FROM KCCI: Des Moines police cite staffing limits after Court Avenue shooting. Des Moines police said only two officers were assigned to patrol Court Avenue when a shooting unfolded Saturday night. Police said the officers saw a fight near Fourth Street and Court Avenue just before midnight Saturday, Oct. 24. As they approached, they heard gunfire. A 20-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital. Police said his injury was not life-threatening. ... READ MORE

FROM WHO-TV: Des Moines teen in critical condition after e-bike crashes with alleged impaired SUV driver. Des Moines police say a teen is in critical condition after their modified electronic mini-bike collided with an SUV driver who was reportedly under the influence. According to authorities, the Des Moines Police Department and the Des Moines Fire Department responded to a crash in the 3000 block of S.E. 19th Street just after 7 p.m. on Sunday. According to first responders on scene, they found a 13-year-old male, who was reportedly not wearing a helmet, critically injured. ... READ MORE

FROM WOI: Truck driver accused of watching Netflix before crash that killed Iowa couple pleads guilty. A semi-truck driver accused of watching Netflix on his phone when he slammed into traffic and killed an Iowa couple in August 2023 changed course and pleaded guilty Monday to all charges, according to court documents.  Less than a year after pleading not guilty and requesting a jury trial, 57-year-old Billie Joe Grimes is now pleading guilty to two counts of criminal vehicular homicide and one count of criminal vehicular operation in connection with a deadly crash on Aug. 25, 2023, on Interstate 35, just south of Faribault. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE NATION: Trump administration asks Washington to set aside ballots from 400 voters it says may be noncitizens. The Trump administration on Monday asked Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it alleges registered to vote without U.S. citizenship, less than two weeks after making a similar demand in California. ... READ MORE

FROM AROUND THE STATE: Firefighters share details on response to Quaker Oats explosion.  The Cedar Rapids Fire Department is sharing details about its response to the fire at the Quaker Oats facility in downtown Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Fire Chief Brent Smith credited the department's extensive training and community partnerships with helping them respond quickly and effectively. Quaker Oats employees were able to return to work after Saturday’s explosion and fire at the downtown Cedar Rapids plant, fire officials said Monday. ... READ MORE

• Crouse Cafe (115 E. Salem Ave., Indianola) features scalloped potatoes with ham  specials today.
 
• High Life Lounge (200 S.W. Second St., Des Moines) has a Tuesday special tenderloin, tots and tang pie for $12.99.
 
• Fresh Thyme (2800 University Ave., West Des Moines) has $6 quarts of prepared soup on Mondays. rotisserie chickens on Tuesdays. 
 
• The Empire's (223 Fourth St., Des Moines) Tuesday special is chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes for $10.
 
• Flamingo Lounge (3089 North Ave., Norwalk) has half-priced flatbreads on Tuesdays.
 
• Tuesday is $5 chats day at Desi Bites (3820 100th St., Urbandale).
 
• Tacos are today's special at Sale Barn Cafe (Lamoni). 
 
• Talk Shop Lounge (3357 St. Charles Road, St. Charles) has a deal Mondays on fried beef tacos, $3.
 
• The False Nine Social Club (206 Fifth St., Valley Junction) offers half-priced appetizers on Tuesdays.
 
• Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar (150 S. Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines) celebrates Tomahawk Tuesday with a choice of 35-ounce prime tomahawk or 34-ounce prime porterhouse, two salads, two sides and two desserts. $162.
 
• Waveland Cafe (4708 University Ave., Des Moines) offers meat ball sub specials today.
 
• B&B Grocery, Meat and Deli (2001 S.E. Sixth St., Des Moines) has a Tuesday special Killer's grinder with fries and soda $11.95.
 
• Striking Sparrow (1930 S.E. Sixth St.) has a $12 double smash with fries and soda every Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
 
• All pizzas are half priced at Maggie's Rumble Room (1432 Second Ave., Des Moines) 5-9 p.m. on Tuesdays.
 
• It's steak night at Grand Junction (1970 Grand Ave., West Des Moines). Steak, salad and potato $13.99. 
 
• Guesthouse Tavern and Oyster (9500 University, West Des Moines) offers fried chicken dinner special on Tuesdays, $17-23, plus half-priced whiskey pours.

 
• Mullet’s Norwalk offers a free kids meal per adult meal on Tuesdays 4 p.m. to close.
 
• Mickey's Irish Pub (50 S.E. Laurel St., Waukee) has a special $10 half-pound burger with a side all day Tuesday. 
 
• Kelly's Little Nipper (1701 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines) offers a "Tendy's Tuesday" pork tenderloin basket with a drink for $11.50.
 
• The Station on Ingersoll (3124 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines) has a Tuesday special pork tenderloin with a side for $10.
 
• 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 $12 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.
 
• Baklava is half priced Tuesdays at Istanbul Cafe and Bakery (3281 100th, Urbandale). 
 
• 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. 
 
• Kids meals are half price till 2 p.m. today at Machine Shed (11151 Hickman Road, Urbandale).  
 
• Taco Tuesday brings serious discounts to La Familia (1610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines), Tropicana (2743 86th St., Urbandale), Rancho Escondido (1106 Army Post Road), all Taco John's, all Abelardo's, Pancho Villa's (Madrid), all Fernando’s, Baja Cocina (1938 S.E. Sixth, Des Moines), Malo (900 Mulberry St., Des Moines), Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale 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), Paula's (Elm Street at Sixth, Valley Junction) and both Faustino's. 

 
• Most Hy-Vees offer $6 two entrees Chinese deli meals on Tuesdays. 
 

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

• Hy Vees have sales through Sunday on 80/20 ground beef at $4.88/pound, ground turkey at $4.88/pound and avocados for 68 cents.

— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com

1904: New York City subway opens. At 2:35 on the afternoon of Oct. 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes the controls on the inaugural run of the city’s innovative new rapid transit system: the subway. … READ MORE

1962: The United States and Soviet Union step back from brink of nuclear war. Complicated and tension-filled negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union finally result in a plan to end the two-week-old Cuban Missile Crisis. A frightening period in which nuclear holocaust seemed imminent began to come to an end. … READ MORE

1994: Justice Department announces that U.S. prison population exceeds one million. The U.S. Justice Department announces that the U.S. prison population has topped one million for the first time in American history. The figure — 1,012,851 men and women were in state and federal prisons — did not include local prisons, where an estimated 500,000 prisoners were held, usually for short periods. The increase, due to tougher sentencing laws, made the United States second only to Russia in the world for incarceration rates at the time. Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. … READ MORE

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