The construction site of the new MidAmerican Energy Fort Dodge Service Center at 4000 First Ave. N. is a beehive of activity. One crew, clad in hard hats, reflective vests and harnesses for working at heights, are building concrete forms for what will later become a stairwell. Another ...
As CJ Bio America enters its fifth year in Webster County, the company is preparing for a $51 million expansion project to begin producing a new product. CJ Bio America will begin producing L-Threonine, which is an amino acid used as an additive in livestock feed, the company announced ...
The Warden Plaza and the property around it look much the same as they have for the last decade. But in government and business offices, work is being done out of the public eye that would turn the area into a new showpiece for downtown Fort Dodge. The plans in the works would create 120 ...
The planned new wellness and performing arts center will be a 120,000-square-foot facility just east of the Warden Plaza on First Avenue South. The wellness portion of the center will include these features: • Two swimming pools • Two full-length basketball courts • A 1/10 ...
Veterinary medicine maker Elanco U.S. Inc. arrived in Fort Dodge in early 2017 and by the end of the year had moved even more production work to its facility on the city’s northwest side. The company, which is part of Eli Lilly and Co., bought the plant at 800 Fifth St. N.W. from ...
EAGLE GROVE — More than 50 full-load refrigerated trucks will be traveling to and from the massive $300 million Prestage Foods of Iowa pork plant, 4 miles south of Eagle Grove, each day when it becomes operational less than a year from now, according to Jere Null, Prestage’s chief ...
