FROM KCCI:Unbeaten Iowa high school football teams after Week 8. The last remaining unbeaten team in Class 5A went down Friday night, leaving Iowa's biggest class without an undefeated team heading into its last week of regular season games. Waukee blocked a last-second field goal to beat No. 1 Waukee Northwest, which at 7-0 had been 5A's only unbeaten team. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Two people injured after a car hit a sign, rolled in Marshalltown. Two people were injured after a car hit a sign and then rolled in Marshalltown early Sunday morning. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the crash happened at S. 12th Avenue and E. Olive Street in Marshalltown just before 1:15 a.m. Authorities say a Honda Civic was driving at a high rate of speed when it lost control at the intersection and then a hit a fairgrounds sign before rolling. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Crash on Highway 65 closes road Monday morning. Part of U.S. Highway 65 is blocked after a crash Monday morning, Iowa DOT is reporting. The southbound lanes of Hwy 65 at mile marker 93 between County Road S27 and Northeast 94th Avenue are blocked. This area is about 3 miles north of Bondurant and near the Chichaqua Wildlife Viewing Area. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Israel resumes ceasefire in Gaza and says aid deliveries will restart Monday. Gaza’s fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers, and an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: California police say shrapnel hits and damages a patrol vehicle during Marine Corps drills. Metal shrapnel from an exploding artillery shell fell hit and damaged a California Highway Patrol vehicle as personnel at a U.S. Marine Corps base fired live rounds over a highway — against the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom — during weekend exercises observed by Vice President JD Vance, state authorities said Sunday. No one was injured. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Ames event center planned as part of downtown development. A new facility designed to host weddings, concerts, and community events is set to open in Ames as part of a major downtown development. The Ames Event Center is a collaboration between Discover Ames and the Ames Regional Economic Alliance. The venue will be part of the LINC development, a $150 million project along Lincoln Way in downtown Ames, which will feature restaurants, bars, businesses, and apartments. ... READ MORE

Clear Mortgage meteorology

Breezy and warmer today, then breezy and cooler again Tuesday. We’ve turned a corner. Frost will be possible in parts of Iowa this week.

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

Back to the Biz
Ground broke on a new sausage production plant in Perry. Community leaders and JBS USA officials came together last week to ceremoniously kick start a $135 million investment at Perry Industrial Park. 
 
Local moves
T.E. Alderman’s closed its gluten-free café in Nevada after one year... Highland Underground opened... Carly Dascoli replaced Sam Tuttle as wine director at Oak Park and its 7,000 bottle wine cellar. Dascoli moved from Harbinger earlier this year. Tuttle moved to San Francisco... Amruth extended its Thursday buffet and now includes Saturday and Sunday buffets noon to 4 p.m... Wilson Farms hosts a Harvest Moon dinner Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m. This seven-course, farm-to-table meal will showcase a variety of meats including bison, venison, duck and rabbit. $125.

Deals today
• Chuck's (3610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines) Monday special is three for $25 on all appetizers.
 
• Hy-Vee Market Grilles offer a Monday special smoked chicken hindquarter with corn bread and corn on the cob for $8.

• Bubba (200 10th St., Des Moines) has a Monday night sirloin dinner special for $20. 

• Kelly's Little Nipper (1701 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines) offers a "Monday grind" special grinder and fries basket for $9.50.

• Monday brings prime rib specials to both Chicago Speakeasy (1520 Euclid Ave., Des Moines) and Christopher's (2816 Beaver Ave., Des Moines).

• Trostel's Greeenbriar (Merle Hay Road, Johnston) has a Monday burger with a side and beer deal for $14. Their chef's special through Wednesday is a 20-ounce ribeye with pepper sauce and asparagus $50. 

• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) has $8 omelets and $10 hot beef sandwiches or Mexican bowls on Mondays.

• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) hosts Shelby Smokehouse Soul Food on Mondays 5-9 p.m.
 
• Haiku (1350 31st St., Des Moines) offers free egg drop soup and crab Rangoon with lunch entrees today.
 
• G Mig's (126 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has $11 smashburgers today with a side.
 
• The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll, Des Moines) has a Monday special Graziano grinder with a side for $12.
 
• The Continental (407 E. Fifth St., Des Moines) offers a Monday special double smashburger and shoestring fries - $12.
 
• Bad Dog Burgers include three 1/3-pound patties, six pieces of bacon, choice of cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion - for $10.95 on Mondays. At Kathy’s East 14th Street Tavern (3418 East 14th St., Des Moines).
 
• Jethro's have a Monday chicken tenders and fries special $9.95.

• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) has specials on chicken Parmesan and lasagna today, $11.50 with garlic bread and salad.

• Centro (1003 Locust St., Des Moines) offers half-price pizza and Peronis on Monday.

• Tito’s Lounge (3916 Urbandale Drive, Urbandale) offers all-you-can-eat wings Mondays. 

• Johnny's Hall of Fame (302 Court Ave., Des Moines) has $12 burger baskets on Mondays and Fridays.

• Urban Cellars (640 S. 50th St., West Des Moines) offers $60 wine dinners for two on Mondays including two entrees with soup or salad, a dessert and a bottle on wine. 

• Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction) has a Monday special homemade tuna, chicken or egg salad sandwiches on croissants for $12.50. 

• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) has a Monday steak night special, sirloins and truffle fries for $18.

• Price Chopper delis offer two-piece, bone-in fried chicken dinners, with two sides and a roll, for $6 on Mondays. 

• Fareways have specials through Saturday on 8-ounce  USDA Choice NY strips at $7.99 each, russet potatoes at $2.99/5 pounds, and Fareway brats at $3.99/pound.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1977: Three members of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a Mississippi plane crash. On Oct. 20, 1977, during a flight from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the tour plane for Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in a heavily wooded area of southwestern Mississippi during a failed emergency landing attempt. The accident killed band-members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines as well as the band’s assistant road manager and the plane’s pilot and co-pilot. Twenty others survived the crash. ... READ MORE

2011: Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi is killed. On Oct. 20, 2011, Muammar al-Qaddafi, the longest-serving leader in Africa and the Arab world, is captured and killed by rebel forces near his hometown of Sirte. The eccentric 69-year-old dictator, who came to power in a 1969 coup, headed a government that was accused of numerous human rights violations against its own people and was linked to terrorist attacks, including the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland. ... READ MORE

1947: Congress investigates Communists in Hollywood. On Oct. 20, 1947, the notorious Red Scare kicks into high gear in Washington, as a Congressional committee begins investigating communist influence in one of the world’s richest and most glamorous communities: Hollywood.... READ MORE

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