WEBSTER CITY — VeroBlue Farms, which promised to make fish a leading commodity in this landlocked Hamilton County town, has filed for Chapter 11 in federal bankruptcy court, disclosing that it is drowning in more than $100 million debt, most of which is unsecured.

VBF, according to its bankruptcy petition, owes $98,943,246.22 in unsecured debt to its top 20 creditors.

It has another $6 million in secured debt, that being assigned to Broadmoor Financial LP, of Wichita, Kansas, VBF’s top creditor. VBF owes more than $53 million to that firm alone.

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