FROM KCCI: Iowa restaurants face financial challenges amid rising costs. The Iowa Restaurant Association reports that hundreds of Iowa restaurants are struggling financially, with an average of 300 closures each year, a number that could double due to increased costs and wages. "Vendors who sell us food, the large food providers, they raise prices in anticipation of tariffs," said Jessica Dunker, of the Iowa Restaurant Association. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Parades, picnics and protests in Des Moines on Labor Day. The Des Moines Labor day parade is the annual event where union workers feel the comradery from marching together; while also throwing out candy to the kids and onlookers. South Central Iowa Federation of Labor organized the parade and a picnic afterwards at Union Labor Park. The number of people either participating in the parade or watching was in the thousands. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Fire damages multiple townhomes in Ankeny Monday afternoon. A structure fire left several townhomes damaged on the southwest side of Ankeny Monday afternoon. Ankeny fire crews were dispatched to a commercial structure fire in the 1400 block of S.W. Twin Gates Drive around 4:15 p.m. Officials said the call was elevated to a two-alarm fire as responding units "noticed a large plume of smoke." ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Afghanistan earthquake death toll passes 1,400, says Taliban government spokesman. The death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban government spokesman, said on social platform X. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Donald Trump said Monday he will award former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, two days after his longtime political ally was seriously injured in a car crash. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Expert explains what Iowa’s teacher shortage really means. The phrase, “teacher shortage” can be interpreted in different ways. According to some experts, it can simply mean one district has more than one teacher job opening. The Iowa Department of Education reports more than 600 unfilled teaching positions. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

A spotty shower is possible today, but better chances for dry conditions. Wednesday will be breezy and will bring us a good chance of rain. A cool Thursday is ahead, with an early rain chance Friday.

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

Allow me to introduce you to Lt. Dan and his devoted owner, Josh Frank, whom I met at Paws & Pints. Lt. Dan is a brave rescue dog who was discovered by construction workers in Lincoln, Nebraska, struggling with severe injuries to his back legs. Despite receiving treatment at a shelter, it became heartbreakingly clear that he would never regain the use of his legs. With no one willing to adopt him due to his condition, Lt. Dan faced the unimaginable fate of euthanasia. Thankfully, Josh stumbled upon his story online and felt an immediate connection. Driven by compassion, he came to Lt. Dan’s rescue. Now, this resilient pup has finally found his loving forever home, where he is cherished and understood. Photo by Paul Houston

Tuesday Touts
Ceviche and calamari lunch at Tulpa Peruvian 

Latino Restaurant Week begins Friday. Try a new place at a bargain price. Check out the menus here .

Mark Schatzker is on a mission to deconstruct the essence of flavor. His books include "Steak," "The Dorito Effect" and "The End of Craving" and chronicle his mission. He was in Des Moines in late August to speak to a group of America's elite pig farmers dropping such wisdom as "Lewis and Clark hired guides who knew how to hunt flavor. They would kill a bison and cut out its tongue to check for fat. If that bison lacked a fatty tongue, they discarded it and found another. Fat carries more flavor compounds than carbs or proteins."

Deals today
• 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 tenderloin basket with a drink for $11.50.

• Hy-Vee Market Grilles are running a breakfast special Monday through Friday of buy a breakfast, get one half-priced. 

• 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.

• Gateway Market will sample wine 4-6 p.m. for a free tasting on Tuesday. 

• 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. Because tonight is an Indiana WNBA game night, the West Des Moines Jethro's has a "Fever Reliever" special of any two appetizers on the Happy Hour menu and two pints of domestic beer for $22.

• Kids meals are half price till 2 p.m. today at Machine Shed (11151 Hickman Road, Urbandale).  

• Taco Tuesday brings serious discounts to Mariscos El Pirata (6050 S.E. 14th St., Des Moines), 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), Los Laureles (1518 E. Grand 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)  and Faustino’s (4944 Franklin Ave., Des Moines). 

• Today is beef and noodles day at Maxie's Supper Club (1311 Grand Ave., West Des Moines).

• Django (1420 Locust St., Des Moines) has happy hour all night Tuesdays. That means super deals on oysters, shrimp, duck frites, poutine, charcuterie, cheese boards, beers, wine and classic martinis.

• Sully's (806 First St., West Des Moines) has a burger basket special for $12 today.

• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) hosts a Tuesday Burger & Beer special with a half-pound burger, chips and dip, with a tap beer of choice $15. 

• The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) has a tenderloin Tuesday special with BPT and fries for $10.

• Curbin Cuisine (1325 S.W. Oralabor Drive, Ankeny) offers cheeseburgers and fries for $7.99 on Tuesdays.

• G Mig’s (128 Fifth St., Valley Junction) offers a Tuesday special 8-ounce prime sirloin, baked potato, mixed vegetables and garlic bread for 19.95.

• Haiku (1350 31st St., Des Moines) offers free fried tofu/miso with lunch entrees today.

• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth, Des Moines) has $10 burger and fries and a drink on Tuesdays. This deal is really good.

• Hy-Vee Market Grilles are offering a  tenderloin Tuesday special with potato salad for $7.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1945: Japan surrenders, bringing an end to WWII. Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed. The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated. ... READ MORE

1995: Michael Jackson earns his 12th and final solo No. 1 with “You Are Not Alone." On Sept. 2, 1995, pop star Michael Jackson's song “You Are Not Alone” reaches no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — his 12th No. 1 hit. Jackson’s incredible run of chart-topping hits began in 1972 with the release of his fifth single, “Ben,” from the motion picture of the same name. A touching ballad about a sensitive boy’s devotion to a rat, “Ben” may seem a strange pop-cultural artifact in retrospect, but it raised few eyebrows at the time, when it made Jackson the third-youngest recording artist (after Stevie Wonder and Donny Osmond) to earn a solo No. 1 hit. ... READ MORE

2013: Diana Nyad, 64, makes record swim from Cuba to Florida. On Sept. 2, 2013, 64-year-old Diana Nyad becomes the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage for protection. Nyad completed the 110-mile swim from Havana to Key West, through the jellyfish-and shark-infested waters of the Straits of Florida, in approximately 53 hours. ... READ MORE

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