Rob Sand wants to legalize marijuana, regulate it like alcohol - Little Village Even before he launched his campaign for governor almost a year ago, Rob Sand has spoken out in favor of Iowa legalizing marijuana. On Monday, the Democratic candidate released details of his proposal...

“This is to me kind of a no-brainer,” Rob Sand said about legalizing marijuana in Iowa. But one key element of legalization in other states isn’t part of the plan Sand released on Monday. littlevillagemag.com/rob-sand-rel...

ON STANDS THIS WEEK: Little Village's March issue

📍 Find a copy: bit.ly/lvlocations
🌐 Read online: littlevillagemag.com/lv-march-2026
📬 Subscribe for home delivery: littlevillagemag.com/subscribe

Cover star: Dante Powell (📸 Sahithi Shankaiahgari)

ON STANDS THIS WEEK: The February issue 💖
📍 Find a copy: bit.ly/lvlocations
🌐 Read online: littlevillagemag.com/lv-february-2026
📬 Subscribe for home delivery: littlevillagemag.com/subscribe

Cover illustration by Eylül Doğanay

Iowans demonstrating outside President Trump's speech at the Horizon Events Center in Clive Tuesday told LV why they felt it was important to show up.

Inside, Trump called protesters "paid insurrectionists" and "sickos" and asked attendees if he should "run a fourth time."

🤳 Seth Coughlin

😍

For now. But you know what? Other news sources are just as good. If not better. Like Wired. Or @marisakabas.bsky.social or @jacobinmag.bsky.social or @motherjones.com and I like supporting @littlevillage.bsky.social even though I don't live in Iowa.

Keep the free press free! Throw down on independent journalism today and help us keep doing the work.

@littlevillage.bsky.social is going strong and /needs money/! <3

• Daily stories at littlevillagemag.com.
• Subscribe to the monthly magazine at littlevillagemag.com/subscribe.
• Straight up donate to the progressive cause in a deep red state here: donorbox.org/little-village-magazine

Little Village Magazine - Little Village Support Little Village: As an independent publication, we rely on contributions from readers like you to fund our journalism. Community News View All » Arts & Entertainment View All » […]

@littlevillage.bsky.social (Iowa's alt-weekly) is going strong and /needs money/! <3

Daily stories at littlevillagemag.com.

Subscribe to the monthly magazine at littlevillagemag.com/subscribe.

Straight up donate to the progressive cause in a deep red state here: donorbox.org/little-villa...

Thank you Carolita!! Love your work.

Hey, want an independent news mag? @tomtomorrow.bsky.social is in it, so it must be good. Actually the whole mag is really beautiful in all the ways, and you should support independent news. Read/subscribe to @littlevillage.bsky.social

'Relatively minor' and decreasing: Supervisors receive report on the status of Johnson County's main groundwater source - Little Village The title of the report presented to the Johnson County Board of Supervisors during its work session on Wednesday was very technical: “Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Silurian Aquifer, […]

Jude Thomas of the U.S. Geological Survey summed up the new report on Iowa's 400-million-year-old Silurian Aquifer, an essential water source, in four words.

“It’s a finite resource,” she told the supervisors.

ON STANDS NOW: Little Village May 2025

🌭 Find a copy: bit.ly/lvlocations
🌭 Read online: littlevillagemag.com/lv-may-2025
🌭 Subscribe for home delivery: littlevillagemag.com/subscribe

Cover by Kellan Doolittle

Review: There are no men in the Playhouse's 'Men on Boats,' a charming sendup of manifest destiny - Little Village Before attending Men on Boats at the Des Moines Playhouse' newly renovated black box Studio Theatre this past weekend, I recalled another production of the play I had seen six years ago. I didn’t reme...

"Watching these characters bicker and bond across the course of two acts — risking their lives for the sake of, say, having a mountain named after them — I found myself again and again asking the question, 'What do we find precious?'"

Shows run through March 2 at the newly renovated theater.

Iowans protest bill to give pesticide manufacturers greater protection from cancer lawsuits - Little Village Iowans gathered in the State Capitol rotunda on Monday to remember family members who have died from cancer and protest a bill in the Iowa Senate that would create new […]

Protesters gathered to remember lost loved ones and to ask lawmakers in Iowa—which has the second-highest cancer rates in the nation—to "kill the cancer gag act," SSB 1051.

It’s true, but so few restaurants serve them!

Probably my most important work prior to taking the reins was the sandwich beat. Unfortunately I am avoiding gluten so there will be no Reuben Review in 2025.

*reins

On Sunday I uploaded my album to Bandcamp and all the streaming platforms (incl. the evil ones) to be released April 2! Three singles will hit March 12, 19 and 26 (all Weds) leading up to the full album
This release will be like letting out a big breath. Such a relief. Can't wait for you to hear <3

For four years I disengaged from politics because I knew that I needed to regain my strength for....well, right now. So I'm trying to map out a strategy, as publisher of a news magazine, to *know* the news without *internalizing* the news so that I don't burn out, get sick, and become ineffective.

Thanks for the article, Jessica Rish. Photos by Julia Hansen / Press-Citizen

www.press-citizen.com/story/entert...