Wright County takes next step in landing Prestage pork plant
Mason City Globe Gazette: The Wright County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a zoning change from agricultural to industrial Monday that would allow Prestage Foods of Iowa to build a pork processing plant near Eagle Grove. The meeting involved a two-hour public hearing on a proposed development agreement by which construction would be completed by March 31, 2019, and the plant would employ 922 full-time workers by Jan. 1, 2020.