Rooted for Success, Part 3: Calvinist ethic plays major role in Sioux County success (February 14, 2012) ORANGE CITY, IA. — Two unavoidable facts distinguish Sioux County: The dominant ethnic heritage is Dutch, and among these, the dominant religion is Reformed Christianity.
This shows on Sunday morning, even in Rock Valley, the least Dutch of the county’s three largest towns, said Les Burggraaf, owner ...
Clean Line Energy picks O'Brien County for 2,000 wind turbines (February 13, 2012) From N'West Iowa Review, Sat. Jan 21, 2011
O'Brien County has been selected as the site for a $250
million converter station for Clean Line Energy Partners.
(Photo by Josh Harrell)
Company picks O'Brien
County for $250 million
project
2,000 wind turbines to be erected
Needed for feeding into $250 million converter
by Dan Breen, ...
Rooted for success, Part 1: Sioux County's ag heritage spurs economic vitality (February 13, 2012) SIOUX CENTER, IA. — If manure smells like money — and in February 2012 the commodity markets say it does — then Sioux County is the wealthiest place in the state.
Truckloads of cows and pigs rumble south every day on U.S. Highway 75 on their way to slaughterhouses in ...
Rooted for Success, Part 2: Rock Valley wears Sioux County's work boots (February 13, 2012) ROCK VALLEY, IA. — Need a job? Rock Valley has plenty.
Orange City is Sioux County’s charmer, with quaint shopfronts, tulips, windmills and bright orange water towers. Rock Valley is the workhorse, the town that wears work boots and blue-collar shirts smeared with grease.
U.S. Highway 18 ...
Durahm Visits Lyon County Businesses (February 9, 2012) Durham visits Lyon County businesses
Debi Durham, Director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), was the featured speaker at the Northwest Iowa Development Partner Meeting on the campus of Northwest Iowa Community College on Thursday, January 12. Lyon County is one of six member counties in the regional development ...
IML Container Iowa Named Business of the Year (February 9, 2012) IML Container Iowa named Business of the Year
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
By Magdalene Landegent
(Sentinel photo by Beverly Van Buskirk) Steeve Vallée speaks about the five-year growth of IML Container Iowa after accepting the Business of the Year award. The honor was presented at the Annual Le Mars Area ...
Northwest Iowa Development 2012 Partner Meeting (February 9, 2012) More than 100 people were on hand Thursday noon for the 2012 Partner Meeting for Northwest Iowa Development, a partnership of economic development agencies in Lyon, Osceola, O’Brien, Sioux, Plymouth and Cherokee Counties.
Their job, in a nutshell, is to sell northwest Iowa to prospective businesses and industries looking ...
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