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Nearly $10 million more in bad news for Agriprocessors

“Once again, Agriprocessors has demonstrated a complete disregard for Iowa law,” Dave Neil, Iowa labor commissioner, said in a prepared statement this morning. “This continued course of violations is a black mark on Iowa’s business community.”


Two Agriprocessors HR employees indicted

Two human resource managers at Agriprocessors, the kosher meatpacking plant in Postville that was the site of a massive May 12 immigration raid, were indicted today by a grand jury.

Karina Freund, 29, of Fayette, and Laura Althouse, 38, of Postville, are now scheduled for arraignment Sept. 24.