FROM KCCI: Iowa limits classroom screen time as RFK Jr. promotes new surgeon general warning. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Iowa’s new “Make America Healthy Again” bill into law Wednesday, alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., putting new statewide limits on classroom screen time for younger students while launching a broader push focused on childhood health and chronic disease prevention. One of the bill’s provisions limits digital instruction on one-to-one devices to 60 minutes a day for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, with several exceptions. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: NWS confirms more than 2 dozen Iowa tornadoes after recent storms. The National Weather Service has confirmed that more than two dozen tornadoes touched down during a weekend of severe weather. From May 16 to 18, several rounds of severe weather swept across regions of the state, bringing heavy rains and winds, along with reports of hail and flooding, and several tornadoes. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: West Des Moines student in custody after reported threat at school. A student was taken into custody after an alleged threat at a West Des Moines school Wednesday morning. Police responded to the reported threat at Valley Southwoods Freshman High School around 11 a.m. after school administrators contacted law enforcement. Officials said the suspect, a juvenile student at the school, was contacted and removed from campus. The student was sent to Juvenile Court Intake, according to a release. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: US raises pressure on Cuba with indictment of former leader as island’s president condemns charges. Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the island’s socialist government. The indictment accuses Castro of ordering the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Castro, who turns 95 next month, was Cuba’s defense minister at the time. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Prosecutors seek 50-year sentence for nonprofit leader at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud case. The former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted for her role at the center of a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite a federal immigration crackdown should spend 50 years in prison, prosecutors argued in a court filing. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Cherokee woman killed in Eastern Iowa crash. A young woman from Cherokee, Iowa, was killed in a traffic crash in the eastern part of the state. According to the crash report from the Iowa State Patrol, 22-year-old Kiersten Ryherd from Cherokee was killed on Monday, May 18. The crash report states that around 11 a.m. on May 18, Ryherd was traveling south on Sergeant Road in Waterloo when she collided with a vehicle driven by 50-year-old Cory Brown, who was traveling north. ... READ MORE

The spirits are about to speak
Cemetery Tours
History comes alive when these knowledgeable docents share their stories with guests on these exceptional journeys into Greater Des Moines history and the people who made it. Tours now through October.

The Belin Quartet's free summer concert series begins next Tuesday, May 26 at 5:30 p.m. at Salisbury House & Gardens. Check out the entire schedule.
 
Coming soon to a theatre near you 
Des Moines Playhouse. "Noises Off!" June 5-21. 
Iowa Stage Theatre Company. "I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire." June 5-14. 
CAP Theatre. "Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jr." June 5-14. 

— John Busbee, The Culture Buzz

Betcha didn't know...
Sales at U.S. steak-chain restaurants grew more than 5% last year, more than double the growth across all full-service chain restaurants. That growth rate was faster than any other full-service restaurant category in the U.S., except for Asian dining. (Technomic) 

Subway has more franchised stores than anyone else, even Starbucks and McDonalds.
 
7-11 has introduced kids’ meals. Meals were designed with each one including an entrée, side and drink paired with a toy. Each meal starts at $3.99.
 
Deals today
• This is a third Thursday, so Latin King's (2200 Hubbell Ave., Des Moines) legendary chicken and noodles will be served. 
 
• Marianna's (1305 University Ave., Des Moines) offers pastor tacos for $2 Thursdays.
 
• 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 False Nine Social Club (206 Fifth St., Valley Junction) has jacket potatoes on sale Thursdays for $10.
 
• The Waveland (4708 University Ave., Des Moines) has beef stew on biscuits on special today.
 
• B&B (S.E. Sixth and Hartford, Des Moines) has a Thursday special Killer's double hot Polish with fries and a soda for $12.95.
 
• Thursdays are triple decker Reuben day at Graziano Brothers (1601 S. Union St., Des Moines).
 
• Quarter pound cheeseburgers and chicken sandwiches are $3.39 each on Thursdays at Kwik Star.
 
• Striking Sparrow (1930 S.E. Sixth St., Des Moines) has a Thursday special breaded pork tenderloin with fries and soda for $12.
 
• Bennigan's (4800 Merle Hay Road, Urbandale) has a $10.99 burger, fries and a pint deal on Thursdays.
 
• Taco pizzas are the Thursday special at Walker's Place (475 N.E. Broadway Ave., Des Moines).
 
• Sale Barn Cafe (Lamoni) is offering ham balls with mac and cheese specials today.
 
• Liver and onions dinners are today's special at Crouse Cafe (115 E. Salem, Indianola).
 
•  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.
 
• Guesthouse Tavern and Oyster (9500 University, West Des Moine) offers spaghetti dinners with 8-ounce meatballs and salad for $22 on Wednesdays.
 
• Chelsie's Courtyard Diner (100 MLK, Des Moines) has buck burgers Thursdays. $1!
 
• 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. 
 
•  Hot beef sandwiches 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.
 
• Buzzard Billy's (615 Third St., Des Moines) has $2 off appetizers on Thursdays.
 
• Whatcha Smokin? (Highway 17, Luther) has a pork belly burnt ends special on Thursdays.
 
• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) offers $10 country fried breakfasts and $9 tenderloins or shrimp/fish tacos on Thursdays.
 
• 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 two-topping pizza.
 
• ShortE's BBQ (8505 Chambery Blvd., Johnston) has $1 smoked wings Thursdays.
 
• Jethro's Thursday special is a pound of boneless "wings" for $8.
 
• Bevy’s Tavern (1300 50th St., West Des Moines) has a special of beef stew and cornbread Thursdays for $13.
 
• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) has a "Comfort Thursday" special chicken fried De Burgo, a gluten free spin on DSM's classic. $16
 
• The Dam Pub (2710 Beaver Ave., Des Moines) has a throwback Thursday special goulash with garlic toast.
 
• 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.

• Aldi stores have sales through Tuesday on mandarins at $2.99/3-pound bag, chicken legs at $.99/pound, and spare ribs at $2.49/box.

• Fresh Thyme (2800 University Ave., West Des Moines) is running a sale through Sunday on king crab legs at $34.99/pound and boneless ribeyes at $18.99/pound and through Tuesday on 16/20 shrimp at $11.98/2-pound bag.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1881: American Red Cross founded. In Washington, D.C., humanitarians Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons found the American National Red Cross, an organization established to provide humanitarian aid to victims of wars and natural disasters in congruence with the International Red Cross.. … READ MORE

1927: Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight. American pilot Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget Field in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight and the first ever nonstop flight between New York to Paris. His single-engine monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis, had lifted off from Roosevelt Field in New York 33 1/2 hours before. … READ MORE

1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to make solo, nonstop transatlantic flight. Five years to the day that American aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to accomplish a solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, female aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first pilot to repeat the feat, landing her plane in Ireland after flying across the North Atlantic. Earhart traveled over 2,000 miles from Newfoundland in just under 15 hours. … READ MORE

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