Solon has more than tripled in population since 1978, when Frank and Shelly Kuennen bought Solon Feed Mill. The business has grown and changed with the town, as many of today’s 3,300 residents live subdivisions that were once the mill’s farm customers.
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Federal agency agrees to allow companies to rely more on technology to spot problems.
The company shut down the last blast furnace at the site near St. Louis in 2023, and it even moved to wind down its steel processing mill there in September.
The Cedar Rapids-based company said the reorganization is intended to “strengthen our ability to serve customers through the solutions that drive the most value, reliability and long-term stability.”
According to data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, nearly all of Iowa’s 99 counties saw an increase in electric vehicle registrations over the last 18 months — mirroring a similar trend between December 2022 and June 2024.
Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham said she will retire from the post at the end of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ term in early 2027.
He’s accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — an Iowa native and University of Iowa graduate — on a New York City street one year ago.
She was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail and ordered to report to the Sonoma County Jail on Dec. 10.
Nitrate concentrations, exacerbated by a wet spring that followed years of dry conditions, reached near record highs in Iowa rivers this summer.
Costco is joining other companies that aren’t waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping import taxes.
In April, owner GreenState Credit Union foreclosed on the property after a Johnson County judge granted its petition to collect debt for projects by developer Marc Moen totaling about $28 million.
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