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- New Grandmother Receives Refurbished Vehicle from St. Louis Businesses
- At Least 8,000 Autoworkers in Detroit Now Eligible to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
- Minnesota Senators Want State to Forgive PPP Loans
- Michigan Business Leaders Predict Fast COVID-19 Recovery, Return to In-Person Work by September
- Collier Brothers Auto Body is Welding a Plan Before Time and Succession Collide
Midwestern News
Local news stories affecting the auto body industry in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
GM is Using Salaried Workers to Fill Holes at Pickup Plant---and UAW is Outraged
General Motors is using salaried employees to help build pickups at its Wentzville Assembly plant near St. Louis due to high absenteeism amid the coronavirus pandemic.
WI Gov. Condemns Kenosha Violence After Two Nights of Rioting
After two nights of rioting, Wisconsin's governor is drawing a line between protesters and the people who are looting and burning buildings in Kenosha.
Detroit Native Offers Keys to Finishing First on the Track or at the Shop
Prepare well. Go fast. Keep it in a straight line. Focus on the finish. And have the will to win.
Wisconsin Rioters Loot, Burn Down Car Dealership
Journalists took to Twitter late Aug. 23 to post horrifying videos of a car dealership in Kenosha, WI, on fire.
Students Welcomed to First Day of Fall Classes at Northeast Community College
A third of classes this fall at Northeast Community College in Norfolk, NE, are being offered in person.
Auto Body Shop Repairs Car at No Cost to Returning Veteran
U.S. Army veteran Vance Walczak took a walk with family after he returned home from a yearlong tour of duty in Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
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Bollinger Motors Announces Move to New Headquarters
Bollinger Motors has moved its headquarters to a larger facility in Oak Park, MI, to accommodate the rapid company-wide personnel expansion as it ramps up toward production.
Trump Approves Iowa's Disaster Declaration, Will Visit Cedar Rapids on Aug. 18
President Donald Trump approved a major federal disaster declaration for Iowa on Aug. 17, less than 24 hours after Gov. Kim Reynolds sent him a request that detailed nearly $4 billion needed to assist with recovery from last week's derecho.
Key Choice Collision Centers Looking for New Midwest Partners
Key Choice Collision Centers is opening its doors for potential new partners in the Midwest region for the first time in the network’s 13-year history.
GM is About to Leave Ventilator Business: How it Made 30,000 Machines With Ventec
Five months ago, as the coronavirus pandemic surged across the nation, the urgency to build more critical care ventilators swelled to meet a shortage of the life saving machines.