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.
Three of Iowa’s community foundations are a little more flush today, thanks to matching grants from Endow Iowa.
Gov. Chet Culver joined the Iowa Council of Foundations and the Iowa Department of Economic Development to announce the 2007 award recipients. Kossuth County Community Foundation received a $10,000 grant, while Hardin County Community Endowment Foundation and the Community Foundation of Greater Story County each received $20,000 grants.
“I would like to congratulate the community foundations from Hardin, Kossuth and Story counties,” Culver said in a prepared statement. “Because of their foresight and dedication to philanthropy, these communities will continue to grow stronger.”
Iowa community foundations are tax-exempt charitable organizations created by and for the people of a given region. The organizations make positive, local impacts by offering tools to help people achieve charitable goals and do good works in their communities such as college scholarships, youth activities and quality of life projects.
Endow Iowa provides an incentive to encourage individuals, businesses and organizations to invest in their region. All recipients receive a matching grant to build their community foundation
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