Lawyers battle over witnesses in trafficking suits
Two federal suits against Western Iowa Tech Community College allege it enticed impoverished foreign students from Chile and Brazil into debt bondage by procuring visas then placing them in work at Tar-Pak Foods and Royal Canin USA. Trials are set for May 2025 and October, with disputes over witness depositions and discovery ongoing.
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Iowa Community College
Western Iowa Tech Community College
Chile
Brazil
Iowa
Sioux City College
The
College
Tar-Pak Foods
Sioux City
Royal Canin USA
S.C
United States
WITCC
Strand
Food Service
Tar-Pak
Royal Canin
Glenwood Resource Center to close amid federal findings
Iowa's Glenwood Resource Center will permanently shut by end of June after federal investigators found rights violations and dangerous human experiments. Twenty eight residents will be moved, 235 staff laid off, as most residents relocate to community settings or facilities statewide.
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Iowa
Glenwood Resource Center
Des Moines Register
Kim Reynolds
U.S. Department of Justice
Towa
Department
Des Moines
Alex Murphy
Health Agency
The
Register
Woodward Resource Center
Michigan records first tornado emergency amid severe storms
The National Weather Service issued Michigan’s first tornado emergency as severe weather swept the Plains and Midwest. Emergency designations spread to Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri, with Nebraska and Iowa also hit. Experts note the alert signals imminent, life threatening danger and prompts sheltering actions.
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Minden
Iowa
National Weather Service
Joe Shearer
Council Bluffs
Detroit
Michigan
Plains
Midwest
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
U.S
Weather Service
Kevin Laws
Birmingham
Ala
Laws
NWS
Oklahoma City
Okla
Greensburg
Kan
Tennessee
Alabama
The
Arkansas
Reynolds declares disaster for four western Iowa counties
Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Clarke Marion O Brien and Pottawattamie counties after severe weather struck western Iowa this week. The proclamation activates state resources, grants and recovery assistance for residents and merchants recovering from tornadoes and storms.
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Minden
Kim Reynolds
Clarke
Marion
O’brien
Pottawattamie
Reynolds
Crawford
Harrison
Mills
Polk
Ringgold
Shelby
Union
National Weather Service
Glenwood
Carson
Weather Service
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Des Moines Botanical Garden
Chophouse
U.S. District Court
Northern District of Iowa
Leonard Strand
Iowa Capital Dispatch
Minden Twister
NWS Storm Prediction Center
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