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.
A 26-year-old man from Mexico who had been arrested 12 times for entering the U.S. illegally is facing prison time after being convicted today of transporting illegal aliens.
Jose Trujillo-Perez admitted in federal court in Sioux City that he transported five illegal aliens from Arizona to Iowa earlier this month. Trujillo-Perez was driving a van in Woodbury County on Nov. 5 when he was stopped by an Iowa State Patrol officer, who discovered the undocumented immigrants inside.
The man, who remains in custody pending sentencing, faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Prior to this arrest, Trujillo-Perez has been arrested 12 times. Two of those arrest resulted in his deportation. He voluntarily left the country after the 10 other arrests.
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