Sinkhole Controversy

May 15, 2023 – In Knoxville, Iowa, Marion County officials and residents claim that a sinkhole may be the result of a Bruening Rock Products limestone operation, according to a final site investigation report by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS). The sinkhole is located in the east right of way of 135th Place, just south of…

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Bruening Rock Products Gifts New Truck to 40-Year Employee

Oct 21, 2022 – Jerome Halweg started working for Bruening Rock Products (BRP), Decorah, Iowa, in the 1970s but left to become a farmer, according to a story in the Decorah News. Several years later – in 1982 – he returned to BRP.  Halweg was recently recognized for his contributions over the last 40 years by getting handed the keys to a brand-new truck. Now…

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This Week’s Market Buzz

According to Wisconsin Public Radio, a Wisconsin appeals court has upheld a Trempealeau County, Wis., decision denying a permit to open a new sand mine. The 3rd District Court of Appeals ruled against Iowa-based AllEnergy Sand. It had argued that a Trempealeau County environmental and land use committee in 2013 wrongly denied its permit to open the 550-acre sand mine…

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