Postville News

SHF INDUSTRIES MADE THE BID FOR THE AGRIPROCESSORS PLANT MONDAY DURING THE ACTION IN U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

Some of the highest-profile measures among the many new laws that take effect in Iowa on Wednesday grew out of allegations of employer misconduct.

Wine drinkers, sex offenders, the disabled. All will be affected by a slew of new state laws that start Wednesday.

It's been over a year since the raid tore apart the town of Postville but, as many people put it Tuesday night, the effects are still very raw.

The Rev. Richard Gaul performs a blessing of the Agriprocessors plant and the crowd during a march to the Postville plant's front gate May 12, the anniversary of the immigration raid.

Former Agriprocessors Vice-President Sholom Rubashkin, his father and brother are being sued by Omni National Bank for a $300,000 unpaid loan they made in 2007.

Postville church leaders and the town's mayor want U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin and U.S. attorney candidate Stephanie Rose to meet with them about Rose's role as a federal prosecutor in the cases against immigrant workers at Agriprocessors Inc.

Postville residents struggling with the fallout of Agriprocessors' collapse after last year's big immigration raid are hoping a buyer recommended Tuesday for the kosher meat plant can restore its operations and reputation.

Bankruptcy trustee Joe Sarachek says Hershey Friedman, president of Montrealbased Polystar Packaging, and two partners bought out the outstanding credit of Agriprocessors Inc., located in the town Postville.

A national commission investigating immigration enforcement under the Bush administration has released a comprehensive new report documenting the impact immigration raids have had on families, workplaces and communities across the country.

Peter Grau and Leslie Gibbons perform 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' by Johann Sebastian Bach during a benefit concert at the opera house in Elkader for Hispanic residents of Postville on Saturday.

Raids conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on workplaces and in homes during the Bush administration violated constitutional rights and civil liberties, trampled workers' rights, fostered racial profiling and created long-lasting harm to communities and families, according to a report by the United Food and Commercial ...

On Saturday, CBSa TMs Anthony Mason blamed tough economic times in Postville, Indiana on immigration enforcement: "...the small town of Postville, Iowa, is still struggling to recover from an immigration raid last year that left its economy in tatters." Reporting for Saturdaya TMs Evening News, correspondent Seth Doane followed Masona TMs ...

A concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Elkader Opera house to benefit the struggling Hispanic community of Postville.

"For Sale" signs mark the landscape of Postville, Iowa. Immigrant Families In 'Limbo' Forrest Sawyer examines a group of 400 undocumented immigrant workers in the U.S., who claim that they have been unfairly treated by federal officials and customs agents as they struggle to survive.

Children share experiences of last year's disasters at weeklong camp. The Associated Press NEW HARTFORD -- A Minnesota Christian group will host a series of free weeklong camps in Iowa this summer for children who have experienced trauma because of natural or human-caused disasters, such as last year's historic floods.

The retired pastor from Chicago who spoke Saturday in Ames was markedly different from the Jeremiah Wright of the sound bites from the 2008 presidential election campaign.

I am writing to express my support for the ideas and opinions expressed by Erik Camayd-Freixas in his May 28 essay in the Register.

By 2008 Agriprocessors, which was being run in Iowa by Mr. Rubashkin's son Sholom, was processing 60,000 chickens and buying 500 cattle a day from area livestock producers.

When an immigration raid brought down the dominant employer in tiny Postville, Iowa, last year, nearly half of the town's population were either deported or lost their jobs.