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With previous writing projects, University of Iowa journalism professor Stephen Bloom stayed pretty close to home.
Postville, immigrants inching toward closure
Forty-year-old Juventino Lopez Pichia wants to bring his wife and children to Iowa.
Judge makes final denial of bail for former Agriprocessors manager
Posted on Dec 03, 2009 by Admin . Sholom Rubashkin A federal judge again denied bail today for former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin pending his sentencing on 86 counts of bank fraud and other charges.
Teenager alleges sex harassment at Agriprocessors
Supervisors at the now-defunct Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville sexually harassed an underage girl who worked at the meat processing plant and had intercourse with other female employees in a storage room, according to state court papers.
Agriprocessors cattle sales may bite producers, sale barns
Posted on Dec 01, 2009 by Richard Pratt . Iowa cattle producers and sale barns who sold cattle to a defunct Postville slaughterhouse before it filed for bankruptcy received some disturbing mail this week.
Agri Workers In Limbo After Rubashkin's 2nd Trial Is Dropped
For the past year, nearly 40 undocumented immigrants from Latin America have been kept in the United States for one reason: to testify against their former bosses at the Agriprocessors kosher meat plant.
Clergy say workers needed to air case
Decorah, Ia. - Three Decorah clergy members who have been involved in the interfaith response in Postville since the May 2008 immigration raid at Agriprocessors Inc.
'Breaking Bread and Barriers': Storytelling Connects Personal...
Here's a glimpse into what's happening around the country on immigration reform: I've been working with a group of pastors in Decorah, Iowa, to host a "Breaking Bread and Barriers" event in their community.
Yard Signs of Rubaskin Stirring Up Emotions in Postville
Former Agriprocessors Manager Sholom Rubashkin is getting a lot of support from the Jewish Community in Postville.
Guest column: Postville raid a waste
In the months following the Postville raid, many criticized the government's record of going after poor workers and seldom against managers.
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A group of about 100 people gathered in support of immigration reform Sunday afternoon at the high school in Decorah.
State gives new owners of Postville plant $600,000 in aid
The new owners of the former AgriProcessors in Postville received $600,000 in state assistance, plus tax credits, Thursday for a $15 million proposal to update and modernize the Kosher beef and poultry meatpacking plant.
Judge denies Rubashkin bail bid
A federal judge has denied Sholom Rubashkin's request to be released on bail until he is sentenced on 86 financial fraud convictions.
Immigration charges dropped in slaughterhouse case
By NIGEL DUARA A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud.U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade dismissed the 72 charges just hours after the government made its request.
Government Dismisses Charges Against Rubashkin
Prosecutors have asked to dismiss all 72 immigration charges against a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager after his conviction on financial fraud charges.
US Attorney nominee receives national scrutiny
The Iowa Independent has been tracking the nomination of Stephanie Rose for U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa for months, but now national media outlets have jumped into the act.
Sholom Rubashkin, former vice president of a Kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa, was found guilty of bank fraud and money laundering at a trial that recently took place in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Postville residents react to Rubashkin verdict
Eighteen months have passed since federal immigration agents raided an Eastern Iowa meat plant, arrested nearly 400 workers and sent the plant spiraling into bankruptcy.
Rubashkin guilty of 86 fraud charges
Sholom Rubashkin was found guilty Thursday on all but five of the 91 felony fraud charges he faced for his role in a massive bank fraud scheme at his former northeast Iowa meat plant.
Rubashkin Being Moved, Braley Says Justice Served
Congressman Bruce Braley is speaking out on the former kosher slaughterhouse manager convicted of financial fraud.
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