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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.
Marion police aren’t saying much as they work a case involving a dead body at Marion High School.
“We aren’t releasing any information at this time,” said a spokesman for the department. “We expect to make a press release this afternoon.”
The body was located on the southeast side of the school, between the building and a small baseball field. Police are not indicating how the body was discovered or who made the discovery. Residents along Hillview Drive, a road just south of the administrative services building (a connected facility on the high school campus), are being canvassed. One resident on South 22nd Street, a road east of the school campus, also reported having a conversation with police this morning in connection with the investigation.
It is unknown at this time if the victim is male or female. Police are also not releasing any details as to the manner or cause of death. The Linn County Medical Examiner was called to the scene.
Starry Elementary School, a K-3 facility located across S. 15th Street and to the west of the high school, was open for registration yesterday. The high school is scheduled to hold registration next week.
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