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Iowa statewide — Des Moines and far beyond: sports, food, restaurants, culture, music, arts, entertainment, events, local personalities, useful daily-life news, roads, schools, housing, water quality, and genuinely major civic decisions — hosted by Bess the Butter Cow. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe

  1. 14h ago

    The Butter Brief — Nov. 3: Election Day Guide, City Hall Vote, Songwriters Festival

    Bess the Butter Cow on Election Day in Iowa: polls are open 7 to 8 and you can register at your polling place, Willis Alan Ramsey opens the Iowa City Songwriters Festival Wednesday, Des Moines picks a $24 million headquarters over a $200 million arts center for the old city hall site, Dubuque County votes on an $18 million conservation bond, and the open state auditor race turns on a 2023 law. The cow is made up; the news is real. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sources and corrections: https://posts.projectbh.dev/sources/8ca898b7-ff21-4e54-b1bc-5a273c3e0878

  2. 1d ago

    The Butter Brief — Nov. 2: Pate on Your Ballot, Third District Race, Free Breakfast

    Bess the Butter Cow on Election Eve in Iowa: Secretary of State Paul Pate says Iowa runs its own elections, the Third District race between Zach Nunn and Sarah Trone Garriott gets decided tomorrow, free breakfast starts today for every Woodward-Granger student, and Hawkeye basketball opens its season against Lipscomb. The cow is made up; the news is real. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sources and corrections: https://posts.projectbh.dev/sources/19e3ab6c-1ca8-4f87-a05d-f9a1b6c8403b

  3. 2d ago

    The Butter Brief — Nov. 1: Dubuque Tarp Comes Down, Record Early Voting, Holiday Sips

    Bess the Butter Cow on the tarp Dubuque ordered removed from its Solidarity mural ahead of President Trump's visit, Polk County's three straight early-voting records and the last chances to cast a ballot, and a 21-and-over holiday drinks class at the Botanical Garden on Tuesday evening. The cow is made up; the news is real. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sources and corrections: https://posts.projectbh.dev/sources/2e8c908f-4bba-4329-ab8a-8eb5aea92233

  4. 3d ago

    The Butter Brief — Oct. 31: Refocus Grows, a Rare Endorsement, Rides to the Polls

    Bess the Butter Cow on Iowa City's fifth Refocus Film Festival wrapping with turnout up about 35 percent, the Iowa Farmers Union backing Josh Turek for U.S. Senate in its first federal endorsement in at least 14 years, and where to find free or cheap rides to the polls on Nov. 3. The cow is made up; the news is real. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sources and corrections: https://posts.projectbh.dev/sources/6a486b5f-6eb8-48d1-9050-d05a13ff5157

  5. 4d ago

    The Butter Brief — Oct. 30: Succulent Cauldrons, Kittle at Kinnick, Mitchell's Rental

    Bess the Butter Cow on tonight's $12 succulent cauldron drop-in at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, George Kittle's return to Kinnick as honorary captain for the sold-out Wisconsin game, Greene County students' new monuments to Rippey classmates who left for the Civil War, and Iowa Starting Line's reporting on congressional candidate Joe Mitchell's Clear Lake rental listing. The cow is made up; the news is real. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sources and corrections: https://posts.projectbh.dev/sources/06bf341e-e190-4e81-8865-efb08a622667

  6. 5d ago

    #82 The Butter Brief — Oct. 29: Art Center's Big Show, Boos & Brews, Lahn in Clive

    Bess the Butter Cow on the Des Moines Art Center's new exhibition of more than 50 contemporary Latinx artists, the Botanical Garden's adults-only Boos & Brews Halloween party tomorrow night, Zach Lahn's MAHA rally with RFK Jr. in Clive days before the election, and the Rock4Vets concert series. The cow is made up; the news is real. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sources and corrections: https://posts.projectbh.dev/sources/98a675a4-51c5-483c-9e8b-7e4f976d73ff

  7. 6d ago

    #81 The Butter Brief — Oct. 28: Hawkeye Hoops Hype, Linn County Nixes Gas Plant

    Bess the Butter Cow on Iowa men's basketball carrying Elite Eight expectations into Ben McCollum's second season, which opens November 3rd, the Des Moines Children's Museum's temporary move to Urbandale, Linn County supervisors voting unanimously against rezoning land for Alliant's 720-megawatt gas plant, and the only debate in the 3rd District race. The cow is made up; the news is real. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sources and corrections: https://posts.projectbh.dev/sources/fd160d47-3784-4cc7-b190-7066caf8a91a

  8. Oct 27

    #80 The Butter Brief — Oct. 27: Hawkeyes Fall Out of Top 25, Amendment 1 on the Ballot

    The Butter Cow on the Hawkeyes' 13-10 loss to Minnesota that knocked Iowa out of the AP Top 25, a corn harvest running about 20 points behind average, what Amendment 1 would actually change about raising income taxes, and why early-vote numbers don't predict November 3. The cow is made up; the news is real. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sources and corrections: https://posts.projectbh.dev/sources/c19dbc06-07c6-4d34-8950-7c0dc62b1efa

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Iowa statewide — Des Moines and far beyond: sports, food, restaurants, culture, music, arts, entertainment, events, local personalities, useful daily-life news, roads, schools, housing, water quality, and genuinely major civic decisions — hosted by Bess the Butter Cow. Get the email version: https://the-butter-brief.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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