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.
The Omaha-Council Bluffs area received another major boost with the announcement that Yahoo! will be locating a customer care center in Omaha, according to The Omaha World-Herald.
The World-Herald reported several months ago that Yahoo planned to operate a data center in La Vista. But it’s the second part of the project that has Gov. Dave Heineman excited.
“In addition to the La Vista data center, I’m pleased to announce that Yahoo will be building a customer-care center in west Omaha,” he said at a press conference this morning at the Embassy Suites Hotel in La Vista.
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