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POSTVILLE, IOWA — A hodgepodge crowd gathers here twice ... to go and there’s no timer to get you out,” said former Mayor Robert Penrod, who, overwhelmed, resigned earlier this year.
The fallout from the raid cratered the local economy in this hilly northeast corner of the state, tore families apart and sent Postville into such a tailspin that its mayor requested state and ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - For decades ... The city tabled the issue at the time. Postville’s mayor, Dennis Koenig, says the garden isn’t moving anytime soon. “Right now, it stands exactly ...
I witnessed the devastation that our broken immigration system can inflict on communities following the workplace raid that took place in Postville, Iowa, in 2008. Part of a coalition of ...
Through the prism of Postville, Iowa (population 1,500), this documentary examines what happens when a once homogeneous town becomes a new model for the American melting pot. This program ...