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.
Today’s Twitter lesson: Iowa peeps actually believe inanimate objects are urging them to Tweet. It’s like someone was writing it out in frosting on a big white sheet cake or something.
Except for the one snowboarding preschooler featured by KWWL last night, Iowans are, through their frozen tears, demanding spring soon pay a visit. If things don’t change soon, local meteorologists may need to hide-out in their designated undisclosed locations… or at least the nearest bar.
And, finally, at least one Iowa journalist wants you to decide who effed up more: John Edwards or Tiger Woods. No word yet on how votes cast for James McGreevey, Paul Crouch, Antonio Villaraigosa, Bill Clinton, Jim Bakker, Mark Sanford, Ted Haggard, Paul Patton, Gary Condit, Tony Alamo, Michael Jordan, Prince Charles, Rudy Giuliani, Jimmy Swaggart — well, you get the idea — It remains unclear how votes for other cheating dudes might impact the final results.
~ Todd Dorman, columnist at The Gazette
~ Brent Oleson, Linn County Supervisor, Republican
~ Dave Price, WHO reporter
~ Janelle Rettig, Johnson County Supervisor, Democrat
~ Jeff Angelo, former Iowa Senator, Republican
~ Jeff Raasch, mobile reporter with The Gazette
~ Steve Buttry, soon-to-be former technological guru at The Gazette
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