hitting hard small Iowa cities like Fort Dodge, Dubuque, Waterloo and others. Mason City was among them. Armour closed the former Decker Meat Packing Plant in 1975. "Many of these small metros ...

at the Hormel processing plant in Austin, Minnesota, and was familiar with North Iowa. He convinced his father to start the business in Mason City. When Jacob E. Decker & Sons opened, the ...

This year, Smithfield Foods, a meat processing plant that employs ... Avenue in Mason City. The company will host an anniversary celebration Saturday at the North Iowa Events Center, 3700 Fourth ...

After more than a century in business, one of the two cement plants in Mason City is ... the plant was employing 165 people and contributed more than $60-million to the Iowa economy with nearly ...

MASON CITY, Ia. — Prestage Farms has told Mason City and Cerro Gordo County officials that the company will no longer consider the city as a site for a new pork plant. Last month the City ...

MASON CITY, Iowa | Local leaders say they will regroup and focus on attracting other potential investments after the defeat of a proposed $250-million hog processing plant in Mason City.

Prestage Farms has told Mason City and Cerro Gordo County officials that the company will no longer consider the city as a site for a new pork plant. Early last month the City Council voted 3-3 on ...

Ribbon cutting ceremonies were held over the weekend at the Emery Generating Station between Mason City and Clear Lake. The natural gas-fueled power plant is owned by Alliant Energy’s Iowa ...

A proposed hog-processing plant in northern Iowa is drawing opposition from some residents.The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that more than 40 people met at a Mason City park on Friday to ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) - Prestage Farms has told Mason City and Cerro Gordo County officials that the company will no longer consider the city as a site for a new pork plant. Early last month the ...