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Gov. Kim Reynolds won’t seek reelection, giving her term an expiration date of Jan. 20, 2027. Iowa’s first woman governor has overseen more than 10,000 COVID deaths, rising cancer rates, declining public schools, unprecedented hunger, a near-total abortion ban and culture wars galore. But LV’s Paul Brennan — who has written upwards of 500 stories […]

Dreaming of summer? If you’re in Iowa City, hold your horseplay: City Park pool is getting a revamp, leaving townies without an outdoor pool for the first time since the Truman administration. In this issue, LV explores why access to public pools is a safety issue in any community, from IC to Des Moines’ North […]

Rain or shine, it’s prime time to enjoy a third place in your community. In this 2025 Spring Arts Issue, Little Village catches up with Rozz-Tox, the eclectic Q.C. cafe and performance space that recently succeeded in buying its building…

Love ’em or hate ’em, you can’t deny these shellfish are fresh. In this issue, Little Village cracks into some of the best oysters served in Iowa restaurants. Plus: The state’s only romance-only bookstore, dorky date spots in Ames, a contagious love of poetry, a pleasure exercise and Kiki’s kinkiest question yet. Meet two local […]

Frozen branches, blooming mushrooms, outdoorsy kids, historic architecture, photogenic animals, bird’s-eye views, snow, sun, rust, romance, rainbows — flip through five-dozen photographs of Iowa and Iowans, taken by LV readers and curated by LV Graphic Designer Kate Doolittle. The images have not been cropped or significantly altered, appearing here as the photographer submitted them. The […]

For the third time, Little Village is capping off the year with Peak Iowa: stories of the strange, fascinating, disturbing and heartwarming, all with something to teach us about this state. Clip on a tie, lasso your hobby horse, crank up the Slipknot and get ready for a bumpy ride. Also in this issue: Hip-hop […]

As this godforsaken year nears its end, giving way to the comforts but mostly stresses of the holiday season, there’s no better time to turn your focus local — from gift-shopping to just plain giving. The Give Guide in this magazine will point you towards an Iowa-based nonprofit (or a dozen, or 100) combatting injustice […]

Terror! Lies! Legal drugs! Haunted local journalists! This rag’s got it all. Flip through for pre-election existential musings, life-changing films, chill (and chilling) events, pinball wizardry, un-fun Nixon facts and a dab of gossip. Kinda like a penny dreadful, but free! Plus: The state of Iowa’s cannabis-infused beverage industry, the raddest dad on four wheels, […]

As the school year starts and seasons change, Little Village has assembled our most thorough Fall Arts Preview yet. On the cover: Iowa City’s Rachel Yoder (Nightbitch) and Garth Greenwell (Cleanness, Small Rain) sit down for an author-on-author conversation on the verge of major career milestones. Plus: Prairie Pop columnist Kembrew McLeod explains how the […]

Iowa’s landscape may be a fraction of a percent of what it was in its pre-agriculture glory days, but conservationists have worked out some promising recipes for a rebooted, deep-rooted grassland. When you mix some classic ingredients — native plants, plentiful pollinators and symbiotic mammals like bison — they tend to form an ecosystem resembling […]

It’s hard to take pride when you’re forced to hide. In this issue, Little Village talks to a local org selling Pride flags to benefit LGBTQ Iowans in need, as well as the trans chaplain of a University of Iowa campus ministry that defied the church to keep its doors open to queer clergy and […]