Prosecutors portrayed a former kosher slaughterhouse manager as a schemer who funneled money through a school and grocery to avoid loan payments, while a defense attorney said he was simply involved with financial transactions he didn't understand. The conflicting portraits emerged Wednesday during opening statements in ...

Life in Postville wasn't easy before federal agents raided the area's largest employer and detained 389 people on immigration charges. The May 2008 raid on the Agriprocessors slaughterhouse came as the nationwide recession was deepening and the city was struggling to cope with some of the long-term ...

A newly formed Iowa company bid $8.5 million for a struggling kosher slaughterhouse Monday that was involved in a massive immigration raid last year. The sale is expected to be completed next week. SHF Industries bid for the Agriprocessors plant in U.S. Bankruptcy Court ...