AM 1240 WJON » New Flyer http://wjon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 22:01:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Stearns Approves New Flyer Loan http://wjon.com/stearns-approves-new-flyer-loan/ http://wjon.com/stearns-approves-new-flyer-loan/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:03:50 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=174468 Stearns County has approved a $250,000 no-interest loan to the New Flyer bus manufacturer to help pay for a $5-million expansion project.

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]]> http://wjon.com/stearns-approves-new-flyer-loan/feed/ 0 New Flyer New Flyer Asking Stearns County for Loan for Expansion Project http://wjon.com/new-flyer-asking-stearns-county-for-loan-for-expansion-project/ http://wjon.com/new-flyer-asking-stearns-county-for-loan-for-expansion-project/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:24:47 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=174218 The New Flyer bus manufacturer is asking for financial support from Stearns County taxpayers to help pay for a nearly $5 million expansion at its St. Cloud plant. New Flyer says the expansion, including $3 million in new machinery and equipment, will generate 136 new jobs.

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]]> http://wjon.com/new-flyer-asking-stearns-county-for-loan-for-expansion-project/feed/ 0 NewFlyer.com St. Cloud EDA Approves Loan for New Flyer Expansion [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/st-cloud-eda-approves-loan-for-new-flyer-expansion-audio/ http://wjon.com/st-cloud-eda-approves-loan-for-new-flyer-expansion-audio/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:22:55 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=173414 New Flyer is planning to expand, and is looking for financial support from local governments. The nearly $5 million project would add 12,000 square feet to the St. Cloud facility, and add 136 new jobs in the next two years.

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]]> http://wjon.com/st-cloud-eda-approves-loan-for-new-flyer-expansion-audio/feed/ 0 New Flyer Second Annual Fill the Flyer Food Drive Kicks Off Today http://wjon.com/second-annual-fill-the-flyer-food-drive-kicks-off-today/ http://wjon.com/second-annual-fill-the-flyer-food-drive-kicks-off-today/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:15:59 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=152679 The Fill the Flyer holiday food drive is back, and it's traveling through our area beginning on Monday.

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]]> http://wjon.com/second-annual-fill-the-flyer-food-drive-kicks-off-today/feed/ 0 Fill the Flyer (Photo Courtesy of Metro Bus) Salvation Army's "Fill the Flyer" Campaign Met with Strong Support [GALLERY] http://wjon.com/salvation-armys-fill-the-flyer-campaign-met-with-strong-support-gallery/ http://wjon.com/salvation-armys-fill-the-flyer-campaign-met-with-strong-support-gallery/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:01:48 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=59649 The Salvation Army's "Fill the Flyer" campaign is a smashing holiday season success. As of yesterday, the total amount of food collected through the bus food drive campaign, through various stops around the St. Cloud area, has reached over thirteen hundred pounds.

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]]> http://wjon.com/salvation-armys-fill-the-flyer-campaign-met-with-strong-support-gallery/feed/ 0 $260K Grant To Help Tech College Train New Flyer Workers http://wjon.com/260k-grant-to-help-tech-college-train-new-flyer-workers/ http://wjon.com/260k-grant-to-help-tech-college-train-new-flyer-workers/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:05:47 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=6096 The St. Cloud Technical and Community College has received a grant for over a quarter-million-dollars to help train new employees for New Flyer. The $260,000 grant comes from the Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership.

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]]> http://wjon.com/260k-grant-to-help-tech-college-train-new-flyer-workers/feed/ 0 New Flyer New Flyer, Union Agree On Crookston Plant Contract http://wjon.com/new-flyer-union-agree-on-crookston-plant-contract/ http://wjon.com/new-flyer-union-agree-on-crookston-plant-contract/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:02:13 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=2245 New Flyer Industries Inc. has reached agreement on a new five-year contract with the union representing workers at its Crookston bus-making plant. A state union official says New Flyer's St. Cloud plant has as separate contract.

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