Kenda Burrows's stories
Plant of the Year spotlights Deere’s Davenport Works
Davenport Works, the sprawling John Deere heavy equipment factory the company calls a “smart, connected manufacturing system,” is being honored this month as Assembly magazine’s 2025 Plant of the Year. That massive technologically advanced plant at 1175 E. 90th St.,…
Quad Cities Chamber sets 2022 legislative priorities
The Quad Cities Chamber shared Tuesday its recipe for growing the region’s population and economy…
RI Auction to double in size, committed to Quad Cities’ home
Rock Island Auction Co. (RIA) is making a bid to double its size by 2023.…
Members can directly elect UAW leaders; will they?
Just weeks after striking John Deere UAW members returned to work, they joined UAW members…
Economist: Ingredients in place for record economic growth
Despite a lingering global pandemic and rising inflation worries, the U.S. economic outlook is brighter…
New bridge, sporting events cushion drop in QC tourism numbers
Sports tourism, a diversified tourism portfolio and construction of the new Interstate 74 Bridge are…
Illinois-bound I-74 span opens to traffic
Just a day and a half after Quad-Citians took their first steps on the new…
New Amazon center rising up in north Davenport
Motorists who travel Interstate 80 north of Davenport have had a front-row seat for the…
Quad Cities celebrates I-74 bridge completion today
Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities residents are invited today to take their first steps on…
Labor educator on Deere strike: a win for everyone
The five-week UAW strike that led to a groundbreaking contract was a victory not only…
Sisters’ gift helps better the lives of fellow Mercer County residents
ALEDO, Ill. — A grassroots organization — powered by residents and created to write…
Elevate Illinois aims to raise state’s image
As its inaugural year draws to a close, an organization launched in January to elevate…
Union workers to vote on latest Deere contract offer, includes minor changes
Some 10,000 striking UAW workers are voting Wednesday on a Deere & Co. contract proposal…