Deere lays off over 300 in Illinois in latest cuts
John Deere announced further job cuts across Illinois and nearby facilities, including 298 workers at its Moline headquarters and 21 at East Moline Harvester Works. The actions follow earlier layoffs in Eastern Iowa, Dubuque, Johnston, and Waterloo, bringing total regional layoffs to over 2,000 in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deere
Illinois
John Deere
Iowa
Quad Cities
Moline
East Moline Harvester
East Moline
Harvester Works
John Deere Dubuque Works
John Deere Financial
Johnston
John Deere Waterloo
Casey's to buy 198 CEFCO stores for 1.145 billion
Casey's General Stores will acquire 198 CEFCO convenience stores in four Southern states for 1.145 billion dollars in an all cash deal including a fuel terminal and commissary. The purchase adds 148 Texas stores and 50 in Alabama Florida and Mississippi, expanding Casey's Texas footprint. The deal expects closure in Q4 pending regulatory approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey’s General Stores
CEFCO
Fikes Wholesale
Casey’s
Texas
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Boone
Fikes
Casey
Cameron
Raymond Smith
Ankeny
Former Collins CEO eyes Boeing chief role in candidacy
Kelly Ortberg, former Rockwell Collins CEO, is named a serious contender for Boeing’s next chief executive per Air Current sources. Other frontrunners include Pat Shanahan of Spirit AeroSystems and Stephanie Pope of Boeing Commercial Airplanes as Boeing seeks a new leader. Ortberg grew up in Dubuque and is a 1982 UI graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell Collins
Kelly Ortberg
Boeing
Air Current
Ortberg
Pat Shanahan
Spirit Aero- Systems
Stephanie Pope
Dubuque
University of Iowa
Rockwell
Iowa City man charged with sexual exploitation of minors
Iowa City resident Jonathan Kiasosa, 19, faces three new counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors. Police say he recorded teens in Chadek Green Park and sent videos to the youths and others. He previously faced three counts from May 2023 and remains out on bail with supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Jonathan Kiasosa
Kiasosa
Chadek Green Park
Anonymous Cedar Rapids couple gives Mercy $1 million for ER remodel
A Cedar Rapids couple donated $1 million to Mercy Medical Center to fund a renovation of the downtown emergency room waiting area. The donors asked to remain anonymous, and their four adult daughters and seven grandchildren have supported Mercy for 21 years. Construction begins in August with the ER waiting area temporarily relocated while the facility stays open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Mercy
Matthew Allcutt
Mercy Emergency Services
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Deere
Waterloo
Telegraph Herald
South
United States
Darren Rebelez
Collins
Rockney Collins
Emily Andersen
the Gazette
Emily.andersen
Thegazette
C.R
Lindale Mall
TheGazette.com
Festival OF Trees
Automation Electric Power
Dupaco Baegit Union
Midamerican Energy Company
Giames
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!