Kenda Burrows's stories
QCBJ 2025 Newsmakers: Deere spotlights Plant-of-the-Year workers
WELCOME TO NEWSMAKERS The QCBJ devotes the Newsmakers series to looking back on some of the biggest and most noteworthy stories we covered in 2025 across the Quad Cities region. Each story also includes a small update on the topic…
Students to hop on Plant Discovery Bus this fall
After more than a quarter century of opening its gates to students of all ages,…
John Deere opens toybox to tell company’s innovative story
In a massive exhibit hall dominated by big green machines, visitors to the John Deere…
ABI members applaud Reynold’s Iowa pro-business reforms
Taking Iowa’s state income tax rate from sixth highest to sixth lowest in the nation…
NASCAR leader shares history of family business with ABI
Nine days before NASCAR’s first Cup Series race at the Iowa Speedway, Executive Vice Chair…
YWCA opens new chapter, celebrates completed RI facility
The YWCA Quad Cities “opened a new chapter,” President & CEO Julie Larson said Monday,…
Illinois small manufacturers grant covers half of safety training
Employees of local Illinois-based small manufacturers can take safety training from Black Hawk College (BHC)…
Mercado 2024 offering traditional market fare, special treats
Mercado on Fifth will celebrate Salsa Under the Stars on Moline’s Fifth Avenue this Friday,…
Downtown RI YWCA ready for its closeup
The new 64,000-square-foot YWCA Quad Cities in downtown Rock Island has been five years in…
QC ambassador knows experience is a gift, pass it on
For Paula Sands, retirement from an influential career in broadcasting wasn’t an ending. It was…
DEI leader knows women can have ‘best of both worlds’
LaDrina Wilson is a talented storyteller. That combined with her willingness to confront uncomfortable issues…
RI changemaker good citizen, community servant
Rock Island Alderwoman Jenni Swanson is more than a dedicated elected official. She’s a community…
Teens abuzz about Tri-City Electric career fair and Place2Be
The air was abuzz and the atmosphere electric at the first career day in the…
Council to vote on advancing $800M Davenport data center
The Davenport City Council is expected Wednesday to support a State of Iowa grant application…
QCIA project will help create a new Gateway to the future
The Quad Cities International Airport has not only launched the initial phase of Project Gateway…
QC leaders laud LaHood’s call to go all-in on passenger rail
Regional leaders who have been part of the more than 16-year fight to win passenger…
