The sound of honking caused several heads to turn toward nearby Fleur Drive during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa at the historic Butler Mansion in Des Moines.
A small crowd of protesters gathered outside of the Thursday event with signs decrying Iowa’s water quality, which incited the honks.
The protesters gathered there in the hopes of catching Gov. Kim Reynolds’ attention as she attended the groundbreaking for the cultural site that received several million dollars from state and county governments…