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UPS to move sorting center from Iowa to Rockford

UPS announced that the company’s sorting center will move — shifting 13 flights a week — from Des Moines to Rockford.

According to a report by WREX 13, this move is scheduled to happen July 16.

All 123 of the employees this change will affect, WREX reported, will be offered new positions within UPS.

It was unclear Thursday how many jobs this will bring to Illinois.

This story was originally published April 13, 2017 at 9:34 PM with the headline "UPS to move sorting center from Iowa to Rockford."

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