FROM KCCI: DMACC unveils new trades center focused on Iowa workforce needs. Des Moines Area Community College leaders say a new Trades and Industry Center represents a major investment in both students and the region’s workforce. The nearly 72,000-square-foot facility is designed to train the next generation of skilled trades workers and will include programs in building trades, HVAC, fire science and Iowa’s only Ford training center. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Iowa sports wagering fell in April, while casinos saw fewer visitors but more winnings per person. Sports gambling slowed in Iowa in April, according to reporting from the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. Iowa sportsbooks reported $21.86 million in net receipts in April, down from $24.57 million in March. That is a drop of about $2.7 million, or 11% month to month. The total amount wagered also fell sharply, with sports betting handle dropping from $268.23 million in March to $210.46 million in April, a decline of nearly $57.8 million. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Suspect in Iowa City shooting arrested near Atlanta. The suspect in the April 19 shooting at Iowa City's downtown Pedestrian Mall has been arrested near Atlanta, Georgia, according to Iowa City officials. Damarian M. Jones, 17, of Cedar Rapids, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault causing serious injury, two counts of assault causing bodily injury and one count of going armed with intent. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: PTrump and Xi appear intent on keeping deep differences over Iran war from overshadowing China summit. President Donald Trump is set to leave Tuesday for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping after weeks of trying, and failing, to persuade the Chinese government to use its considerable leverage to prod Iran to agree to U.S. terms to end the two-month war — or at the very least, reopen the Strait of Hormuz. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Missouri’s new US House map goes to court while Louisiana and South Carolina consider redistricting. Missouri’s top court is hearing an important legal challenge Tuesday to one of President Donald Trump’s earliest redistricting successes while lawmakers in Louisiana and South Carolina weigh whether to become the most recent Republican states to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of the midterm elections. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Iowa authorities say 2 girls died by drowning in Clarke County creek. Two girls drowned Friday night in Clarke County, authorities confirmed to KCCI. The girls, ages 7 and 10, were found in White Breast Creek between Fox and Elm Street, east of 310th Street, south of Woodburn. An official with the Clarke County Sheriff's Office said they responded to the area after receiving a call around 6:15 p.m. Friday. The girls' bodies were recovered from the creek before a water rescue team arrived. Authorities have not released their identities or what led up to the drownings at this time. ... READ MORE

Tuesday touts
Contrary to popular opinion, Central Iowa did not get shut out of James Beard Award finalists this year. Hannah Agran of Midwest Living is in the final three for the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, which "recognizes a single article of exceptional literary merit on the subject of food and/or drink published in any medium." That's the biggest trophy in food and travel writing to our mind. Agran also headed the team at Midwest Living that won last year's Society of American Travel Writers' gold medal for best travel writing. To paraphrase Jack Kerouac, "The most interesting food and travel writers in the world live in Des Moines."
 
Oak Park is expanding its footprint but not as previously planned. Owner Kathy Fehrman bought a building half a block west of the Ingersoll restaurant planning to transform it into a breakfast/lunch place. Then Connor Delaney of White Oak Realty sold her the property immediately west of Oak Park. Now Fehrman says that location will house the breakfast cafe and the other building will become a retail outlet to feature Oak Park pastry chef Jess Robertson's marvelous treats plus produce from farmers who supply Oak Park. One of Jess' cakes fetched $900 in an auction to support Drake's basketball programs.
 
Deals today
• Talk Shop Lounge (3357 St. Charles Road, St. Charles) has a deal Mondays on fried beef tacos, $3.
 
• The False Nine Social Club (206 Fifth St., Valley Junction) offers half-priced appetizers on Tuesdays.
 
• Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar (150 S. Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines) celebrates Tomahawk Tuesday with a choice of 35-ounce prime tomahawk or 34-ounce prime porterhouse, two salads, two sides and two desserts. $162.
 
• Waveland Cafe (4708 University Ave., Des Moines) offers a Salisbury steak special today.
 
• Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction) offers hot beef sandwiches on special today.
 
• B&B Grocery, Meat and Deli (2001 S.E. Sixth St., Des Moines) has a Tuesday special Killer's grinder with fries and soda $11.95.
 
• Striking Sparrow (1930 S.E. Sixth St.) has a $12 double smash with fries and soda every Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
 
• All pizzas are half priced at Maggie's Rumble Room (1432 Second Ave., Des Moines) 5-9 p.m. on Tuesdays.
 
• Beef Stroganoff is today's special at Crouse Cafe  (115 E. Salem, Indianola) and it is beef enchiladas day at Sale Barn Cafe (Lamoni).
 
• It's steak night at Grand Junction (1970 Grand Ave., West Des Moines). Steak, salad and potato $13.99. 
 
• Guesthouse Tavern and Oyster (9500 University, West Des Moines) offers fried chicken dinner special on Tuesdays, $17-23, plus half-priced whiskey pours.
 
• 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.
 
• The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) has a Tuesday special pork tenderloin with a side for $10.
 
• 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.
 
• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) hosts 222 BBQ today from 5-9 p.m.
 
• Baklava is half priced Tuesdays at Istanbul Cafe and Bakery (3281 100th, Urbandale). 
 
• Red Robin stores are featuring a $10 cheeseburger with an "endless side" on Tuesdays.
 
• Jethro's Tuesday special is 2 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 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., Des Moines), Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St., West Des Moines), Jack's Place Grill & Bar, (6112 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) and both Faustino's. 
 
• Most Hy-Vees offer $5 tenderloins on Tuesdays. 
 
• Today is beef and noodles day at Maxie's Supper Club (1311 Grand Ave., West Des Moines).

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1780: Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston, After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on May 12, 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina. … READ MORE

1949: Soviet Union lifts its 11-month blockade against West Berlin, On May 12, 1949, an early crisis of the Cold War comes to an end when the Soviet Union lifts its 11-month blockade against West Berlin. The blockade had been broken by a massive U.S.-British airlift of vital supplies to West Berlin’s two million citizens. … READ MORE

1961: Lyndon B. Johnson visits South Vietnam, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in Saigon during his tour of Asian countries. Calling Diem the “Churchill of Asia,” he encouraged the South Vietnamese president to view himself as indispensable to the United States and promised additional military aid to assist his government in fighting the communists.. … READ MORE

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