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JBS expansion jumps forward, but how high?

T-R PHOTO BY TAMMY R. LAWSON JBS can go nowhere but up since the Board of Adjustment has approved a special use permit toward expansion, but it will be up to the Planning & Zoning Commission as to just how high.
December 1, 2009

JBS cleared yet another hurdle Monday as the Marshalltown Board of Adjustment granted the company a special use permit toward expanding the pork processing plant.

But there were some conditions.

Noise can’t exceed the current levels of the property, appropriate security lighting has to be installed, and parking along Tenth Avenue — which includes a security gate — has to be removed.

Also, engineers must install white-embossed, insulated metal panels to diffuse reflections while all new lighting has to be directed downward and controlled.

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Obama to reveal war plan, bids to sell Americans

December 1, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday reveals his plan for winning an unpopular 8-year-old war in Afghanistan, embarking on a mission to sell skeptical Americans on the need to put thousands more troops in harm’s way and to spend additiona...

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Emotions high, Senate opens partisan health debate

December 1, 2009

WASHINGTON — Riven by partisanship, the Senate plunged into a widely anticipated debate Monday over sweeping health care legislation that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have vowed to approve and Republicans have sworn to block.

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Crime spree keeps local cops busy

December 1, 2009

Marshalltown police were kept busy over the holiday weekend with several incidents involving vandalism and burglary.

At least five local businesses and two private residences were the victims of burglaries.

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