Agri Star Meat and Poultry had discharged more than 250,000 gallons of untreated food processing waste — blood, chemicals and other solid materials — into the city’s wastewater system. Chris Hackman, the city’s wastewater operator for the past 25 years, said it was one of the worst incidents he could remember.
In March, officials in Postville shut down its water treatment facility for two days as city employees worked to prevent polluted water from a meatpacking plant from entering the water supply.
Timeline Headline Goes HereApril 23 2025 and 2025 and 2026Said that a growing water debt that Mexico owes the United States under a 1944 treaty could lead to higher tariffs and sanctionsApril 5, 2025Threatened 25 percent tariffs against any country that buys Venezuelan oilFeb. 27 2025Suspended many of the tariffs imposed on Canada and MexicoClick here to see the archive“We’ve never seen anything like that,” he said.
In majority-white Iowa, most Postville residents are people of color, with more than 40 per... Read more
