NEWTON, Iowa (AP) -- The last washers and dryers were rolling off Maytag assembly lines here Thursday and the 550 workers who built them were preparing to leave the 2 million-square-foot factory for ...

Wondering if it's time to upgrade your aging washing machine? A few important factors may influence your decision. Washing machines aren't made the way they used to be, and you could be benefitting ...

You’ve probably heard the hoary phrase about somebody “being put through a wringer.” That refers to obsolete technology. Decades ago, many home washing machines sported a funky-looking double roller ...

I would offer that same spirit of Mr. Maytag will never leave this community and I'm already seeing this spirit of reinventing itself, looking to the future, and that's very much what F.L. Maytag did, ...

It’s ironic that the closing of the factory occurs 100 years after the development of Fred Maytag’s first washing machine in Newton. It was in 1907 that he made and marketed first wooden-tub washing ...