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.
Amid the personnel changes at the Cedar Rapids Gazette comes an announcement that the company’s core product, its print newspaper, will be shrinking over the coming months.
Starting in May, the paper will be physically narrower. Starting much sooner, in the next week, the weekday paper will consist of three sections: news, sports, and features/accent.
Top brass at the Gazette have made efforts in recent weeks to distinguish the “information content” produced by their newsroom staff from the products that the company sells. News stories will no longer be written primarily for the purposes of a newspaper; the printed newspaper will serve merely as one of many channels for delivering the news. The Gazette’s Web site will serve as an equally important channel of delivery, as will the regional news service that the company appears to be developing.
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter