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
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
1 Nov 2026
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
31 Oct 2026
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
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