Month: November 2013

In March of 2009, Indiana’s Elkhart County had an unemployment rate that was 20.3% — far higher than the national average of 8.5%. But more than four years later, the numbers in the recovery may be just as stunning. The South Bend Tribune reported that since 2010, 7,025 jobs have been announced for the Elkhart [...]

As work continues on its new Wixom, Mich., dealership, General RV Center Inc. is making plans to open a dealership in Florida near Tampa. Crain’s Detroit Business reported that the 83,000-square-foot dealership will be located on 30 acres adjacent to I-4 in Dover, Fla., and feature a recreational vehicle service center, parts area and showroom. [...]

Running a company with annual sales over $3.2 billion and 8,300 employees may seem challenging. But, according to the report by Investors’ Business Daily, Bob Martin withstood an even greater challenge more than 20 years ago. “There’s almost nothing in business that’s as hard as college football practice,” said Martin, 44, chief executive of recreational [...]

Northwood Investments, which operates RV builders Outdoors RV Manufacturing and Northwood Manufacturing, announced that construction of a new plant is under way in La Grande, Ore. Ward King, COO for Outdoors RV and Northwood Manufacturing, said the expansion is a result of increased business. “Our business is picking up,” he said. “We continue to have [...]

(Nov. 1, 2013) -- "Highly stain resistant, these carpets will withstand harsh cleaning agents with less than 2 percent moisture absorption. It requires no long-term dry off time and it produces no fuzz, no lent and no static," said Allred.

(Nov. 1, 2013) -- According to the independent campsite rating program Premier Parks, Britain's campsites are getting better each year, and are increasingly providing visitors with high quality facilities in beautiful locations, reports Out And About Live.

(Nov. 1, 2013) -- On Thursday morning, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources released 1,500 rainbow trout into the pond at Ottumwa Campground, and according to David Marolf, the fisheries biologist who released the fish, they are all ready to be caught, reports The Ottumwa Courier.

(Nov. 1, 2013) -- A panicked German pensioner left two teenage girls crippled after he mistakenly slammed on the clutch while trying to stop his Fiat Advantage from hurtling down a steep hill in Beer, England, reports the Daily Mail.

(Nov. 1, 2013) -- Three weeks ago, those using the existing campsite at Thorpe Woodlands in Harling were told they needed to remove any caravans from the site by Oct. 31, reports the Diss Express.

(Nov. 1, 2013) -- A Jackson County woman, who reported her camper missing from a U-Store-It facility on Sunday, got it back thanks to social media and some good police work, writes The Pike County Daily.