Half a year after the plant closed at short notice, laid-off workers and the city itself await the re-opening of the pork processer under new ownership. However, the local residents have more questions than answers.
A bankruptcy judge in Delaware approved the sale of the HyLife pork processing plant in Windom on Friday. The plant closed last week and 1,000 workers were laid off. Now residents of the town of 5,000 want to know what happens next.
As the HyLife pork processing plant closes today the people of Windom, including hundreds of workers whose visas depend on employment at the plant, wonder about the future.