FROM KCCI: Iowa football at Nebraska: How to watch the Hawkeyes' Black Friday game. Iowa finishes its regular season Friday in its annual rivalry game against Nebraska. The Hawkeyes snapped a two-game losing streak last week by beating Michigan State, courtesy of a last-second field goal by Drew Stevens. Iowa can clinch its third consecutive 8-win regular season by beating Nebraska. Here's what to know about the game. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Major Winter Storm on the way for Iowa. A Winter Storm Warning is now issued for all of central Iowa from 6 PM Friday through 6 AM Sunday. This storm will be a long duration event and will end with possibly some double digit amounts of snow in parts of Iowa. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: 8 arrested during 2 separate incidents Thursday in Court Avenue District. The Des Moines Police Department says eight people were arrested after two "unrelated disturbances" in the Court Avenue District Thursday morning.
According to a release, just after 1:30 a.m. Thursday, officers near 3rd Street and Court Avenue took two men into custody after witnessing one man punch and another man attempt to punch a third person. During the arrest, "two other men began to interfere" and were also taken into custody, officials say. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Putin sees US peace plan as a starting point as he warns Ukraine’s army to withdraw. U.S. proposals to end the war between Russia and Ukraine offer a starting point for talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, as he told Ukrainian forces to pull back or be overrun by Russia’s bigger army. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Afghan national charged in Guard ambush shooting drove across US to carry out attack, officials say. An Afghan national who worked with the CIA in his native country and immigrated to the U.S. in 2021 drove from Washington state to the nation’s capital where he shot two West Virginia National Guard members deployed in Washington, D.C., U.S. officials said Thursday. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: One killed in rollover crash along Highway 3 in Humboldt County. One person was killed Wednesday during a rollover crash along Highway 3 in Humboldt County. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash occurred just before 1:15 p.m. along Highway 3, around eight miles east of Humboldt, when a Ford Edge crossed the center line for an unknown reason. Authorities say the driver then over corrected, entered the ditch and hit a driveway, causing the car to roll a few times. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

Snow begins this evening and lasts until around midnight Saturday. The Des Moines metro area will see 8-12” total, with lesser amounts southwest and slightly higher amounts northeast.

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

Casual dining's winners and losers 
Brinker CEO Kevin Hochman won the year in casual dining, sweeping all major restaurant industry awards. Under his leadership, Chili’s dominated the casual dining world, posting a record-tying (Texas Roadhouse) 15th straight month of same store sales growth. Chili’s same store growth rose 15% in the last year while main competitors Applebee’s and Red Robin both saw same store sales decline. Hochman did that by stressing the frequent cleaning of restaurants (Remember when McDonald's was famous for that?), advertising that stressed value and also utilized social media by introducing Tik Tok-friendly new products like “Nashville Hot Mozarella,” which is super photogenic. Hochman had previously starred at Proctor & Gamble where he was credited for bringing Old Spice back from the dead and at Yum where he pushed KFC and Taco Bell to new levels of success. (Restaurant Business News, National Restaurant Association)

Fast-food traffic is down 2.3% this year, compared with a 1.6% drop for restaurants overall, according to market-research firm Black Box Intelligence.

Weekend deals
• Machine Shed (11151 Hickman, Urbandale) offers smoked prime rib on Saturday only. Whatcha Smokin? (Luther) offers smoked Dino beef ribs on Saturday only. 

• 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.


• 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.

• 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 10 for $10 wings deal on Sundays. 

•  Jethro's Sunday special is burger baskets with fries for $9.95. Fridays they have open-faced turkey sandwiches with mashed potatoes and gravy for $12. 

• G Mig's has Friday prime rib dinners with chipotle mashed potatoes and asparagus for $32 or crab stuffed shrimp for $28.95. Saturday's special is chicken pot pie 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.

• Fareways have specials through Saturday on frozen vegetables at $1/12-ounce pack, boneless USDA Choice ribeye roast at $19.99/pound, and deviled eggs at $6.99/dozen.

• Whole Foods (4100 University Ave., West Des Moines) offers $1 oysters on Fridays with good selection and free shucking. 

• Fresh Thyme (2900 University Ave., West Des Moines) has sales on 80-20 grass fed and finished burger at $3.99/pound, lobster tails at $5.99 and white or bella mushrooms at $1.99/half pound.

• Price Choppers have sales on frozen turkeys at 99 cents/pound, celery at 88 cents, and Birdseye frozen vegetables at 88 cents through Dec. 1.

• Hy-Vee stores have sales on turkey gravy at $1.48/12-ounce jar, Birdseye frozen vegetables at 79 cents, and 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... Jake Schrodt plays Kelly's Little Nipper at 7 p.m. Friday... Brian Condon 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... Ducharme-Jones Band plays Middlebrook Mercantile, Cumming, at 5 p.m. Saturday... Willie Shay plays Simon’s at 7 p.m. Friday... Lauren Vilmain/Nick Rueckert Duo plays Louie’s Wine Dive at 5 p.m. Sunday... Blanket Fort plays Mickey's Irish Pub, Waukee, at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1520: Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific. After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European explorer to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic. ... READ MORE

1925: The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting. The Grand Ole Opry, one of the longest-lived and most popular showcases for western music, begins broadcasting live from Nashville, Tennessee on Nov. 28, 1925. The showcase was originally named the Barn Dance, after a Chicago radio program called the National Barn Dance that had begun broadcasting the previous year. ... READ MORE

1979: Plane crashes over Antarctica. A New Zealand sightseeing plane traveling over Antarctica crashes, killing all 257 people on board, on Nov. 28, 1979. It was the worst airplane accident in New Zealand’s history. ... READ MORE

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