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.
Members of Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake voted to withdraw from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Sunday because of the organization’s decision to allow homosexuals in committed relationship to serve as pastors, the Mason City Globe Gazette reports.
From the Globe Gazette:
The vote was 238 to 119, exactly the two-thirds majority vote needed for it to pass.
“I’m happy that they decided to go this direction because I think it sets the possibility for a new and stronger future for the congregation,” said Rev. Dean Hess, senior pastor at the Clear Lake church.
Carole Roth, church council president, said she was pleased with the results, too.
“Certainly God has spoken today,” she said.
Last month nine Iowa congregations joined a new sect of Lutheran churches, a signal that they were considering leaving the ELCA.
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