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.
Fort Dodge voters have narrowly approved a $9 million aquatic center. Just over 61 percent of the vote came in for the bond issue ( a super-majority of 60 percent was needed), reports The Fort Dodge Messenger:
Tuesday’s vote allows the city government to borrow up to $8.95 million to pay for the center, demolishing Expo Pool and creating a new park next to the center.
That debt would be paid off with property tax revenue. Retiring that debt is estimated to cost the owner of an average Fort Dodge home valued at $70,000 about $43 annually.
The center will be built on about 23 acres of land donated by Tom and Norma Schmoker, of Fort Dodge, near the intersection of 32nd Street and 10th Avenue North.
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