Postville News

Two workers accused of helping illegal workers obtain and submit false documents at a kosher slaughterhouse in Postville have pleaded not guilty.

POSTVILLE, Iowa - In a Sept. 21 story about housing ordinances in Postville, The Associated Press erroneously reported that city attorney Anne Loomis is a Postville resident.

THE MOVE, PUSHED BY SOME CITY OFFICIALS, COMES AFTER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS FACED BY WORKERS AT AGRIPROCESSORS.

Postville's city government is examining the possibility of a housing code. The move - pushed by some city officials - comes after complaints about the living conditions faced by workers at Agriprocessors.

Postville, Ia. - The stories were all the same: shorted wages, abuse, discrimination, harassment and unkept promises.

Troubled meatpacking company Agriprocessors on Thursday hired a New York attorney who specializes in corporate turnarounds as its new chief executive officer.

A man who says he was fired from his job as a supervisor at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville is seeking $3 million in a lawsuit he filed against the company.

An emotional day of testimony in murder trial The murder trial against Kenyatta Harlston took an emotional turn today in Waterloo.

Agriprocessors has hired a New York attorney to be its new chief executive officer.

Pacific islanders reportedly have started arriving in Iowa to work at the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant.

Owners and managers of the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant are due in court on alleged child labor law violations.

Two Somali men, who originally came to Postville to work at Agriprocessors, plan to open a small grocery store in downtown on Monday.

While not all Postville business owners are currently facing economic hard times, most see clouds looming in the distance.

Robert Savit decided he had to do something for the workers at Agriprocessors and their families.

They're not throwing the book at these guys -- they're throwing an entire bookcase .

Published: Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 4:14 a.m. The leading Jewish authority in charge of certifying kosher food has threatened to withdraw its ...

The filing of criminal charges against the owners of Agriprocessors has prompted the Orthodox Union, one of the meat company's kosher certifiers, to threaten to suspend its kosher supervision unless new ...

The Iowa attorney general on Tuesday brought an array of criminal charges for child labor violations against the owners and top managers of a meatpacking plant where nearly 400 workers were detained in a May ...

The Iowa attorney general's office has filed criminal charges against the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant, its owner and four of its executives.

Passing through Postville, it still looks like most small towns in northeast Iowa.