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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
20,000 people to watch Red Bull Soapbox Race in Des Moines
DES MOINES, Iowa — Around 20,000 people are expected to attend the Red Bull Soapbox Races in downtown Des Moines on Saturday. There are 50 teams competing for trophies which will be awarded to the top three finishers. Contestants can also win awards for people's choice, a cart theme award gifted by Casey's, and longest jump. Each team designed their own non-motorized cart that will race down a custom course which consists of turns, jumps, and obstacles. The carts travel at speeds of 25 to 30 miles per hour on average. Apart from being judged for course navigation and race time, a team of judges will also critique each team's creativity and card design, and the showmanship of a 30-second skit the group performs. The last time Des Moines hosted this event was in 2022, where over 25,000 people attended. One of the teams this year is the Eager Beavers Shreddin' Ash, a local team from Central Iowa. Their character names are Bucky, Chief Chipper, and Twiggy Smalls. In 2022, they competed in the race, but their props got in the way. As a result, this year they say they made their design simpler. However, to spectators, their design is anything but 'simple.' They have a two-piece truck and woodchipper concept that they will be driving in reverse down the course. Their cart also chips wood, leaving behind a trail of woodchips. Starting at 10 a.m., the pit lane will open for families to get a closer look at each of the carts. The Eager Beavers have an axe-throwing game and will give out woodchips and stickers to attendees. For the Eager Beavers' 30-second skit, the judges will critique their axe juggling skills. If spectators don't see this team coming, they might just be able to hear them yell, 'Timber!' Another team competing this year is the Revenge Against the Corn. This year, they are seeking redemption from their first experience in 2022, where they crashed close to the start line. Their cart in 2022 was a corn bobsled, so this year's design is a combine. Their ultimate goal is to get to the finish line this year. Even though they crashed in 2022, they didn't leave empty-handed. Their team won the 'It's Not Crazy It's Casey's' cart theme integration award for having a cart theme rooted in Iowa representation. Other teams are racing for the first time, including the Mystery Machine that was inspired by Scooby Doo. The team consists of five DMACC students studying engineering. The group is part of the college's STEM club and are applying skills they learned in school to this race. Landon Toom said, 'This has been an awesome opportunity for us to learn and grow.' The race begins at noon right next to the Iowa State Capitol and it is free to attend. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Yahoo
Marshfield man charged with harassment at Casey's gas station
MARSHFIELD, Mo. — A Marshfield man has been charged with a felony following an incident at a Casey's gas station on Thursday, May 22. According to online court dockets, Craig Temen, born 1965, has been charged for first-degree harassment, second-degree sexual abuse, peace disturbance and fourth-degree assault. The probable call statement says that Webster County police responded to a male causing a disturbance by harassing customers at a Casey's gas station. When police arrived, they noticed citizens standing around a black Dodge Durango beside the fuel pumps, the statement says. Police found Temen inside the vehicle and decided to put him into custody for the peace disturbance. The victim told police that Temen had pulled up to the parking lot and blocked their vehicle from leaving the establishment. Former Gateway police chief escapes from North Central Unit prison According to the victim, Temen then began to yell and wave his hands toward them. The victim said they were 'terrified,' thinking that Temen might do something bad to them. The second victim told police that she heard the yelling from Temen and decided to leave her vehicle because she was worried. When the second victim turned around, they noticed Temen starting to walk toward them. When Temen got over to the victim, he began to yell at them and began to push her back and touched her right breast. The victim then got the attention of nearby construction workers, as she pushed Temen away from them. The construction workers were able to push Temen away, as the victim pushed the 'need assistance' button at the gas station. The victim said they went to check on the first victim, when he started to run towards them again. The construction workers were able to get between them and stop anything from happening again. Temen is scheduled for an initial appearance on May 27, 2025. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Fox News
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Gas station food is 'extraordinary' and 'hiding in plain sight,' says top chef
Gas station food is as much a slice of American cuisine as a single serving of pizza, according to one celebrity chef. In an interview with Fox News Digital, chef Andrew Zimmern, based in Minnesota, said he's spent the better part of 25 years traveling the country in a van. "I'm not sure there's someone else alive who's probably stopped as many places to eat as I have in the last two-and-a-half decades," he said. (See the video at the top of this article.) That's what Zimmern said makes him qualified to vouch for gas station food, which he believes is more appealing to hungry Americans than it may appear. He's now partnered with the Iowa-based Casey's gas stations to promote their new barbecue brisket pizza. "I really think that what it has to do with is our own sense of adventure," Zimmern said. "We don't have to cross the ocean on a 19th century tramp steamer to have an adventure. We can walk into some place and try a regional food or a regional treat that happens to be for sale in that particular shop and have just as much of a warm, fuzzy feeling." The chef praised the new barbecue brisket pizza at Casey's, which he touted for its "real, wholesome ingredients, stuff I'm happy to feed my family." He added, "And by the way, in today's price-conscious world, there should be a pizza that's a whole pizza that can feed a family of four people really easily and not cost you a million dollars." But good gas station food goes beyond just pizza, he said. "When you're in Arizona and you have a breakfast burrito at a gas station with three grandmas in the back rolling up homemade chorizo with eggs and crispy potatoes and handing them to you, you are in a very, very, very special place, and you're about to eat something really extraordinary – and they're all hiding in plain sight." Zimmern also makes no apologies about eating what he wants when he's on the road. "You try to maintain your healthy lifestyle up until the time that you have a cheat moment or a cheat day," he admitted. "If I drank slushies and ate pizza three meals a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, I'm not sure it would really be great for me," he said. "That said, I choose not to live in a world where I need to not eat pizza. I choose to live in a world where I get to eat pizza when I want and I get to have an orange slushy made with my favorite Mexican soda brand."
