March 18, 2024

Franklin County officials talk to company about hog plant

HAMPTON — Franklin County officials have talked to a North Carolina-based company about locating a pork plant in the northern Iowa county. Karen Mitchell is director of Franklin County Development Association and she says county supervisors requested the meeting after Mason City in neighboring Cerro Gordo County earlier this month turned down Prestage Foods’ plan for the $240 million plant. Mitchell says county officials wanted specifics about the plant.