FROM KCCI: Des Moines homeowner shoots alleged intruder during late-night break-in. A 46-year-old woman is facing a felony charge after police say she forced her way into a Union Park home late Saturday night and was shot by the homeowner. Des Moines police officers were called just before 11 p.m. to a residence in the 1500 block of Guthrie Avenue after a 911 caller reported that an intruder was attacking the homeowner. While officers were en route, the caller told dispatchers that the intruder had been shot. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Crews work behind the scenes to ‘flip’ Casey’s Center for events. The Casey’s Center hosts a variety of events each needing different surfaces, from Monster Jam and the Cinch World’s Toughest Rodeo, to the Iowa Wolves and the Iowa Wild. It takes a whole crew working behind the scenes to prepare the venue for what’s next. This weekend, the Casey’s Center was host to the Iowa Wolves on Friday night. At 10 p.m., transition crews came in and had to flip the arena for AAU Kids State Wrestling for Saturday and Sunday. Crews removed the court, pushed back seating, and prepared 10 wrestling mats in just eight hours overnight. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: 1 dead, 3 injured after early morning shooting in northern Marshalltown. An investigation has been opened after one person was killed and three others were injured in an early morning shooting in Marshalltown. Marshalltown police said officers were dispatched shortly after 4 a.m. to the report of a shooting at a residence in the 100 block of N. 11th Ave. On arrival, two gunshot victims were located, and a police media release said the suspect had fled on foot. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: War widens to include Iranian-backed militias as Israeli and American planes pound Iran. Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded on Monday with statements of defiance and increasing casualties. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: FBI investigates Texas bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 14 as possible terrorist act. A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words “Property of Allah” killed two people and wounded 14 early Sunday at a Texas bar, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The FBI is investigating the shooting, which erupted a day after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran, as a potential act of terrorism. Police in Austin shot and killed the gunman, who used both a pistol and a rifle to carry out the attack, police said. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Three found dead in Mason City home, police investigation underway. Three adults were found dead in a Mason City home Saturday, according to Mason City Police. Around 5 p.m. Saturday afternoon, emergency responders were sent to the 500th block of S Adams after a report of unresponsive individuals in the home. Upon arriving, Mason City Fire Department and Mason City Police located three deceased adults inside the house. Police say there are no signs of foul play or struggle. An investigation is ongoing. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

A chilly and dry day for most today. Rain chances increase Tuesday into early Wednesday and again Friday into Saturday, when we may hear rumbles of thunder. Temperatures get milder by week’s end.

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

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Johnny's Cafe in the old Stockyards of south Omaha won a James Beard Awards America’s Classics honor. The Midwest area which includes Iowa only gets one award every three years so this is a big deal. The Polish steakhouse is over 100 years old now and still in the same family. Mason City's Northwestern Steak House is also over 100 and in the same family now, too, and is an anchor to that town's Greek neighborhood, the largest in Iowa. We love both places but think the Iowa place is more deserving. 

Jasper Winery announced plans for expanding and building a cider house and events space near its current location on Bell Avenue... Exile Brewing Co. announced plans to open a new location inside the Kettlestone Social food hall and entertainment space coming to Waukee... Curbin Cuisine closed. Hoang Khao is coming to the same venue.

Deals today 
• District 36 (1375 S.W. Vintage Parkway, Ankeny) has a Monday special $60 dinner for two. Two entrees starring sea bass and NY strip de Burgo with soup or salads, a bottle of wine and a dessert to share. 
 
• Hy-Vee Market Grilles offer chicken fried steak specials on Mondays for $8. 
 
• It's catfish night at Waterfront stores. Dinners cooked any way you like it, $19.99.
 
• It's Meat Loaf Monday at Mickey's in Yale.
 
• Chuck's (3610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines) Monday special is three for $25 on all appetizers.
 
•  Bubba (200 10th St., Des Moines) has a Monday night sirloin dinner special for $20. 
 
• Kelly's Little Nipper (1701 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines) offers a "Monday grind" special grinder and fries basket for $9.50.
 
• Monday brings prime rib specials to both Chicago Speakeasy (1520 Euclid Ave., Des Moines) and Christopher's (2816 Beaver Ave., Des Moines).
 
• Trostel's Greenbriar (Merle Hay Road, Johnston) has a Monday burger with a side and beer deal for $14.   
 
• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) has $8 omelets and $10 hot beef sandwiches or Mexican bowls on Mondays.
 
• Johnny's Italian Steakhouses have a chicken de Burgo special on Mondays before 4 p.m., $14 including beverage.
 
• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) hosts Shelby Smokehouse Soul Food on Mondays, 5-9 p.m.
 
• G Mig's (126 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has $11 smashburgers today including a side.
 
• The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll, Des Moines) has a Monday special Graziano grinder with a side for $12.
 
• The Continental (407 E. Fifth St., Des Moines) offers a Monday special double smash burger and shoestring fries, $12.
 
• Jethro's have a Monday chicken tenders and fries special $9.95.
 
• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) has specials on chicken Parmesan and lasagna today, $15 with garlic bread and salad.
 
• Eastside Eddie’s (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines) Monday  special is a burger with domestic beer, soft drink or well drink for $10.  
 
• Centro (1003 Locust St., Des Moines) offers half-price pizza and Peronis on Monday.
 
• Pelican Post (265 50th St., West Des Moines) has a special today on hot beef sandwiches, $10.95 all day. 
 
• Tito’s Lounge (3916 Urbandale Drive, Urbandale) offers all-you-can-eat wings Mondays. 
 
• Johnny's Hall of Fame (302 Court Ave., Des Moines) has $12 burger baskets on Mondays and Fridays.
 
• Urban Cellars (640 S. 50th St., West Des Moines) offers $60 wine dinners for two on Mondays including two entrees with soup or salad, a dessert and a bottle on wine. 
 
• Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road, Des Moines) has a burger basket with fries deal Mondays for $9. 
 
• Red Lobster's Monday special is lobster and shrimp scampi with a side for $20. 
 
• Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction) has a Monday special homemade tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwich for $12.50. 
 
• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) has a Monday steak night special, sirloins and truffle fries for $18.
 
• Price Chopper delis offer two-piece, bone-in fried chicken dinners with two sides and a roll for $7 on Mondays. 

• Aldi stores haves sales through Tuesday on grapefruit at $3.89/5-pound bag, corned beef brisket point cuts at $3.49/pound, and strawberries $1.99/pound.

• Fareways have specials through Saturday on AE yogurt at 58 cents, 5-ounce pork ribeyes at $1.25 and beef rump roasts for $1.99/pound.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1944: More than 500 train passengers mysteriously suffocate. On March 2, 1944, a train stops in a tunnel near Salerno, Italy, and more than 500 people on board suffocate and die. The details of the incident, which occurred in the midst of World War II, were not revealed at the time and remain somewhat murky.   … READ MORE

1978: Reports surface of grave robbers stealing Charlie Chaplin’s body. On March 2, 1978, news outlets report one of history’s most famous cases of body-snatching: Sometime in the middle of the previous night, two men had stolen the corpse of the revered film actor Sir Charles Chaplin from a cemetery in the Swiss village of Corsier-sur-Vevey, located in the hills above Lake Geneva, near Lausanne, Switzerland. … READ MORE

1972: Pioneer 10 launched to Jupiter. Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet. In December 1973, after successfully negotiating the asteroid belt and a distance of 620 million miles, Pioneer 10 reached Jupiter and sent back to Earth the first close-up images of the spectacular gas giant. In June 1983, the NASA spacecraft left the solar system and the next day radioed back the first scientific data on interstellar space. NASA officially ended the Pioneer 10 project on March 31, 1997, with the spacecraft having traveled a distance of some six billion miles. … READ MORE

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