This comic was originally published in Little Village’s July 2026 issue.
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Josh Turek leads Ashley Hinson in one of two new election polls; Rob Sand beats Zach Lahn in both
Two polls covering the race for governor and the race for Iowa’s open Senate seat were published last week. Rob Sand was one percentage point ahead of Zach Lahn in a New York Times/Siena poll, but in a Fox News poll published one day later, Sand leads Lahn by nine percentage points. For the Senate race, the polls disagreed on which candidate is ahead.
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Painter Marcia Wegman’s final exhibition includes nods to Things & Things & Things, her beloved bygone Iowa City store
Marcia Wegman has been an Iowa City zeitgeist since arriving here in 1957 to study printmaking with Mauricio Lasansky at the University of Iowa. Now at the age of 90, Marcia is presenting what she is calling her final show, one that also serves as an homage to her time running a beloved retail store in the heart of Iowa City. Opening on Friday, July 3 at the Iowa Artisan’s Gallery, Wegman’s “Things & Things & Things” exhibition will run through July 30.
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Former Little Village publishers and editors reflect on 25 ‘wild, beautiful and sometimes scandalous’ years in print
Comments from Little Village publishers and editors, former and current, were compiled by editor-in-chief Emma McClatchey and edited for length and clarity. 2001 Icon publishes its last issue on Jan. 25. Five months later, former staffer Todd Kimm begins publishing Little Village along with Icon alumni Beth Oxler, Andria Green and Steve Horowitz. Todd Kimm: […]
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Fully Booked at ICPL: Stories to celebrate Disability Pride Month
Disability Pride began as a single day of celebration when the Americans with Disabilities Act became law on July 26, 1990. In 2015, July officially became Disability Pride Month on the 25th anniversary of the ADA. Representing decades of disabled-led activism, including an historic 26-day occupation of the San Francisco federal building in 1977 over […]
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Sioux Center egg producer and two other companies will pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to settle lawsuit alleging price collusion
Sioux Center-based Versova Holdings and two other major egg producers have agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit alleging the three companies engaged in an almost three-year-long conspiracy to inflate the wholesale price of eggs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed by the Antitrust Division of the DOJ and 17 […]
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Two federal judges in Iowa rebuke ICE over ‘astonishing conduct’ and violations of court orders; ICE officer held in contempt
Two federal judges in Iowa have sharply criticized government officials for repeatedly violating the law in immigration cases, with one Iowa ICE enforcement officer held in contempt for “astonishing conduct” and willfully violating a court order. The two cases, each handled by a different federal judge, involve Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials who have moved […]
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Astrology forecast — July 2026
CANCER (June 21-July 22): There are phases when the cosmic energies and I urge you to put others first — even tend to their pain before you tend to your own. But this isn’t one of those times. Right now, sacrificing yourself for the sake of others would obstruct the flow of righteous grace into […]
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Little Village issue 354: July 2026
“Had enough of Mega-this, Super-that and Big-whatever? Fed up with being treated like a dumbass by your local corporate newspaper? Say hello to the first issue of Little Village, your recipe for relief in 32 pages of words and pictures,” reads a note from publisher Todd Kimm in the July 2001 magazine. “Little Village favors […]
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Planned Parenthood to close Iowa City Health Center — one of its last two clinics in the state
Planned Parenthood is closing its Iowa City Health Center at the end of July. After the center shutters on Friday, July 31, the Susan Knapp Health Center in Des Moines will be the only Planned Parenthood facility in the state offering in-person medical services. The Des Moines center will also continue to provide telehealth services […]
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This Modern World — July 2026
This comic was originally published in Little Village’s July 2026 issue.
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Class-action lawsuit alleges Hy-Vee has failed to pay overtime wages
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Hy-Vee Inc., alleging the grocery store chain violates federal labor laws by failing to pay overtime for department managers. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on behalf of former employee Dawn Nicosia and other Hy-Vee workers. It seeks to […]
