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Immigration raid continues to impact Postville

By Lynda Waddington 3/17/09

The City of Postville will soon have a new mayor.
Three out of the city’s five city council members voted Monday night to accept the resignation of current Mayor Bob Penrod. Penrod, who had made an emotional and seemingly off-the-cuff verbal resignation last week during a discussion about a mobile phone device, had quietly expressed that [...]

Postville Mayor describes ‘freaky nightmare’ to national press

By Lynda Waddington 10/14/08

Postville Mayor Bob Penrod is speaking out to the national media about what the May 12 immigration enforcement action at Agriprocessors meant to his community, and what it didn’t.

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