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Iowa, when do you start decorating for Halloween?
Plus: Your takes on daylight saving time and more Share with a friend Amie here. Happy National Taco Day, go get those discounts! Not into tacos? How about voting? It’s National Voter Education Week, and I’ll be popping in some helpful information to get you ready for Election Day in each edition. In this issue:…
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What I heard at Iowa’s special session
Plus: A Hawkeye loss, ethics complaints, and more Share with a friend Special Edition: Reporter’s Notebook In this edition: An apology to the White House, an ethics complaint, and Iowa’s fall to Ohio State Friday night, I watched from the eaves of the Iowa Senate gallery as a Republican said he’d had enough.…
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Happy hour in Iowa City: 9 of the best places
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. 🎃 It’s Friday and the beginning of spooky season! Last week, I asked you if and when you decorate for fall and Halloween. This week, I’m…
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The terms matter more than the headline
Plus: Your mailbag, Amendment 1, and the Epstein Reading Room Reader mailbag Reporter’s Notebook with political correspondent Zachary Oren Smith does a weekly Q&A. Send your questions here. “Is Josh Turek a better baller than you?” — Lily, Iowa Starting Line’s state organizing coordinator and my #1 op Lily, I want to say this is…
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Des Moines teacher wins $75k for welding program
Plus: What you thought of Iowa’s billionaire and more reader letters Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. Amie here. It’s gonna be October already, somehow?! Have you noticed any leaves changing yet? Here in Waterloo, I noticed the Virginia creeper’s gotten…
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8 U-pick apple farms across Iowa to check out
Plus: Positively Iowa and your photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. 🎃 It’s Friday and nearly October (!). I suppose that means Halloween’s coming. Do you decorate for Halloween? When do you put up your decorations? Reply…
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Bisexuality Awareness Week has been busy…
Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred source on Google. Amie here. Today’s the start of autumn—if you couldn’t already tell with temperatures in the 50s! 🥶 What makes it feel like fall to you? “It’s fall in Iowa when the leave begin to change…
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A hog farmer lost everything. He says Congress could do it again.
Inside: Your Iowa politics questions Share with a friend Special Edition: Reporter’s Notebook What one sentence in a 400-word bill means for Iowa’s hog farmers—plus more reader questions. I recently read a bill you could print on two pages. Then I read a 90-page legal analysis explaining how those two pages matter more…
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Lone Tree esports coach wins Teacher of the Year
Plus: Positively Iowa and your photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, Positively Iowa, and news you can use. It’s Doodle Bug time in Webster City. Next weekend is the third-annual African Festival of Arts and Culture in Iowa City. Help clean up an…
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What makes it autumn in Iowa?
Plus: Your letters and the post that got the most comments Share with a friend Amie here. I don’t think it even got to 70 degrees yesterday in Waterloo. I was actually contemplating busting out the space heater at one point. To me, IT’S FALL Y’ALL. 🍁 But what makes it fall to you?…
