By Katarina Sostaric. State Rep. They say he was a great friend and colleague. By Grant Leo Winterer. The Hampton man charged with distributing racist fliers in Hampton and Cedar Falls is asking Black Hawk County District Court to reconsider a guilty verdict, despite his failure to show up in court. Daniel Alan Embree of Hampton, 38, first missed a December hearing, citing a knee injury, during which a magistrate found him guilty.
In his most recent petition to the Black Hawk County District Court, he said his cat wounded him and was unable to make his court date. Embree has already been sentenced to days in jail in Franklin County for distributing fake immigrant hunting licenses to several Hispanic-owned businesses and homes in Hampton last year. The program, Community Eligibility Provision, allows school districts with a high concentration of students in poverty to give all of their kids free meals.
Hancock Place School District in St. Superintendent Kevin Carl is calling on lawmakers to find savings elsewhere. Food Research and Action Center policy analyst Erin Hysom says these cuts would have a ripple effect through communities.
The program is on a list of potential cuts for an upcoming budget bill in Congress. About million bison once roamed the continent, but less than years of over hunting brought the species to the brink of extinction. Today, buffalo are also a symbol of resiliency for Indigenous groups.
There are roughly , Plains bison now living in the U. Fish and Wildlife Service. Each year more tribes and tribal nations seek to have buffalo restored to their lands. The InterTribal Buffalo Council, founded in the early s, has been an important part of that work. The council has more than 80 members, who manage about 20, bison on over 1 million acres. ITBC President Ervin Carlson said their mission is to return buffalo to tribal lands for cultural and spiritual connection.
