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.
With aid from the Marshall County Sheriff, the Marshalltown Police Department arrested 16 people in Grinnell last Friday under forgery and identification theft charges.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokeperson Greg Palmore said that ICE provided expertise, “assistance and administration processing,” to local police but did not initiate the investigation.
Warrants had been prepared for 26 people from Marshalltown who were contracted by Manpower, Inc. to work at the Monsanto Seed Co. in Grinnell. There is no official word on the missing 10 individuals.
Prior to accepting the Manpower employees for a temporary project, a Monsanto spokeperson said the seed company “insisted that we would only accept employees that were properly documented.”
Hispanic Ministries at St. Mary’s Church of Marshalltown has a list of all who are being held. Family members are still seeking legal representation for many of the 16 who were arrested.
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