FROM KCCI: Storm causes flooding, road closures and power outages across Des Moines. Heavy storms moving through the Des Moines metro Monday evening have caused flooded streets, stranded motorists, downed trees and power outages, prompting multiple road closures across the city. Des Moines police said officers are responding to reports of flooded roadways, stranded drivers, and trees and power lines blocking streets. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: One year after deadly fire, another historic Albia building partially collapses. One year after a historic building in Albia’s town square was destroyed in a fire, another historic building partially collapsed, causing road closures. Around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Albia Fire Department was called to Benton Avenue on the town square for reports of a partially collapsed building. The first firefighters on scene saw bricks from the east wall of the historic Skean’s Block building have fallen onto Princeton Alley. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Des Moines-based Krause Group to acquire majority stake in historic Portuguese soccer club. In a move that expands the sports section of its vast portfolio, Des Moines-based Krause Group announced the pending acquisition of Casa Pia AC, a historic Portuguese soccer club based in Lisbon that competes in the Men's Primeira Liga. The deal is pending, but once approved, Casa Pia would join Krause Group's other soccer clubs — Italy's Parma Calcio 1913 and Iowa's Des Moines Menace. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division. The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: US soldiers killed by Iran were from Texas and Hawaii, military says. Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks were identified on Monday — the first U.S. troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war. The Defense Department said in a statement that James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, were killed in Jordan in Friday’s attacks. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Palo City Council approves data center ordinance despite resident opposition. Palo’s city council voted four to one Monday to approve a data center ordinance, moving forward with rules that residents and some council members said do not go far enough to protect the community’s natural resources. The vote comes as Google considers building a data center in Palo. Google previously rejected plans to build in unincorporated Linn County after that jurisdiction passed a more restrictive ordinance. ... READ MORE

• Johnny's Italian Steakhouses have a beef filet tips Stroganoff special on Tuesdays, $14 including beverage. Till 4 p.m. That's our Wonder Bargain of the week.

 
• 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 Italian subs 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.
 
• Mexican lasagna 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 $12 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. 
 
• 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 $6 two entrees Chinese deli meals on Tuesdays. 
 
• Today is beef and noodles day at Maxie's Supper Club (1311 Grand Ave., West Des Moines).

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1861: The First Battle of Bull Run. On July 21, 1861, in the first major land battle of the Civil War, a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell is routed at the First Battle of Bull Run by a Confederate army under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard. … READ MORE

2007: Final Harry Potter book is released. On July 21, 2007, the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is released, with an initial print run of 12 million copies in the United States alone. Like each of the previous Harry Potter novels, Deathly Hallows was slated to be made into a major Hollywood film. … READ MORE

2011: NASA’s final space shuttle mission comes to an end. On July 21, 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program completes its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the program’s 30-year history, its five orbiters—Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour—carried more than 350 people into space and flew more than 500 million miles, and shuttle crews conducted important research, serviced the Hubble Space Telescope and helped in the construction of the International Space Station, among other activities. NASA retired the shuttles to focus on a deep-space exploration program that could one day send astronauts to asteroids and Mars.. … READ MORE

www.history.com