue in Manhattan, between Prince and 14th Street, it marked New York’s first-ever mass transit offering. Within two weeks, passengers were charged 12.5 cents a ride. ... READ MORE

1851: Herman Melville publishes “Moby-Dick” in the U.S. On Nov. 14, 1851, Moby-Dick is published. Now considered a great classic of American literature—with one of the most famous opening lines in fiction: “Call me Ishmael”—the book about Captain Ahab and his quest to catch a giant white whale was originally a big flop. ... READ MORE

1969: Apollo 12 lifts off. Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the moon, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr.; Richard F. Gordon, Jr.; and Alan L. Bean aboard. President Richard Nixon viewed the liftoff from Pad A at Cape Canaveral. He was the first president to attend the liftoff of a manned space flight. ... READ MORE

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