Kosher slaughterhouse executive pleads guilty to conspiring to make false statements to bankCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The former chief financial officer for a kosher slaughterhouse in northeast Iowa has pleaded guilty to conspiring to make false statements to a bank. Judge may move trial for managers charged in massive immigration raid at Iowa slaughterhouseCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A federal judge on Monday delayed the trial of four former top managers at an Iowa slaughterhouse where 389 people were arrested last year in what was the largest immigration raid in U.S. history at the time. Some Iowa property owners say federal buyout for greenway isn’t worth leaving flood plainCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — After one of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history, Cedar Rapids plans to turn a flood-prone strip of land next to the Cedar River into a 220-acre greenway. But a few stubborn homeowners and businesses are refusing to leave. Rockwell Collins posts drop in 3Q profit on lower airline industry revenueCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Rockwell Collins Inc. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 17 percent on lower revenue from the troubled airline industry, but it still beat Wall Street estimates. Former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager faces new charges stemming from immigration raidCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Federal prosecutors have added wire and mail fraud charges to the allegations against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse in northeast Iowa. Iowa police arrest woman who allegedly drove a stolen car around police barricadeCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids police arrested a woman after officials said she drove a stolen car from Illinois around a barricade at a deadly accident. Police said the woman drove past two squad cars and officers who were directing traffic after the accident Sunday morning that killed a Cedar Rapids man. Newly formed Iowa company bids $8.5 million for kosher slaughterhouse at bankruptcy auctionCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A newly formed Iowa company has bid $8.5 million for a struggling kosher slaughterhouse that was the site of a massive immigration raid last year. On eve of Iowa flood anniversary, many still wait for funds to get their lives, homes backCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Jaylynn Banks and her family have moved four times since the Cedar River burst its banks last June and flooded a huge swath of Cedar Rapids, including their neighborhood. |