FROM KCCI: Des Moines Concours d'Elegance showcases classic cars and Pixar-inspired vehicles. The annual Des Moines Concours d'Elegance brought car enthusiasts to the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in downtown Des Moines to celebrate more than a century of automotive history. The free event showcased over 140 vintage, classic, and specialty vehicles, including a special display for Pontiac's 100th anniversary and cars that inspired characters from Pixar's "Cars." ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Second round of heavy rain, possible severe weather set for Monday. Heavy rain accumulation is ahead as the week progresses, with cooler temperatures. The first round will wind down this evening, with the second moving in Monday morning. The state is in parts of the Weather Prediction Center’s excessive rainfall outlook for at least the next five days. We also have a small chance of severe weather ahead on Monday evening. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Boone County becomes latest community to enact data center moratorium. Leaders in Boone County decided this past week their county would become the latest community to put a moratorium in place regarding data centers, allowing time for research and adoption of ordinances. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, the Boone County Board of Supervisors adopted a moratorium of up to one year "on the establishment, construction, or permitting of new data centers in Boone County," according to County Supervisor Shawn Bryant. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, citing a global shortage. U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. He spoke after diesel prices in the U.S. hit a record on Friday, soaring past $6 a gallon on average. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ needs congressional approval. President Donald Trump’s proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, while pledging to try to make it happen. Trump made the unusual pitch at the party’s midterm convention in Dallas last week, promising a “Trump Dividend” if voters keep the GOP in power on Capitol Hill. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Man serving sentence on weapons charge sought after failing to return to Waterloo facility. State corrections officials are asking for the public’s help locating a man who failed to return to a work release facility in Waterloo over the weekend. According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, 31-year-old Troy Davis Jr. failed to return to the Waterloo Residential Correctional Facility as scheduled on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. ... READ MORE

Back to the Biz
Pho Dee Licious opened over the weekend. That's a new Vietnamese restaurant in the old Chinese Cafe of the same family, at 2414 University in Dogtown.

LongRange agreed to acquire Pizza Hut’s operations, excluding mainland China, for around $1.5 billion, while Yum China Holdings will purchase operations in mainland China in a separate deal worth $1.2 billion.

Diageo, the company behind Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Don Julio and Bailey's, reported an average of 27,938 full-time-equivalent employees in fiscal 2026, down from 29,860 a year earlier.

Dutch Bros abandoned their plan to build a downtown coffee drive-through. Buc-ee's is redeveloping its plan to build a store in Urbandale. Both were rejected by city councils. 

Tom Archer's Poor Man's Supper Club reopened Friday. Crouse Cafe in Indianola reopened Saturday. 

Deals today
• There will be BBQ this evening at the Greenwood Lounge in celebration of this writer's 80th birthday, 4-7 p.m. 
 
• Guesthouse Tavern + Oyster (9500 University, West Des Moines) offers all-day happy hour prices Mondays. 
 
• High Life Lounge (200 S.W. Second St., downtown) has a Monday special tater casserole for $8.99.
 
• Fong's Pizza offers a free crab Rangoon with a pizza Mondays.
 
• Food Truck Mall Mondays, 4-7 p.m., held at 5299 East University Ave., Pleasant Hill.
 
• Fresh Thyme (2800 University Ave., West Des Moines) has $6 quarts of prepared soup on Mondays. 
 
• The Empire's (223 Fourth St., Des Moines) Monday special is spaghetti Alfredo with grilled chicken for $10.
 
• Marianna's (1305 University Ave., Des Moines) offers carnitas tacos for $2 Mondays.
 
• Centro (1003 Locust St., Des Moines) offers half-price pizza and Peronis on Monday.
 
• 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. 
 
• The Key (360 Sixth St., Waukee) offers a half-pound sirloin dinner for $19 Mondays 5 p.m. till sold out.
 
• Cottontail Lounge ( 3700 Dennis Drive, Urbandale) offers first Monday sirloin, filet and prime rib dinner deals.
 
• Today is bang bang shrimp day at Sale Barn Cafe (Lamoni).
 
• It's catfish night at Waterfront stores. Dinners cooked any way you like it for $19.99.
 
• It's Meat Loaf Monday at Mickey's in Yale.
 
• Chuck's (3610 Sixth Ave.) 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.  
 
• 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 loaded chicken on a croissant sandwich for $14. 
 
• 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. 

• Fareways have specials through Saturday on boneless ribeye steak at $19.99/pound, chicken hindquarters at $.99/pound and stew beef for $7.99/pound.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1814: Francis Scott Key pens “The Star-Spangled Banner.” On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The poem, originally titled “The Defence of Fort M'Henry,” was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the sight of a lone U.S. flag still flying over Fort McHenry at daybreak, as reflected in the now-famous words of the “Star-Spangled Banner”: “And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.” … READ MORE

1959: Soviet probe reaches the moon. A Soviet rocket crashes into the moon’s surface, becoming the first man-made object sent from earth to reach the lunar surface. The event gave the Soviets a short-lived advantage in the “space race” and prompted even greater effort by the United States to develop its own space program. … READ MORE

1988: Dolores Huerta beaten by police while peacefully protesting. On Sept. 14, 1988, labor leader Dolores Huerta is severely beaten by a police officer while at a peaceful protest for farm workers in San Fransisco. The incident triggers widespread outrage in the labor movement and beyond, but does not deter Huerta from decades more organizing and protest. … READ MORE

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