Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
By Orlan Love, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa May 16--QUASQUETON -- In tubs, buckets, barrels and coolers, the catch at Saturday's Bottomfeeders Tournament came into the weigh-in center -- a digital scale suspended from a tripod beneath trees in Veterans Memorial Park.
The Dustin Inman Society Blog (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
KCRG-TV — Cedar Rapids, Iowa 154 held on criminal charges following ICE raid on packing plant Postville / Waterloo, Iowa — Officials call Monday's immigration raid in Postville the “largest raid of it's kind in Iowa history” and “the largest single site raid nationwide”. Officials say 390 people total [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
By The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa May 14--Iowa Department of Human Services officials are using the state's safe haven procedures for the 10th time since the law went into effect in July 2001 and the first time since late last year.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Midamar Corporation was selected by the Iowa Department of Economic Development to receive a 2008 Global Iowa Conference Excellence in Exporting Award.
News From the Border (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
May. 13, 2008 01:07 PM The Des Moines Register CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Federal officials said Tuesday that they had detained 390 illegal immigrants after a raid on a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, in what they described as the largest single-site raid of its kind nationwide. The detainees include 314 men and 76 women, according to figures released Tuesday by federal authorities....
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
In Iowa, Penford said that it has commenced sales of ethanol produced at its corn ethanol plant in Cedar Rapids. The new plant has a capacity of up to 45 Mgy.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
NEW YORK--()--TFS Energy, LLC, a leading interdealer broker and asubsidiary of Compagnie Financière Tradition,today announced its US weather derivatives division completed a Dutch auction for Madison, WI and Cedar Rapids, IA, on behalf of a client who was looking to offset its risk. Offers were solicited for cumulative average temperature calls in Madison, WI and Cedar Rapids, IA, for...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
From Business Wire: Penford Corporation (Nasdaq: PENX), a global leader in renewable, natural-based ingredient systems for food and industrial applications, today announced that it had begun commercial sales of ethanol from its new ethanol facility. [...] [...]
ParaPundit (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The biggest single site immigration raid in US history netted 390 in an Iowa meat packing plant. Cedar Rapids, Ia. The number of illegal immigrants detained Monday in Postville has risen to 390 in what federal officials now describe as the largest single-site raid of its kind nationwide. The detainees include 314 men and 76 women, according to figures...
UruK---Wonderful World & metakrisis (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Postville raid is 'the largest of its kind in Iowa' POSTVILLE - More than 300 people here have already been arrested in what is being called the largest operation of its kind in Iowa, federal officials said this afternoon. At 10 a.m., Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered Agriprocessors, Inc., as part of an ongoing investigation and to execute criminal search warrants for...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L2 Auto (L2auto.com), a web-based automotive retail store is hosting its grand opening
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Penford Corporation (Nasdaq: PENX), a global leader in renewable, natural-based ingredient systems for food and industrial applications, today announced
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
From Press & Dakotan: Gartner’s third story involved the a performing act in Iowa called the Cherry Sisters. These five sisters couldn't act, dance or sing. They managed, instead, Gartner said, “to exert a ghastly fascination over their audiences. And that was exactly what the great Oscar Hammerstein was looking for.” Gartner [...]
News From the Border (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents executed a criminal search warrant this morning at Agriprocessors, Inc., in Postville, Iowa, for evidence relating to aggravated identity theft, fraudulent use of Social Security numbers and other crimes, as well as a civil search warrant for people illegally in the United States. The announcement was made...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rockwell Collins today announced Altera Corporation, San Jose, Calif., received its 2008 President's Award. The annual
