Staff photo by Cathy Spaulding
A track hoe operator maneuvers his rig while helping tear down the Mid-West Fertilizer building by the Shawnee Bypass railroad overpass, west of York Street. The Mid-West Fertilizer building had been at the location since 1948 or 1949, said Bobby Daniels of Midwest Propane. He said strong winds tore the roof off the landmark building last spring.