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april’s Top Stories
Top Stories
Catch up on Little Village’s most-viewed headlines from last month. Read more at LittleVillageMag.com.
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Before I-235, Des Moines’ Center Street district was a bastion of Black commerce and culture
By Paul Brennan and Courtney Guein, april 8 By the time its final section opened to traffic in late 1968, I-235 was already part of the fabric of Des Moines. Cutting across the city and running just north of downtown, it’s the most traveled roadway in Iowa. But like many stretches of highway built through cities, the construction of I-235 did damage that was largely ignored at the time and has continued to go unacknowledged.
Meet Lefty, the three-legged dog that became a Des Moines icon
By Lily DeTaeye, april 26 Specially-Abled Pets Day is May 3, but Anne Mathey doesn’t need a holiday to lift up Lefty, the small white dog she adopted from Animal Lifeline in 2008. She named her Des Moines music venue after Lefty in 2016, and the three-legged legend was a common presence at the club in his younger years.
4/20 in 2022: Iowa GOP leaders entertaining ‘no discussion whatsoever’ on marijuana reform
By Paul Brennan, april 19 More than a year after an Iowa Poll showed 54 percent of Iowans favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use and 78 percent want to see the state’s Medical Cannabidiol Program expanded, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Republicans who control the Iowa Legislature show no sign of doing either.
Interview with Sara Terry, director of ‘a Decent Home’
Video by Jason Smith, april 27 The new documentary A Decent Home tells the story of mobile home park residents, including those in North Liberty’s Golfview, as they try to preserve their communities and their homes after the parks are bought by private equity funds and other investors determined to maximize profits at their expense. Ahead of its sold-out screening at FilmScene, director Sara Terry sat down with Little Village to discuss what she learned during the six-and-a-half years she worked on the film.
WaTCH Interview with Sara Terry
