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More Iowa and Illinois John Deere Workers to be Laid Off
It may sound like a broken record, but the tune is all too familiar for John Deere employees in the area. More layoffs are coming. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that the layoffs will affect employees at three Quad City area John Deere plants. The company announced Wednesday that the layoffs will include about 200 production employees at John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, 80 production workers at Davenport Works, and 7 workers at John Deere Seeding and Cylinder Operations in Moline.
Colona Fire Department working to get smoke detectors in more home
The Colona Fire Department is launching a campaign to get smoke alarms into more homes during Fire Prevention Week. The department offering a no cost smoke detector installation program for Colona residents. Working smoke detectors cut the risk of dying in a home fire by more than half. Experts say three out of five fire deaths come from a home where […]
WQAD welcomes Barb Ickes as Executive Producer
MOLINE, Ill. — WQAD is excited to welcome Barb Ickes as Executive Producer, joining the news management team. Ickes brings a wealth of journalism experience and vast knowledge of the Quad Cities area. Ickes has 30 years of journalism experience, primarily in print. Ickes worked for more than 20...
Music at Butterworth series features free concert in Moline
Music at Butterworth – WÖR will be featured at 7 p.m. Oct. 28, at Butterworth Center Library, 1105 8th St., Moline. The band, whose name is pronounced “were,” takes listeners back to the 1780s. The five musicians breathe new life into a niche of 18th Century melodies from the Flanders region of Belgium. With contemporary […]
59th Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend in Boston
All eyes are on the Charles River this weekend as the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta brings thousands of athletes from around the globe to Cambridge and Boston for dozens of race events. The forecast is sunny, which will be good news for the hundreds of thousands of spectators...
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