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2 days ago | littlevillagemag.com | Paul Brennan

A range of emotions could be heard in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ voice as she spoke to reporters at the annual Terrace Hill Easter Egg Hunt on April 12. It was the day after her surprise announcement that she wouldn’t run for reelection in 2026, and Reynolds was clearly feeling sentimental as she reflected on her time as governor. “It’s been the honor of a lifetime to serve Iowans in this capacity,” she said at the beginning of the 10-minute Q&A.

3 days ago | littlevillagemag.com | Paul Brennan

“A lot of politicians yap about making a place redder or bluer,” State Auditor Rob Sand said in an online video Monday morning, “I want Iowa to be better and truer.”Sand posted the video to announce his run for governor. It was widely expected that Sand would run for governor in 2026. Of course, many people also expected him to run for governor in 2022. Instead, Sand ran for a second term that year, winning in what turned out to be a disastrous general election for his party.

3 days ago | littlevillagemag.com | Clark Kauffman

The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a district court decision that cleared the way for election officials to distribute voter materials in languages other than English. Without directly addressing the merits of Iowa’s law restricting the dissemination of government records in languages other than English, the court found that the League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa lacked standing to bring its lawsuit challenging the state’s application of the English Language Reaffirmation Act.

6 days ago | littlevillagemag.com | Paul Brennan

In a motion filed in Polk County District Court on Wednesday, attorneys for Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx called the effort to cut off all state funds to Winneshiek County by Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird in response to a Facebook post by Marx “nothing more than thought policing.” Marx asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit Bird filed against him and the county on March 27. On Feb.

1 week ago | littlevillagemag.com | Emma McClatchey

This article is the second in a planned three-part series about Shiloh and the cult of the Living Word Fellowship. Learn more in part one. Content warning for descriptions of child abuse, including sexual assault. Titus Walker lived in Hawaii, but he flew to rural Iowa for summer camp. Growing up in an insular church community in the 1980s, it was a blast to hang out with kids his age, even if the Young Adult School of Prophets (YASP) wasn’t much of a vacation.