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Kalona Creamery has announced that it will open a shop and deli in the fall in the former Kalona Cheese Factory location on Highway 1. In September of 2014, Twin Counties Dairy LLC closed following environmental violations from the DNR. The business had 50 employees. Kalona Creamery, a member of the Open Gates Group family of companies, will feature Iowa and Midwest made products, including squeaky cheese curds, Kalona SuperNatural organic dairy products, Hoard’s Bakery goods, and hummus from Oasis The Falafel Joint. They’ll also serve daily soups, salads and sandwiches. Also, the Highway 1 corner with 540th Street will be rebranded as the Kalona Creamery Corner with the shop and deli, and a dairy production facility – plans are still under review, but the dairy production facility has tentatively scheduled production to begin in 2017.