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2 in Iowa plant's HR department plead not guilty (AP via Yahoo! News) (Cached page) Two women accused of helping illegal workers obtain and submit false documents at a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa have pleaded not guilty. Iowa Ear: Grassley on Pink Floyd, dude (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Iowa’s very own Republican senator, Chuck Grassley, was a quotemeister on popular culture this week, notably citing Pink Floyd and stoner flick "Dude, Where’s My Car?" in National Journal’s CongressDailyPM blog. Federal aid may take months to reach Iowa (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Congress moved forward Wednesday with almost $23 billion in federal aid for disaster recovery, but it may be well after the first of the year before Iowa officials are even informed about the total amount of money coming to the state, officials said. Iowa Scene: Chizik says Johnson will play in football game vs. Kansas (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Iowa State football coach Gene Chizik said Wednesday that freshman cornerback Leonard Johnson will play in next week’s football game against Kansas. Daley urges Iowa gov to pardon jailed Chicago cop (Chicago Sun-Times) (Cached page) Mayor Daley is urging Iowa Gov. Chet Culver to pardon Chicago Police Officer Michael Mette, who has sat in an Iowa prison for nearly a year for punching a man who repeatedly attacked him outside a 2005 party in Dubuque. Vision Iowa funds' future could hinge on meetings today, Friday (The Globe Gazette) (Cached page) MASON CITY — Meetings today and Friday could go a long way toward determining the fate of Mason City’s $9 million Vision Iowa grant. Iowa college apologizes for offensive typo (AP via Yahoo! News) (Cached page) The president of an Iowa college says he's sorry about an unfortunate and offensive typo in a school handbook. In Iowa, Campaigns Prepare For Early Voting (NPR) (Cached page) For most of the country, Election Day is Nov. 4. States such as Iowa, however, start absentee voting as early as September. The McCain and Obama campaigns have had to reconfigure their strategies for these states. Raided Iowa Meatpacking Plant Gets Palau Workers (NPR) (Cached page) Workers from the Pacific island of Palau are in Postville, Iowa, to work at a meatpacking plant that was raided by immigration authorities earlier this year. Palauan officials recently traveled to Postville to meet with plant managers. Iowa school facing incendiary typo (UPI) (Cached page) DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- An official at a community college in Des Moines, Iowa, says his school is struggling to deal with a handbook typo rife with controversy. Iowa college apologizes for 'linch' typo in black history calendar item (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) (Cached page) DES MOINES, Iowa - The president of an Iowa college says he's sorry about an unfortunate and offensive typo in a school handbook. A calendar entry for Feb. 16, 2009, was supposed to read "Black History Lunch and Learn." Instead, it says "Black History Linch and Learn." Iowa college apologizes for offensive typo (The Charlotte Observer) (Cached page) The president of an Iowa college says he's sorry about an unfortunate and offensive typo in a school handbook. A calendar entry for Feb. 16, 2009, was supposed to read "Black History Lunch and Learn." Instead, it says "Black History Linch and Learn." It sounds like "lynch," a term commonly used for hangings by a mob. The handbook was distributed to about 10,000 students before the mistake was ... Hockey: Ducks assign seven players to Iowa Chops (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) The NHL’s Anaheim Ducks announced today the following players have been assigned to the Iowa Chops of the American Hockey League: Demi, Ashton, Superman head to Iowa for Obama (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Three Hollywood stars are coming to Iowa Friday and Saturday to campaign for Barack Obama. Lockout continues at Iowa grain processing plant (INO News) (Cached page) (AP:MUSCATINE, Iowa) A lockout continues at the Grain Processing Corp. plant in Muscatine despite six hours of talks aimed at reaching an agreement between workers and the company. News courtesy of 
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