EAGLE GROVE — As the city of Eagle Grove prepares for the impacts of Prestage Foods of Iowa’s $300 million pork plant, it has turned to new leadership in Bryce Davis, the Wright County economic development director largely responsible for recruiting Prestage to the area. Davis, a ...
EAGLE GROVE — Housing remains a focus in Eagle Grove as the community prepares to welcome Prestage Foods of Iowa’s new $240 million pork processing plant, which could be fully operational by the fall of 2018. According to Sandy McGrath, Eagle Grove mayor, housing has been a chief ...
CLARION — Plenty of jobs exist in Clarion, according to Dustin Rief, city administrator. The problem is finding people to take them, he said. “We have jobs available,” Rief said. “We are just in need of some good qualified candidates. I think our biggest challenge is everyone trying to find qualified people.” Hagie Manufacturing, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School District, Iowa Specialty Hospital, Clarion Mosaic, North Central Cooperative and Clarion Packaging are among the largest employers in Clarion. On the same hand, Clarion’s unemployment rate ...
POCAHONTAS — The city of Pocahontas has been making some improvements to help bring new businesses to town. Eric List, Pocahontas city administrator, said the town has been working on that over the past year. One of the more notable changes is a building downtown which used to be a plumbing business. The city took over the building and remodeled it, including giving it a new roof. “We’re working to either rent or lease that out, or rehab it to bring it to a usable structure,” he said. “We’re also, at this point, tearing down the old bowling alley outside of town and ...
HUMBOLDT — Millennials are more interested in the recreation offered in the cities they live in than previous generations were, according to Travis Goedken, Humboldt city administrator. “The millennial generation, which is now the largest generation in the workforce, picks where they want to live based on the quality of life and then they get a job there,” Goedken said. “It used to be you would try and get a job and move to that community. That’s no longer the case.” To that end, the city of Humboldt has identified recreation as an area to address in the upcoming year ...
LAURENS — For the Busiest Little Town in Iowa, winter time has been pretty quiet, according to city manager Hilary Reed. But that’s not to say there hasn’t been anything going on. Since joining the city in October, Reed said there have been a few projects in the city that were ...
