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.
Two former Cedar Rapids teachers who were wrongfully strip-searched after being arrested on a simple misdemeanor at a 2004 rally for President George W. Bush will soon head back to court and fight a judge’s decision to lower the amount of their financial compensation.
Alice McCabe and Christine Nelson were originally awarded $750,000 by a jury for harm and pain related to a strip search performed by Michelle Mais, a former Linn County jailer. Mais filed a motion with U.S. District Court arguing that the awarded amount was “excessive.” Chief Judge Linda Reade agreed, lowered the award amount to $75,000 and set a new trial, limited to only the award, for Oct. 27.
Although McCabe and Nelson filed to postpone the trial, but Reade refused. The two women will be represented in the upcoming case by Cedar Rapids attorney Dave O’Brien.
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