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POSTVILLE, Iowa — The animals slaughtered here at the nation’s largest kosher meat packing plant have been the object of nationwide sympathy since an animal rights group released videos from ...
Agri Star sends 250K gallons of meat processing wastewater to Postville ... “At no time did they appear to cease or limit production,” the city told the Iowa DNR. “Based on plant ...
Postville, Iowa has long dealt with the fallout from Agri Star Meat and Poultry, the town’s largest employer—and the same is true in many towns near meatpacking plants. John McCracken and ...
A raid at a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant this week was the largest in U.S. history, federal authorities said. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say 390 people were arrested ...
In majority-white Iowa, most Postville residents are people of color, with more than 40% identifying as Hispanic. Many work at Agri Star Meat and Poultry, the town’s largest employer.
GORDON, Neb. - An Iowa meatpacking firm that has drawn fire from an animal-rights group has bought an old packing plant in Gordon, Neb., and plans to process kosher beef, ...
Iowa OSHA is investigating a Feb. 15 explosion that injured two workers at the Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant in Postville. The explosion in the dock area of the kosher meat processing plant ...
The water tower at the Agri Star meat processing plant in Postville on Monday, May 11, 2020. ... the city of Postville, one of the poorest cities in Iowa, ...
A Postville man is in custody after a stabbing at the Agristar meat processing plant in Postville Tuesday night. Postville police say 23-year-old John Herrera was charged with willful injury after ...
The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a more than $28,000 to operators of the kosher meat processing plant in Postville where two workers were injured in an explosion ...
POSTVILLE -- After reports of an uptick in COVID-19 cases, a strike team tested more than 400 employees at a Postville kosher beef plant. According to an press release from Agri Star, 463 workers ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- State occupational safety regulators say fines against Agriprocessors Inc. for numerous safety and health violations have been reduced.