Article: Roseanne Divorce Halts Work on Iowa Mansion

ELDON, Iowa The messy divorce battle between Roseanne and Tom Arnold has halted work on the mansion they were building on their 2,000-acre estate near Eldon.

But Tom Arnold, who grew up in nearby Ottumwa, vows to complete the massive mansion.

"Believe me, it won't be left half finished," he said in an interview last week.

Arnold said the couple's Iowa business ventures also continue to thrive.

They have Roseanne and Tom's Big Food Diner in Eldon, a chain of five weekly newspapers in southeast Iowa and a purebred cattle breeding operation on their 3-square-mile spread north of Eldon.

"Those things are running fine," he said. "We've put a couple of other things on hold until we work ...

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