West Liberty News

A landmark $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million because of a federal cap, attorneys in the case agree.

People who fell victim to the flooding have been alerted to get rid of anything that cannot be properly cleaned as hazardous mold will affect flood-stricken material.

A jury on Wednesday awarded $240 million to 32 mentally disabled workers at an Iowa turkey-processing plant to compensate for what government attorneys described as abuse by the Texas company that employed and housed them.

A Texas company has been ordered to pay 32 mentally disabled workers $240 million in damages for what government lawyers described as years of around-the-clock abuse.

Testifying in court for the first time, the president of Henry's Turkey Service said Monday he had no knowledge of substandard living conditions at the Atalissa bunkhouse where dozens of mentally disabled workers were housed for decades.

Junior Trever Owens fired a 91 to lead the Golden Hawks and tie for 23rd place overall.

West Liberty's Tom Roberts spent Saturday getting rid of his flood damaged furniture.

One of the bunkhouse caretakers for Henry's Turkey Service denied allegations today that he physically abused the company's mentally disabled employees.

The West Liberty girls' golf team won a four-team meet at Wahkonsa Country Club in Durant April 16 on a chilly and damp afternoon.

As near as we can tell, just about every home in the City of West Liberty was affected by the recent heavy rains and flooding.

Some people compared it to the flood of '93, others to the flood of '08. Almost everyone had water in their basements.

Memorial services are pending, details of the visitation and funeral services will be announced in the near future.

A Texas company profited from dozens of mentally disabled men working at a turkey processing plant in rural Iowa where they were physically and verbally abused and forced to live in filthy, rodent-infested conditions, a government attorney told jurors on Tuesday.

As a kid, Rex Brandstatter's parents would send him out of the house with one simple instruction.

The operator of a shuttered Atalissa labor camp for the mentally disabled is expected to appear in federal court this week.