FROM KCCI: Health experts encourage vaccination as Iowa sees 50th measles case this year. The Polk County Health Department confirmed a new case of measles on Wednesday, with exposure sites including Blank Children's Hospital in downtown Des Moines and grocery stores in Ankeny. "Measles, probably, the most infectious and most contagious disease on the planet," said Dr. Joel Waddell, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Blank Children's Hospital. Following exposure in the hospital's waiting room and emergency department on November 8, Waddell said measles is a pressing concern for hospital staff. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Polk County’s annual winter coat giveaway for veterans returns Friday. As colder weather approaches, Polk County is preparing to help local veterans and their families stay warm this winter. The Polk County Veterans Affairs office will host its annual winter coat giveaway Friday, Nov. 13, offering free coats, hats and gloves to veterans and their families. Polk County Veterans Affairs Executive Director Pat Sweeney says the giveaway started after the office realized some veterans and their families weren’t prepared for the winter months. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: East Marshall School District considering 4-day school week, asking families for input. East Marshall Community School District is taking another look at moving to a four-day school week, an option district leaders have considered before. The district is studying how the change has worked for the 33 Iowa school districts that have already made the switch — including its potential impact on students, teachers and school activities. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Death toll rises to 5 in Brooklyn building collapse as rescuers dig through rubble. Firefighters early Thursday removed the bodies of three more people who died after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site, bringing the death toll to five, and they kept digging through the rubble to find others who may be trapped beneath the wreckage. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Former Iowa City superintendent resigns from school district. Former Iowa City School superintendent Matt Degner has resigned from the district. The school board accepted his resignation Tuesday night in a 5-2 vote. Board members Mitch Lingo and Audrey Moeller voted against accepting it. Lingo removed the resignation from the consent agenda ahead of the meeting, but board members did not discuss the item Tuesday night. Degner resigned as superintendent in June as the scope of the district’s financial crisis was coming to light. He had since served as the district’s executive director of secondary schools. ... READ MORE

Iowa Nice report
Iowa Women's Foundation announced $400,000 in grants to 15 organizations across Iowa at its annual luncheon last week. Dress for Success Des Moines received $28,000 for Ignite Your Career, which coaches women on negotiation, self-advocacy and career development to increase their earning potential. Other recipients include Catherine McAuley Center in Cedar Rapids, Her Voice Media and Jewels Academy. CEO Claudia Schabel asked attendees to repeat the foundation's message: "When Iowa women and girls prosper, Iowa prospers.”

Volunteers for the World Food Prize shattered the Guiness World Record for assembling free meals in an hour by more than 30,000. Half stayed in Iowa and half went global. 

Wallace House in Sherman Hill offers free fall vegetables from their historic farm. 

Deals today
• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Beaverdale) offers $10 tenderloins or sea food tacos Thursdays.
 
• Bianchi's Hilltop (2820 Hubbell Ave., Des Moines) has fried chicken dinners on special today.
 
• Saffron (8769 Northpark Drive, Johnston) offers Andhra chicken curry with rice and pooris for $10 on Thursdays. 
 
• It's My Jam (7015 N.E. 14th St., Ankeny) has specials today on peach and lemon meringue pie and potato soup today.
 
• Crouse Cafe (115 East Salem, Indianola) has meal loaf on special today.
 
• Sale Barn (Lamoni) has chicken fried steak on special today.
 
• Talk Shop Lounge (3357 St. Charles Road, St. Charles) has two deals Thursday: jambalaya dinner for $15, lasagna for $10.
 
• Cowboy (1234 E. Euclid Ave., Des Moines) has ribs on special today, $2.99/per rib.
 
• The Waveland (4708 University Ave., Des Moines) has Frisco burgers on special today.
  
• Taco pizzas are the Thursday special at Walker's Place (475 N.E. Broadway Ave., Des Moines).
 
•  AJ's (Prairie Meadows) has an early bird menu on Wednesday and Thursday from 4-6 p.m. Half pound burgers with frites, $15; pasta and chicken dinners, $20-22; seafood and steak dinners, $27-30. Prime rib dinners for $30 all night.
 
• Istanbul Grill Cafe & Bakery (3281 100th St., Urbandale) has a Thursday special of $11.99 for a döner wrap with fries as well as $5 off döner plate which comes with Turkish salad and your choice of rice or bulgur. 
 
•  Turkey club melt on garlic focaccia with fries for $12.99 are a Thursday special at Club 2000. 
 
• Maxie's (1311 Grand Ave., West Des Moines) Thursday special for $20.95 is half a fried chicken with potato, side of spaghetti, and a salad. Lunch and dinner.
 
• Mullets Norwalk offers two, two-topping pizzas for $20 on Thursdays, 4 p.m. to close.
  
• Ruth's Chris (Ashworth Road at Jordan Creek Parkway) has a Thursday special with their decadent RBAR burgers and fries going for $16.
 
• Steak Nights: Sirloin steak dinners are featured specials today at Johnny's Italian Steakhouses (before 4 p.m.), Sully's Irish Pub (860 First St., West Des Moines); Front Row (9956 Swanson Blvd., Clive); Winn’s Pizza and Steakhouse (122 W. Ashland Ave., Indianola); and Hy-Vee Market Grilles. The Station on Ingersoll (3120 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) has a $12 ribeye sandwich special on Thursdays. Gilroy's (1238 Eighth St., West Des Moines) offers ribeyes and sirloins only on Thursdays after 5 p.m.
 
•  Mullets has a Thursday pizza special - buy one large specialty pizza and get a free 14 inch 2 topping pizza
 
• The Continental (407 E. Fifth St., Des Moines) has $7 loaded fries on Thursdays.
 
• Buffalo Wild Wings offers two orders for the price of one Thursdays on orders of six, 10 and 15 boneless wings.
 
• Price Choppers have sales through Tuesday on Sugardale half hams at $1.99/pound, three kinds of squash at $.88/pound and russet potatoes at $3.99/10-pound bag.

• Aldi stores have sales through Tuesday on USDA Choice rib roasts at $8.99/pound, avocados at 49 cents, and butter at $1.99/pound.

• Hy-Vee’s have sales through Sunday on cream of chicken or mushroom soups at $.69, free turkeys with purchase of Hormel 81 ham at $5.99/pound and fresh shucked oysters for $19.99/pound.

• Fresh Thyme (2800 University Ave., West Des Moines) is running sales through Tuesday on Granny Smith and Fuji apples at $.99/pound, pineapples at $2.99 and bulk bacon at $3.99/pound.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1799: First recorded meteor shower in North America. On Nov. 12, 1799, Andrew Ellicott, an early American astronomer, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys. Ellicott wrote in his journal that the “whole heaven appeared as if illuminated with sky rockets, flying in an infinity of directions, and I was in constant expectation of some of them falling on the vessel. They continued until put out by the light of the sun after day break.” Ellicott’s journal entry is the first known record of a meteor shower in North America. … READ MORE

1954: Ellis Island closes. On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892. Today, tens of millions of Americans can trace their roots through Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor off the New Jersey coast and named for merchant Samuel Ellis, who owned the land in the 1770s. … READ MORE

1979: Jimmy Carter shuts down oil imports from Iran. On Nov. 12, 1979, President Jimmy Carter responds to a potential threat to national security by stopping the importation of petroleum from Iran. … READ MORE

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