Keokuk, IA – Hundreds of new, well-paying jobs are heading to Southeast Iowa.
Hendricks Industries will build a roughly 350,000 square-foot wind-turbine tower manufacturing plant along the city's riverfront.
Entrepreneur Ken Hendricks of Beloit, Wisconsin says his latest investment in Keokuk is about job creation: a minimum of 400 quality jobs that have an average wage of more than $20/hour.
The total investment in the facility is expected to exceed $30,000,000.
Hendricks says the plant should be in production at this time next year.
Hiring is expected to get underway in the spring.
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