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By TJ Jun 4, 2021 | 11:41 AM CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis . – Ashley Furniture Industries (Ashley), the largest manufacturer of furniture in the world, announced plans to open a new facility in Chippewa Falls, Wis. The multi-million-dollar investment will create more than 200 new manufacturing and office support jobs for the area. Hiring started in May with production set to begin in June. The company will host a ribbon-cutting event in the coming month. The 127,000 sq. ft. facility, located at 925 First Avenue, serves as an upholstery furniture manufacturing site. This new location expands ...

Fargo, ND, USA / 740 The FAN May 13, 2021 | 5:44 PM BISMARCK – North Dakota taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $3 million in rent over the next two years for unused office space for a state agency that intends to allow most of its more than 400 employees to work from home indefinitely. The North Dakota Information Technology Department’s 85,000-square-foot leased space in a newly remodeled, privately owned office building in north Bismarck is unoccupied, except for about a dozen employees, said Greg Hoffman, the agency’s director of administration. It is the largest and most expensive...

ND Paying $1.5 Million A Year For Mostly Empty Building. The North Dakota Information Technology Department building in north Bismarck is the newly remodeled 85,000 square foot home to some of the best tech minds in the state.  Or at least it once was, it seems that home is now actually home to a large majority of it's more than 400 employees.  The pandemic scattered much of the world's workforce out of their conventional workplace.  Slowly, most employees returned to work. Bruce Springsteen famously sang in "Hungry Heart", one of his first big hits, "I went out for a ride and I never wen...

Racing a cop, ditching the mask, heading to the zoo: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: The city will offer 100 $50 Walmart gift cards each at four neighborhood COVID-19 vaccine clinics in an attempt to combat declining numbers in the state. The clinics will not require an appointment, insurance or identification. “Our goal has always been to protect the lives and livelihoods of everyone in Montgomery,” Mayor Steven Reed said in a statement. “The COVID-19 vaccines are our best chance to do so.” The city is also or...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $3 million in rent over the next two years for unused office space for a state agency that intends to allow most of its more than 400 employees to work from home indefinitely.