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.
About 500 people gathered to say goodbye to 65 Iowa National Guard members during a send-off ceremony at the Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo Tuesday.
“We’ve known this day has been coming for a long time. Today’s the day. T minus zero,†Scott Blakesley, who has been in the National Guard for 16 years, told KCRG News. “I never imagined that, in my mid-forties, I’d be going off to war.â€
The soldiers, who are members of the Waterloo-based Detachment 1, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 211th Support Aviation Battalion, will depart Iowa for their mobilization station at Fort Sill, Okla., where they will receive several weeks of mission-specific training. Upon completion of additional training, they will deploy to the Central Command (CENTCOM) theater of operations in support of the global war on terrorism.
This unit provides aerial medical evacuations via UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, supplying medical service and support for patients enroute to combat support hospitals. The unit was created in 2005, comprised of the former Troops D, E and F of 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry, all of Waterloo.
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