FAIRMONT Imagine Martin, a new non-profit focused on the arts in the county, is working on its latest project a community information hub and gift shop
City Council hosted a public hearing for Central Farm Service project
St. James Plaindealer
At Tuesday, July 6, St James City Council meeting the council honored Curt and Monica Rogers with the good neighbor award for all they did when owning the St. James Dairy Queen and now that they are retiring they are being honored for being the place to be to get a sweet treat in the community.
Before hearing new business items the council paused the meeting to hold a public hearing for the Central Farm Service Project (CFS) tax increment financing district. Shannon Sweeney headed the hearing explaining the plan for the financing district will be a property tax for a section of vacant land on which CFS would build new facilities.
W’bago plant set to open later this year
Greenfield Global announces plans for hiring 40 employees
By Kevin Mertens - Staff Writer | May 30, 2021
Corn producers in Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa have been anxiously awaiting the reopening of the former Corn Plus ethanol plant ever since the facility was purchased by Greenfield Global in October of 2020.
The question of when the plant will reopen has now been answered.
“Greenfield Global will start to supply renewable ethanol into the North American gasoline market and high nutritional coproducts to the feed market in the fall of this year,” Robert Dekker, vice president of Communications and Public Relations for the company, commented. “We have signed an agreement with Central Farm Services (CFS) to supply the Winnebago plant, and they are ready to start buying corn immediately for fall delivery.”