MCC tech center training next generation of workers

Community celebrates new $1.65M expansion

By: Dave Thompson|February 4, 2026

|4 min read

The Manufacturing Technology Center on the campus of the Muscatine Community College was recently expanded. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

MUSCATINE — Brook Busch has a career goal in mind — she wants to be a welder.

“To me, welding is an art, not a job. … I just love it,” the 30-year-old Muscatine woman said.

Ms. Busch is currently working on that goal by taking a welding course inside the newly expanded and…

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