Technicality holds up sale of Iowa kosher slaughterhouse but new deal is expected soonPOSTVILLE, Iowa — A technicality has held up the sale of a struggling kosher slaughterhouse in northeast Iowa, but the trustee charged with overseeing the plant is confident the sale will be completed soon. Iowa city cautiously hopes slaughterhouse sale will turn its fortunes aroundPOSTVILLE, Iowa — Life in Postville wasn’t easy before federal agents raided the area’s largest employer and detained 389 people on immigration charges. Bells toll as Iowa town marks anniversary of immigration raid that upended local economyPOSTVILLE, Iowa — Hundreds gathered in the small northeast Iowa town of Postville on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of a huge immigration raid and reflect on the community’s difficulty in recovering from the arrests. Bells toll as Iowa town marks anniversary of immigration raid that upended local economyPOSTVILLE, Iowa — Church bells have started tolling in a small Iowa town to mark the first anniversary of the immigration raid on a kosher meatpacking plant that upended the local economy. 2 Iowa towns offer different perspectives on immigration raids; both want feds to alter policyPOSTVILLE, Iowa — For immigrant advocates, the raid on a meatpacking plant in Postville last May was evidence of all that is wrong with large-scale arrests of illegal workers. |