With news that the Haldex Brake plant in Iola will close its doors later this year — cutting 155 jobs from the community’s work force — city officials have taken preliminary steps to determine how to best assist those who are losing jobs and how to find opportunities to bring other work to the community.
Little in terms of specifics were mentioned Monday in a special meeting called by Iola Mayor Bill Maness to look at the effects of the plant’s closure.
But generally speaking, several steps already have been taken, Maness said.
The Iola mayor has been…
Iola looks at life without Haldex
