Less than two months after a long-term Union County employer announced it would be eliminating 250 jobs in Creston, there’s word another plant is closing. According to the Creston News Advertiser, CHS, Incorporated is closing Jan. 30th, 2018. The plant in Creston processes food ingredients. In a letter to the employees this (Friday) morning said the closure would be permanent. There was no immediate word on how many people were losing their jobs.  According to the CHS, Inc. website, the company is a farmer-owned cooperative, a Fortune 100 company that operates in more than 450 communities in 16 states and Canada.

In October, an Illinois-based company announced production at the Ferrara Candy Company in Creston, would be closing later this month, after more then 30-years in business. It’s 256 workers were offered “Severance and transition assistance.”