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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 2016
Page
1
Over four weeks readers follow the Kinze 3600 planter from Minnesota pit mines to Indiana mills and warehouses then to Kinze Manufacturing in Williamsburg and finally to a farm field in Iowa. It blends print and online images and special features detailing the build journey.
In Virginia Minnesota Troy and Brent Adam begin spring farming in Richland using a blue Kinze 3600 planter to sow corn and soybeans. The story traces how seeds travel from fields to stores and homes, with the planter as a quiet beginning to a wide supply chain.
The report traces an Iowa farm supply chain from a pit mine blast to ore processing into pellets for blast furnaces. It notes the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnesota near the Canadian border as the ore source and highlights the role of people like Steve Mekkes, senior mining and crushing engineer at MINING, PAGE 7A.
Large magnets separate iron ore at ArcelorMittal Minorca mine near Virginia on April 6. The 728-foot bulk carrier Joseph L. Black loads iron ore pellets at Two Harbors docks on April 7.
The piece surveys how war experiences shape international students at Iowa colleges and universities. It examines pathways bringing them to campus, daily life amid adjustment, and hopeful visions for the future in a region expanding its diverse academic community.
A Gazette feature recalls a Kathmandu power outage during a Nepal civil quake episode. Abhinav Shrestha, 20, recovering from surgery, remembers playing guitar as darkness fell in a small rented apartment with his parents.
The Gazette reports the new 113 million Hancher performing arts center will host a Broadway series orchestras and large dance productions. it marks a return of the Hancher experience with a world class home after the 2008 flood. Chuck Swanson longtime Hancher leader reflects on the move and the 2002 2005 planning years.
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