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.
Former egg farm workers say complaints to the USDA about conditions at Wright County Egg facilities were ignored. “It didn’t matter which USDA officer was working, if we reported something they would just turn their heads. They didn’t care.”
Iowa’s summers are getting wetter, leading to a belief that massive floods will be a regular occurrence.
Des Moines alt weekly Cityview took a shot at tea party favorite and Republican candidate for Polk County Supervisor Dave Funk for receiving disability payments for a neck injury. Funk called the story “libelous.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says the government is like a drug dealer.
Knocking down a report in the Washington Post, aides to President Barack Obama said they are not considering a second stimulus package to jump-start the economy.
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