Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Davenport-based Lee Enterprises Inc., which owns 49 daily newspapers including the Quad City Times, the Sioux City Journal and the Mason City Globe Gazette, announced yesterday that it was laying off 39 employees at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The news follows earlier reports that the company’s average share value has fallen below $1 per share over the last month, which means it could be de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange.
The threat of de-listing comes as the beleaguered publisher struggles to avoid defaulting on its debt – including a $306 million payment set to come due in April.
There have been no announcments of job cuts at any of Lee’s Iowa papers.
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