March 28, 2024

Council rejects agreement for pork plant

MASON CITY — The City Council has rejected an agreement with a company to build a $240 million pork processing plant in Mason City. The agreement failed on a 3-3 vote early Wednesday morning after the council met for seven hours. Councilman Bill Schickel says he struggled with his vote against the Prestage Foods plan but finally decided there wasn’t enough community acceptance for the agreement to work.