FROM KCCI: Des Moines mother works to prevent overdose deaths amid surge. Since the start of the 2020s, more than 2,000 Iowans have died from drug overdoses, according to Iowa Health and Human Services. That's thousands of families grieving the loss of loved ones, families like Ann Breeding's. You wouldn't know it from her chipper demeanor, but she lost her son, Daniel, in 2020. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Lightning strike damages home, displaces Stuart fire chief and family. The Stuart Fire Department says its fire chief and his family were displaced after lightning struck their home and caused a fire. The Stuart Fire Department posted on its Facebook page saying Chief Stephen Martinson’s home was struck by lightning and caught fire Friday night, causing damage to the home and leaving the family displaced. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Ankeny man sentenced to 25 years for kidnapping, assaulting mother of his children. An Ankeny man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for kidnapping and assaulting the mother of his children. 32-year-old Xavier Leonard Senquiz Ramos reportedly assaulted the victim for four hours at their Ankeny home early on Dec. 28., according to the Polk County Attorney's Office. During that time, he grabbed her by the throat and threatened her with a gun and a knife. The victim was able to later flee with two of their kids. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Stocks fall and oil rises after Trump warns Iran that ‘clock is ticking.'  World shares mostly retreated and oil prices jumped on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that the “clock is ticking” as U.S.-Iran negotiations over a permanent end to the war stall. U.S. futures fell and markets in Japan and South Korea pulled back from their records. In early European trading, Britain’s FTSE 100 edged up 0.1% to 10,205.31. France’s CAC 40 lost 0.9% to 7,883.42, and Germany’s DAX dropped 0.1% to 23,925.82. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans seek clean sweep of US House seats. An effort to reshape South Carolina’s congressional districts will get its first full airing Monday in the state House, as lawmakers launch a lengthy and potentially testy discussion on whether to accede to President Donald Trump’s desires for a U.S. House map that could yield a clean sweep for Republicans. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: 1 killed, 3 injured after car crashes, rolls in southeast Iowa. Officials say one person was killed and three others were injured after a car crashed and rolled in southeast Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, along the 10000 block of 170th Street, when a 2015 Cadillac SRX left the roadway and struck a power pole. Authorities say the vehicle then rolled multiple times before coming to rest in the south ditch. ... READ MORE

Back to the Biz
Bonchon opened its first area store on EP True near the Jordan Creek Mall... Taste of Italy celebrated its 30-year anniversary May 15... Mullet’s will open a new Waukee restaurant in June inside a new commercial building at 1105 S.E. Pleasant View Drive. It will be its fourth store... 515 Brewing is set to reopen in Clive under new ownership after closing and being listed for sale last year. The new owners say they plan to bring back several longtime customer favorites... The DSM Food Truck Mall will be present at the Community Farmers Market in Pleasant Hill every Monday from 4-7 p.m., featuring up to 10 food trucks all in one spot... The Embassy Club plans to renovate its space on the 34th floor of the Ruan Tower... Home Sweet Cone is expanding to a third metro location this summer at 2701 Ingersoll... Cerro Grande Meat Market plans to open at 2517 Hubbell Ave. by July 1, pending renovations. This meat market built a following in Ottumwa before a fire.  

Wilson Orchard’s  Blue Moon Dinner on May 30 at 7 p.m. is multi-course and created around what the season is offering. It will include Pineapple Hard Cider and the first strawberries from the orchard patch. 

Oak Park is hosting two Gin Dinners on June 12 and 13, pairing a five-course tasting menu with curated gins. Bar Manager Rick May will guide guests through the spirit’s nuances while chef Ian Robertson and the culinary team handle the food.

Today's deals

• Marianna's (1305 University Ave., Des Moines) offers carnitas tacos for $2 Mondays.

• Cowboy (1234 E Euclid Ave., Des Moines) has a Monday special fajitas lunch for $11.99.

• The False Nine Social Club (206 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has British pies on sale Mondays for $10.

• District 36 (1375 S.W. Vintage Parkway, Ankeny) has a Monday special $60 dinner for two. Two entrees starring sea bass and NY strip de Burgo with soup or salads, a bottle of wine and a dessert to share.

• Some Hy-Vee Market Grilles offer chicken fried steak specials on Mondays for $8.

• Today is chicken pot pie with biscuit top day at Sale Barn Cafe (Lamoni).

• It's catfish night at Waterfront stores. Dinners cooked any way you like it, $19.99.

• It's Meat Loaf Monday at Mickey's in Yale.

• Chuck's (3610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines) Monday special is three for $25 on all appetizers.

• 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 Greenbriar (Merle Hay Road, Johnston) has a Monday burger with a side and beer deal for $14.

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

• Johnny's Italian Steakhouses have a chicken de Burgo special on Mondays before 4 p.m., $14 including beverage.

• Smoking Goat Pub (3015 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines) hosts Shelby Smokehouse Soul Food on Mondays, 5-9 p.m.

• G Mig's (126 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has $11 smashburgers today including 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 smash burger and shoestring fries, $12.

• Jethro's have a Monday chicken tenders and fries special $9.95 in Altoona and West Des Moines.

• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) has specials on chicken Parmesan and lasagna today, $15 with garlic bread and salad.

• Eastside Eddie’s (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines) Monday special is a burger with domestic beer, soft drink or well drink for $10.

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

• Pelican Post (265 50th St., West Des Moines) has a special today on hot beef sandwiches, $10.95 all day.

• 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 of wine.

• Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road, Des Moines) has a burger basket with fries deal Mondays for $9.

• Red Lobster's Monday special is lobster and shrimp scampi with a side for $20.

• Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction) has a Monday special homemade tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwich 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 $8 on Mondays.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1896: Supreme Court rules “separate but equal” constitutional in Plessy v. Ferguson. In a major victory for supporters of racial segregation, the U.S. Supreme Court rules seven to one that a Louisiana law providing for “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races” on its railroad cars is constitutional. The high court held that as long as equal accommodations were provided, segregation was not discrimination and thus did not deprive African Americans of equal protection under the law as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. … READ MORE

1917: U.S. Congress passes Selective Service Act. Some six weeks after the United States formally entered the First World War, the U.S Congress passes the Selective Service Act on May 18, 1917, giving the U.S. president the power to draft soldiers. … READ MORE

1980: Mount St. Helens erupts. At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness. … READ MORE

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