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Tyson Foods ends contract with plant sanitation company at Madison facility
MADISON, Neb. (KOLN) — Tyson Foods has ended its contract with plant sanitation company Fortrex for services at its Madison, Nebraska, facility. Atlanta-based Fortrex says 91 employees will be laid off or relocated when services end on Sept. 19. The announcement comes as part of a Worker Adjustment and...
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Tyson contractor laying off 91 workers in Madison
Layoffs related to Tyson Foods meat plants are continuing in Nebraska. Fortrex, a company that has contracts to clean several Tyson facilities, notified the Nebraska Department of Labor last week that its contract at the Tyson Fresh Meats pork plant in Madison is being discontinued, which will result in the loss of 91 jobs.
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NE Chamber Announces Sharpe as Manufacturing Director
Sharpe has a career built on customer advocacy, operational excellence and business growth, primarily in the manufacturing sector. In her role as Director of Northeast’s iHub, she has led the development of the new Norfolk-area fabrication lab, workforce development lab and youth STEM center. The iHub is a creation and ideation environment giving users space to explore, experiment and create using cutting-edge tools and technologies. Since 2024 she helped secure funding for the $8.5 million facility along with $2 million in technical equipment for the 18,000-square-
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Former bank CFO who diverted loan proceeds among those targeted in FDIC prohibitions
A former chief financial officer of Bank of the Valley, Bellwood, Neb., is prohibited from any future work in federally insured financial institutions under a consent order issued in July and announced Friday by the federal bank deposit insurer. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., in the order, said that Aaron...
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Four Generations of Feeding Oakland
Standing in front of the red-and-white soda vending machine, a nine-year-old boy inserts a dime and opens the door. Looking at the selection, he pulls the cold bottle out from its tight slot, the clink of glass knocking together as the next bottle slides into place. Popping the cap off with the machine's attached bottle opener, he glugs down 10 ounces of pure soda heaven at the back of the store, rather than pay the nickel deposit to take it outside.
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Every Tuesday Morning, Iowa’s Mitchell Hora Explains Washington To The Corn Belt
At 7:45 on a Tuesday morning at the end of June, Mitchell Hora sat in front of a camera and started taking questions. A farmer named Russ wanted to know why the new scoring system was so sensitive to region. Lanny wanted to know what it meant for the ethanol plant in Columbus, Nebraska. Then, a farmer named Tim came off mute and asked the question sitting underneath all the others. When, exactly, is any of this going to be final?
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After four decades with Hy-Vee, two Norfolk employees get their faces on company trucks
NORFOLK, Neb. — Two longtime Norfolk Hy-Vee employees are being honored Wednesday with their faces featured on company semi-trailers. Keith Miller and Dave Ramberg, who have each worked for Hy-Vee for more than four decades, are being recognized as part of a company tradition honoring longtime employees. Miller recently...
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Hy-Vee featuring two longtime Northeast Nebraska employees on semi-trailers
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Pregis buys MP Global packaging division, keeps Norfolk plant operating
A Norfolk manufacturing operation that produces paper-based thermal packaging for temperature-sensitive shipments has been acquired by a national packaging company, with jobs and local leadership expected to remain in place. The Norfolk Daily News reports, Chicago-based Pregis announced that it had acquired MP Global Packaging, the paper-based thermal packaging division...
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‘I’m so hurt.’ Employee’s ties to Tyson’s, Joslin, span generations
Some of the more than 2,500 employees losing their jobs at the Tyson beef processing plant in Joslin, Ill., are speaking out. They’re out of work after Tyson Foods announced it’s essentially shutting down the plant in Joslin, on the western side of Illinois, as of Friday, Aug. 14. According to the company website, management blames the decision on a historic shortage of cattle.