LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – A wave of construction projects is creating a labor shortage in Eastern Iowa as companies work to staff multiple large-scale developments.
Larson Construction is working on six projects in Linn County this spring, including the county’s new Secondary Road Department building. The company is among those seeing increased demand for workers.
“For trades people, there’s definitely a shortage here locally,” said Travis Schwartz, owner of Larson Construction…