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Fans of a great burger have a new restaurant to check out this week. Wayback Burgers is officially open in Iowa! Wayback Burgers Opens First Iowa Location Wayback Burgers is opening its first Iowa location today in Waukee. The Des Moines Register reports that the national fast-food chain is known for made to order burgers and hand dipped milkshakes. Sounds good to me! The restaurant can be found at 1165 SE Alice's Road in Waukee. What Makes Wayback Burgers Great?

Our name is picked out by our parents, and we carry it on with us for the rest of our lives. No pressure, picking out a great one, Mom and Dad! Do you go with a family name? Something trendy? I suppose if you really don't like your name, you can legally change it when you turn 18. So what were the most popular baby names in Eastern Iowa in 2025? Mercy Medical Center Releases Most Popular Baby Names for 2025 Mercy Medical Center's Birthplace saw plenty of new faces in 2025.

Grocery shopping has become a lot more expensive lately, no matter where you shop. It doesn't matter if you're a couple or a family of five like mine. Groceries add up quickly! If you're looking to save some money this year on your Thanksgiving dinner, you have some affordable options from several local retailers. Hy-Vee Offers Low-Cost Thanksgiving Dinner Hy-Vee announced this week that it will be offering a $30 Thanksgiving meal that will feed up to 6 people.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. I love everything about it. The cool fall weather. The gathering of family and friends. And of course, the food! But this year, the Thanksgiving turkey could be a bit harder to find and cost you more money. Why are there fewer turkeys this Thanksgiving? With just weeks left until Thanksgiving, Axios reports that the nation's turkey herd has shrunk to its smallest size in 40 years. Part of the problem is a rise in Avian flu cases.

Less people plan to take a vacation this year due to the rising prices of, well, everything. It's unfortunate because even if it's just a short weekend road trip, we all need a vacation here and there to disconnect and relax. Lucky for us in Minnesota, though, we are very close to the town that is now being called the most affordable lakefront town to go to for a beach vacation. Woo! Pack your bags, we're going to the beach.

Love lakeside vibes but hate the price tag? You don't have to fly to the coast, just point your car toward this Wisconsin destination. There's something magical about summer by the lake: sunshine, waves, grilled food, and the kind of joy you can only get when your toes are in sand and your phone is somewhere far, far away. And if you're trying to plan a weekend escape without gut-punching your bank account, you're in luck.

Daryl Hall has extended his 2025 U.S. solo tour with Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook, adding a series of summer dates to follow his previously announced spring shows. The new leg of shows begins on July 11 in Mashantucket, Connecticut, and concludes on July 25 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. These dates will take place after a series of U.S. tour dates in March and April, plus a handful of shows in the United Kingdom in May. Tickets for Hall's July shows go on sale to the general public on Friday.

Just like clothes, names also go in and out of style. These days you see about as many babies being named Brittney and Brandon as you do neon windbreakers--not a lot. The Social Security Administration says the top three boy names in the 1990s were Michael, Christopher, and Matthew. For girls, Jessica, Ashley, and Emily. Group of teens hanging out together Some of these names that were once on top are actually at risk of disappearing completely.

The holiday season is a very popular time for people to travel. New York City, the city that never sleeps, claimed the top spot for most popular domestic travel destination in 2024, according to reports. Seattle, Washington fell right behind and took the second spot in this list. Traveling In 2024 2024 is the year of solo travel, according to Travel and Leisure. 76 percent of millennials and Gen Z made some some sort of trip by themselves this year.

Another Thanksgiving is knocking on our door. If your turkey is safe, Butterball Outrage 2024, that's good news. How will you prep it for cooking? If you've never cooked a bird before, it does take some planning. For instance, if you're buying a frozen turkey, today, hmm, might be a little late but never say never. They do make a blow torch. If you're planning on putting the bird through another cooking process other than the oven, you may be in for a treat.