Editing Postville, Iowa (section)

==History==
The area of what is now Postville was first settled in 1843 by pioneer settler and mill worker Joel Post, hence the name of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Postville |url=https://www.cityofpostville.com/history |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=City of Postville, Iowa |language=en-US}}</ref> Postville was [[plat]]ted in 1853.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historywinneshi00citygoog | title=History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa | publisher=Western Publishing Company | author=Alexander, W. E. | year=1882 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historywinneshi00citygoog/page/n406 398]}}</ref>

On March 17, 1873, Postville was officially incorporated as a city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/inccities.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240719142726/https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/IncCities.pdf |archive-date=2024-07-19 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=sos.iowa.gov}}</ref>

In 1987, a group of [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] Jews started [[Agriprocessors]], a [[Kosher]] slaughterhouse, in Postville.<ref>"Kosher slaughterhouse owners surrounded by scandal." ''Los Angeles Times'', August 4, 2008</ref> After numerous accusations of mistreatment of cattle, pollution, and violations of labor law, the federal government [[Postville Raid|raided]] the facility in May 2008, resulting in hundreds of arrests of undocumented workers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051702474.html|title=Immigration Raid Jars a Small Town|last=Spencer S. Hsu|date=May 18, 2008|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> Agriprocessors filed for bankruptcy on November 5, 2008; SHF Industries bought the plant at auction in July 2009 and it has resumed production under the new name ''Agri Star''.