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John Deere laying off hundreds of Midwest workers

(News Nation) —John Deere Plans to lay off hundreds of employees in three regions Midwest The factory will be closed by the end of next month. About 600 production workers at plants in East Moline, Illinois, and Davenport and Dubuque, Iowa, will be laid off effective August 30. According to Nexstar’s WHBF. The company said […]

John Deere announces mass layoffs in Midwest amid production shift to Mexico

See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com John Deere, the world’s largest distributor of tractors and crop harvesting equipment, announced on Friday that it would lay off about 610 production staff at plants in Illinois and Iowa by the end of the summer, according to reports. The company is cutting about 280 jobs at its plant in […]

More severe weather hits the Midwest as Iowans recover from devastating twister

Multiple tornadoes were reported in Iowa and Illinois on Friday, shortly after a deadly tornado devastated a small town, and storms downed power lines and trees. The massive storm began overnight in Nebraska and moved across central Iowa into Illinois. Strong straight-line wind gusts of up to 80 mph (equivalent to a weak tornado) were […]

Iowa tornado kills multiple people during powerful Midwest storm

A powerful tornado ripped through a small Iowa town on Tuesday, killing multiple people, injuring at least a dozen others, and leaving destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars and debris scattered over a wide area. This created a desolate landscape. The tornado destroyed much of Greenfield, a town of about 2,000 people about […]

After deadly Oklahoma tornado, storms bring twisters to the Midwest

A day after a deadly twister tore through a small Oklahoma town and killed at least one person, severe storms pounded parts of the Midwest on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain, high winds and a curtain of tornadoes across the region. Tornadoes were seen after dark Tuesday in southwest Michigan, northern Indiana, and northwest Ohio. Forecasters […]