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 colors.” Mikky G.
• “Seeing college football games.” Dave G., Moline, Ill.
• “Fall is camping trips when we make soups slowly over a low fire and watch endless sunsets.” Jeff S.
• “Bugs in the house.” J. Swartslander 

For more responses, check out today’s letters, then reply with your own!

In this issue:

• News bites,
• this week’s most talked-about post, and
• reader soundoff!

A group of Iowa high schoolers running their school’s morning announcements casually mentioned it was Bisexuality Awareness Week.

So naturally, there was a normal reaction from someone prominent.

Iowa Starting Line correspondent Liz Fleming has the story here.

What do you think?

Readers are invited to join the conversation. Please include your first name and last initial; your city is optional. Responses may be lightly edited for length, clarity, or typos.

“We need to set up a national don’t buy gas day; it should coincide with the truck drivers’ strike day. …”

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