The christening of the ship marked the moment the nuclear submarine was ready to hit the water for sea trials. Commissioning of the ship is when the vessel is cleared for active duty. The USS Iowa has a commissioning committee that raises funds for equipment for the ship's crew.

On Sunday, Iowa Navy Veterans were invited to Big Grove Brewery in downtown Des Moines to meet with the commanding officer of the vessel and a couple crew members.

"When we carry the Iowa name we carry all of this, all of the people from Iowa, all of the previous people that served, the incredible history of Iowa," said Matt Powell, the Commanding Officer for the USS Iowa. "And the commissioning committee is the one that folds that all in and they really wrap that into the true spirit of the ship that will carry with it for the next several decades as the ship performs missions here on out."

A crew member aboard the USS Iowa is visiting the ship's namesake for the first time this weekend. He shared with WHO 13 News that this visit adds a new level of respect for the ship and the state.

"It's really cool, seeing that support it's just uplifting," said Christian Leporati, STS2 on the USS Iowa. "It really helps you just kind of keep going, when I go back when I leave here. It's more reinforcement that there's people rooting for you."

Both Powell and Leporati along with two other crew members will be at the Iowa State Fair on Monday before heading back to Connecticut where the submarine is currently stationed.

Big Grove Brewery partnered with a brewery out in Connecticut, to create the "Rack Stowed Cream Ale" to raise funds for the ship's commissioning.

The full list of donors to for the USS Iowa can be found on the ship's website.

Water rescue crews were called out to the southeast area of the lake, also known as 'Party Cove', around 7:20 p.m. Saturday night on a report of a man who had gone missing in the water. The search was called off after sunset for safety.

Just after 8:30 a.m. on Sunday emergency crews resumed search efforts to find the missing man. At around 9:10 a.m. crews located the victim 15-20 yards from shore in about 10-15 feet of water, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

The name of the victim has not been released. An investigation into the incident is ongoing, the sheriff's office said.

At around 11 p.m. emergency crews responded to a report of a crash in the 3500 block of NE 86th Avenue in Ankeny. When Polk County Sheriff's deputies arrived on scene they found a Chevrolet Silverado on its top in the north ditch.

The sheriff's office said a preliminary investigation shows there were two teens in the cab of the truck and three teens in the bed of the truck. The truck was traveling westbound on NE 86th Ave. when the teen driver lost control, entered the ditch, and rolled, the sheriff's office said.

Four of the five teens were uninjured during the crash. One teen, who investigators believe was riding in the bed of the truck, passed away at the scene, the sheriff's office said. The teens' names will not be released due to their ages.

The sheriff's office said the investigation into the crash is ongoing.

President Donald Trump greeted supporters while doing a circle of the main attractions at the fair: the Iowa Pork Tent, the Animal Learning Center and Steer n' Stein. Along the way, the former president stopped and talked with reporters.

"I love it, I love the crowd, look at this crowd. It's a record crowd, it's a great honor," said Trump.

He is the only candidate on the republican side of the ticket that is not doing a "fair side" chat with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. Just last month, Trump went after Governor Reynolds on Truth Social as he was frustrated with her remaining neutral in the primary race. WHO 13 News asked the former president why he decided on not participating in that conversation.

"I didn't invite from the standpoint that when they endorse, I invite," said Trump. "...I helped the governor a lot, I wont the race for the governor, but I like the governor."

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy were among the other presidential candidates that are participating in the governor's conversations. All three were at the state fairgrounds during the former president's visit.

Trump, who was just recently indicted on his actions to overturn the 2020 presidential election, had many supporters in attendance at the fair. Those supporters say the recent indictment just adds more fuel to the fire.

"Well I think I am not surprised," said Rebecca Ervin of Urbandale. "I wasn't surprised...I just wish they'd leave him alone until after...the election."

"I was even more upset. I voted every year, every four years since 1972 and I wont' miss this one. I'll vote on Election Day, paper ballot, for our president, President Trump," said Larry Ginger from Saylorville.

According to the Iowa State Patrol, the driver of a 2002 Chevy Suburban was backing out of a driveway when the 6-year-old boy entered a blind spot on the right rear side of the vehicle, and was hit.

Despite life-saving measures being initiated by the driver of the vehicle, the child passed away from his injuries at the scene, the state patrol said.

At around 1 p.m. officers with the Pleasant Hill Police Department and from other metro agencies responded to a report of a shooting in the 400 block of Pleasant Circle. When officers arrived on scene they discovered a man discharging his weapon.

As officers engaged with the armed man, a Pleasant Hill Officer shot him and took him into custody, the police department said. Despite life-saving measures initiated at the scene and at a nearby hospital, the man died from his injuries, the police department said. The man's name has not been released.

Pleasant Hill Police said they later learned that the man had killed his two family dogs prior to the incident with officers.

An investigation into the shooting is being conducted by the Pleasant Hill Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Police said there is no further threat to the public at this time.

On Aug. 5 at around 3:39 p.m. emergency crews responded to a report of a motorcycle crash in the 3100 block of I-235. When first responders arrived they found Raymond Koontz, 44, in critical condition. Koontz was transported to a hospital, but he later passed away from his injuries on Aug. 9.

According to the Des Moines Police Department, Koontz was driving his 2012 Harley Davidson eastbound on I-235 and Jose FLores, 40, was driving his 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 truck westbound. A tire fell off of FLores' truck, crossed over the median, and entered the eastbound lanes, police said. That tire then hit Koontz and knocked him off his motorcycle.

Police said Flores was issued citations for operation without a valid drivers license and operation without proof of insurance. An investigation into the crash is ongoing.

This is the eight traffic-related fatality this year, and the first involving a motorcyclist.

An additional 9,056 people were hospitalized with the virus last week, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, representing a 12.5% jump over the previous week.

The current summer wave of COVID hospitalizations started a few weeks ago. Last week, the number of new hospitalizations was up 12.1% over the week before.

But in about two dozen states, the surge in hospitalizations is far more than 12%. Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming all saw at least a 20% increase in new COVID hospitalizations.

New Hampshire saw the biggest jump in a single week at 96% — nearby doubling the number of hospital admissions from the week before.

The percentage increase in new COVID-19 hospitalizations is illustrated in the interactive map below. (Hover your cursor over the map to view each state's data.)

States shaded in yellow and orange have seen hospitalizations decrease over the past week. Red states saw hospitalization numbers stay relatively stable. Those in purple saw a moderate increase, according to CDC data, while those in blue saw a substantial jump.

Based on the map, Iowa saw a 28% increase in COVID hospitalizations, which is higher than the jump in neighboring Missouri, at just 19%. However, to the northwest, South Dakota saw a 50% jump in hospitalizations, and neighboring Illinois saw a 30% increase in hospitalizations.

Taking a closer look, county-by-county data shows the surge isn't happening everywhere at the same time. Within a single state, one area could see hospitalizations triple, while the other end of the state is seeing fewer people with serious COVID come into emergency rooms.

Click on the map below to open it in a new window for a closer look.

Iowa counties that saw a substantial increase in COVID hospitalizations include:

• Adair
• Cerro Gordo
• Clarke
• Clay
• Dallas
• Decatur
• Dickinson
• Franklin
• Hancock
• Jasper
• Kossuth
• Lyon
• Madison
• Marion
• Muscatine
• Palo Alto
• Polk
• Ringgold
• Scott
• Union
• Warren
• Winnebago
• Worth

Jill Rosenthal, director of public health policy at the Center for American Progress, told The Hill that summer surges of COVID-19 may be the new norm. “We have had a summer wave of COVID for the last few summers, and so it’s not surprising to see an increase in COVID right now.”

While winter means more people socialize indoors (known to accelerate the spread of the coronavirus), summer means more people are traveling and socializing overall. Plus, in hot parts of the country, people are more likely to socialize and spend time in the air-conditioned indoors than they are to be outside.

The omicron variant still appears to be dominant. According to the CDC, omicron’s many subtypes make up 99.9% of cases.

“The fear was very real,” Jim Olson, former Winterset mayor and class of ‘64 said. “For Winterset graduates, it’s really a special place.”

Next spring, a new batch of tenants are scheduled to move in. 

"I think they had bids to tear it down and I think we convinced them that saving an old historic structure like this is a thing we like to do in Winterset," Olson said.

HKG Development is transforming the old school into 27 affordable housing units for seniors 55 and older. 

Framing is already installed in several of the old classrooms. Original wood flooring discovered after linoleum and glue were removed will be restored. Much of the original existing charm will also be refurbished and kept.

The renovation has also turned up unexpected items from the glory days of Winterset High.

"I found a batch of yearbooks from 1969 in a cabinet and basketball jerseys in a closet," developer Michael Kiernan said.

The cost of rehabbing a building over 100-years-old costs nearly double compared to new construction, Kiernan said.

“It's roughly a $9.3 million investment into the city of Winterset,” Kiernan said. “It consists of 13 layers of funding that took five years to put together.”

Funding including state and federal historic tax credits, low income housing tax credits, grants and forgivable loans.

The goal of the project is to provide seniors on fixed incomes a place to call home.

“Something Winterset needs is affordable senior housing," Olson said.

The project is expected to be done by April 2024.

One bedroom apartments will rent for around $500 per month, two-bedroom units will rent for $600 to $700 dollars, Kiernan said.

At around 7:20 p.m. emergency crews responded to a missing person report claiming a man had gone underwater and never resurfaced near the southeast area of the lake, commonly known as 'Party Cove.' According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, witnesses saw a male in the water, but then could not locate him a short time later.

Rescue crews arrived on scene and searched the water until sunset and stopped when conditions became too dangerous to continue due to darkness, the sheriff's office said.

Search efforts will begin again on Sunday after sunrise.

"We came outside and looked out and were like, Oh my God what is happening? You could see the smoke but then later that evening the orange sky from all the fire was pretty intense," said Adam Crabb.

Their hotel located about a mile from the fast moving wildfire in Lahaina was evacuated. They had no roof over their head, no cell service or power and no way to contact their worried family back home in Iowa.

"We stayed the night in the van Tuesday night, we walked up to a shelter at a local high school and we were able to walk up a hill and get service and were able to make a quick call to my parents and say hey- we're safe , everything is OK," explained Traci Crabb.

Safe, but stranded. The family has spent the last few days trying to catch a flight off the island.

"After you see the devastation, the loss of life, the loss of entire communities, that really puts things into perspective. We slept on a church floor last night. Some of the kindest people I've every met took us in as their own and hopefully it does alter our perspectives for the rest of our lives," said Adam.

"It's just absolutely devastating, unreal to hear about so any help people can give them it is definitely needed and lots and lots of prayers," said Traci.

The family is asking for prayers and donations to the Red Cross for the scarred paradise they are leaving behind. They are scheduled to fly out Friday evening Maui time.

The event will be held at the Lauridsen Amphitheater and starts with the 'Restore the American Dream' rally. A free concert by Big & Rich will be performed after the rally at 7 p.m.

The Cyclones look to have lost a lot more firepower than the Hawkeyes. Hunter Dekkers, Jirehl Brock, Isaiah Lee, Deshawn Hanika, Jake Remsburg are either gone for good or will miss games. That's a tough pill to swallow for Cyclone fans before the season even starts.

John Sears has more on the disappointing saga that won't end.

Leading the way is Michigan transfer QB Cade McNamara and former Wolverine TE Erick All. The duo helped Michigan beat Iowa in the B1G championship in 2021, now they want to lead the Hawkeyes to a title.

Mark Freund reports.

The Hawks should be much improved on offense with the addition of Cade McNamara at QB, plus other transfers from the portal.

John Sears and Mark Freund have it covered

“I know if anyone can do it, Hawkeye fans can and will,” coach Lisa Bluder said.

The state of Iowa has a long history of supporting girls and women's basketball. The Hawkeyes were second nationally in attendance last season with an average of 11,143 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The women's basketball attendance record of 29,619 was set in the 2002 national title game between Connecticut and Oklahoma in San Antonio’s Alamodome.

Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. A portion of the tickets will be sold for $20 and honored if the game is moved indoors because of inclement weather. Tickets sold for $10 are non-refundable.

The Hawkeyes were 31-7 and national runners-up to LSU last season, and they return Collegiate Women's Athlete of the Year Caitlin Clark. DePaul was 16-17.

“So much for closed-door scrimmages," DePaul coach Doug Bruno said. “We are thrilled to be able to play Iowa, the reigning national runner-ups in a game for charity inside Kinnick Stadium. The opportunity to compete against Caitlin Clark, one of the best players in the country, will be a great test for our team.”