FROM KCCI: West Des Moines police arrest second teen in Fourth of July party shooting that left 17-year-old dead. A second teenager has been arrested and is now charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl during a Fourth of July party in West Des Moines. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Des Moines mayor seeks ‘payments in lieu of taxes’ to cut budget gap. The City of Des Moines is having to get creative with ways to shrink its $12 million budget shortfall. Newly acquired letters show that Des Moines Mayor Connie Boesen has reached out to hospitals, state agencies and a university to voluntarily provide payment in place of taxes, or PILOT. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Former Des Moines radio show host Marty Tirrell convicted of fraud for second time. Martin "Marty" Tirrell, known to some as the "Mouth of the Midwest" for his former role as a host of sports talk radio shows on 1460 KXNO and 1700 The Champ, was found guilty by a federal jury Thursday on 11 counts of wire fraud.
Its not the first time he's been found guilty of fraud — Tirrell was on supervised release for a 2019 mail fraud conviction when he was indicted in October last year. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: US strikes bridges and collapses a tower at a key port as its Iran campaign expands. The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by hitting more bridges, energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: To air or not to air? Nation’s TV networks struggle to find the right balance for Trump speech. As President Donald Trump threatened sanctions for those who didn’t cover his address live Thursday night, the nation’s broadcast and cable news operations wrestled with the thorniest of questions: To air or not to air? Networks and their news operations, broadcast and cable alike, spent the hours leading up to Trump’s address debating how to cover it — and struggling to balance delivering the news with handing over their airwaves to potential falsehoods about the 2020 elections. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Con-Quest brings pop culture event to Waterloo this weekend. A new pop culture convention is coming to Waterloo this weekend, bringing together fans of comics, gaming and all things geek culture. Con-Quest kicks off at the Waterloo Convention Center Friday afternoon and runs through Sunday. The three-day event will feature hundreds of vendors, celebrity guests and artists. ... READ MORE

The hottest recipe of Summer 2026
It’s the summer of dirty martini pasta. “Delish” is touting the dish with a million-plus views from its Tik Tok origin. It includes 1 cup pitted Castelvetrano olives, plus 1/4 cup olive brine; 3 tablespoons dry vermouth; Kosher salt; 8 ounces mafalde corte or farfalle pasta; 1 large garlic clove, grated; 1 large lemon, zested, juiced; 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan; 1 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley; and 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese (optional). 

Weekend deals
• Exile offers half-priced kids meals on Fridays. 
 
• Kelly's Little Nipper's corn-eating contest begins at 3 p.m. Saturday. 
 
• Fresh Thyme (2800 University Ave., West Des Moines) has $6 buckets of eight pieces of baked chicken on Fridays. 
 
• Desi Bites (1475 S.E. Bishop Drive, Waukee) has weekend specials on nine biryanis and five pulavs. 
 
• Marianna's (1305 University Ave., Des Moines) offers green enchiladas combos for $10 Fridays and Saturdays and four shrimp tacos for $12 Sundays.
 
• Talk Shop Lounge (3357 St. Charles Road, St. Charles) has a steak dinner deal Friday $16. 
 
• The False Nine Social Club (206 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has wings on sale Fridays for $8.
 
• Waveland Cafe (4708 University Ave., Des Moines) offers southwest chicken salad specials today.  
 
• Friday lunch special is $12 Italian beef with fries and soda, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Striking Sparrow (1930 S.E. Sixth St., Des Moines).
 
• Friday is ramen day at Wilson Orchard & Farm (3201 15th Ave., Cumming). 
 
• Most Hy-Vees offer $5 fish and chips Fridays, $14 ribs Saturdays and eight-piece chicken buckets for $10 on Sundays.
 
• Sale Barn Cafe (Lamoni) is offering lemon pepper chicken thigh specials today.
 
• Machine Shed (11151 Hickman, Urbandale) offers smoked prime rib on Saturday only. Whatcha Smokin? (Luther) offers smoked Dino beef ribs on Saturday only. 
 
• Pork ribs are today's special at Crouse Cafe (115 E. Salem, Indianola). Saturday's will be chipped beef on toast and Sunday's is fried chicken.
 
• Saturday is wine sampling day at Graziano Brothers.
 
• ShortE's BBQ (8805 Chambery Blvd., Johnston) offers  "kids eat free" deals on Friday and Saturday.
 
• Amruth (9974 Swanson Blvd., Clive) has 20 dishes on their 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.

• Guesthouse Tavern and Oyster (9500 University, West Des Moines) offers Surf & Turf specials Fridays and $33 prime rib dinners Saturdays.
 
• 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 Buffalo turkey sandwiches with a side for $9.95. 
 
• Paula's (Elm at Sixth, Valley Junction) has a Friday special Rachel (turkey Reuben) with fries for $14.
 
• 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.
 
• It's French dip Friday at Club 2000 (420 Indianola Road, Des Moines).
 
• Price Choppers have sales through Monday on red cherries at $2.99/pound, watermelons at $5.99 and Colorado peaches at $1.99/pound.

• Aldi stores have sales through Tuesday on cherries at $2.79/pound, strawberries at $1.89/pound, and pork bellies at $2.99/pound.

• Fresh Thyme (2800 University Ave., West Des Moines) is running a sale through Sunday on boneless USDA prime ribeye at $19.99/pound and snow crab clusters at $10.99/pound and through Tuesday on red leaf, green leaf or Romaine lettuce heads at $1.49.

• Fareway has sales through Saturday on Land o' Lakes butter at $2.99/pound, peaches at $.99/pound and top sirloin at $9.99/pound.

Dinner with a show
Neva Alden plays Kelly's Little Nipper at 7 p.m. Friday... El Toreado Mexican Bar & Grill on EP True has live music from The Juan and Only on Friday from 6 p.m... Willie Shay plays Simon’s at 7 p.m. Friday... Josh Sinclair plays Exile Brewing Sunday at 5 p.m.... Fred Gazzo Quintet  plays at Anna Dolce at 6:30 p.m. Saturday... George Michael Reborn plays at The Ingersoll at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Tune in to KFMG Saturday at 10 a.m. as Kitchen Insider talks about the best burger buns ever and the greatest dishes in Italian cuisine. 

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1955: Disneyland opens. Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 18 million visitors a year, who spend close to $3 billion. … READ MORE

1975: Superpowers meet in space. As part of a mission aimed at developing space rescue capability, the U.S. spacecraft Apollo 18 and the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 19 rendezvous and dock in space. As the hatch was opened between the two vessels, commanders Thomas P. Stafford and Aleksei Leonov shook hands and exchanged gifts in celebration of the first such meeting between the two Cold War adversaries in space. Back on Earth, United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim congratulated the two superpowers for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and praised their unprecedented spirit of cooperation and peace in planning and executing the mission. … READ MORE

1940: FDR nominated for unprecedented third term. On July 18, 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as America’s 32nd president, is nominated for an unprecedented third term. Roosevelt, a Democrat, would eventually be elected to a record four terms in office, the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms. … READ MORE

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