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.
Mason City radio station KGLO AM next month will host a forum between Iowa’s Fourth District congressional candidates, incumbent Republican Tom Latham and Democrat Becky Greenwald.
The forum is scheduled to take place Oct. 10 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the station’s studio. KGLO News Director Bob Fisher told the Mason City Globe Gazette that the two candidates have agreed to meet face to face to discuss the issues and answer questions from Fisher and from listeners.
Latham is seeking his eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Greenwald won her party’s nominiation by garnering 50.9 percent of the vote in a four-way primary.
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