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Vicki from East Moline, Illinois would like prayers for a dear friend who tragically lost her son.

Also for the repose of his soul and for comfort for the whole family.

Jill from Windmore, Pennsylvania needs prayers for her sister-in-law, Michelle, who's been fighting stage four colon cancer now for the past two years.

He graduated from United Township High School.

He was united in marriage to Darlene Vanden Bosch on January 31, 1959, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in East Moline.

Jerry combined his love for racing and working on cars by owning and operating Jerry's Automotive Service in East Moline for many years.

He eventually got into farming, a career that he enjoyed and was able to do with his boys.

His greatest passion was racing.

And Haley Blum.

From East Moline, and WVIK is our NPR station.

I'm Cindy Flanders.

I live in Bettendorf, Iowa, and I love jazz.

The seeding and cylinder operations in Moline will see 150 return.

Meanwhile, approximately 225 employees will return to the harvester works in East Moline.

The goal for the additional workforce is to help build dealer inventory ahead of the upcoming planting and harvest cycles, support long-term operational planning, and position the company to continue serving customers through all operating environments, including future labor negotiations.

So John Deere's 2025 layoffs included 238 workers across three sites in East Moline, Moline, and Waterloo, Iowa.

So hopefully the jobs will stay at least for a while.

And these folks can get back to building tractors.

There will be a designated rideshare area for rideshare drivers who will be permitted to drop off and pick up individuals during the event.

And finally, the Quad Cities Alliance for Immigrants and Refugees and East Moline Main Street will host the annual Harmony Fest on Saturday, September 19th, bringing together residents from 40 countries who call the Quad Cities home.

From 2 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, 15th Avenue in East Moline will come alive with food vendors, an autumnal market, community resource tables vendors, and an art market.

Musicians will perform.

The afternoon begins with a parade of flags of more than 40 countries, and the event is free.

In total, the company has brought back or hired more than eight hundred employees across Iowa and Illinois since January.

The company will return one hundred fifty employees to seeding and cylinder operations in Moline and approximately two hundred twenty-five employees to Harvester Works in East Moline.

The additional workforce will help build dealer inventory ahead of upcoming planting and harvesting cycles, support long-term operational planning, and position the company to continue serving customers through all operating environments, including future labor negotiations, according to a news release.

In quotes, "Planning ahead is part of our commitment to customers and our manufacturing workforce." This was Dustin Lemon, a spokesperson.

This one here is a man suffers injuries in a firework, firework incident, and it's written by Grace Kinnicut.

Forty-one-year-old man was severely injured when a firework he was holding exploded.

According to the Rock Island County Sheriff's Office, at about 2:30 PM on Saturday the 12th of September, deputies responded to a residence in the 16,000 and 6000 block of Route 84 North in East Moline.

Deputies responded to a call regarding a firework incident that resulted in severe injuries.

The traffic was so thick he couldn't get from Rodman Avenue, the main road through the Arsenal, to the Rock Island Gate.

Back home in East Moline, Howlett was faced a s- different dilemma, waiting for the call that he would need to get on base, and instead of picking up his children, leave them behind for a deployment.

We just didn't know what we didn't know, he said, adding that as soon as he got home from work that day, he started packing a sea bag so he would be ready to leave at a moment's notice.

News reports were still coming in, he said, but once the Pentagon was attacked, he knew in his gut this wasn't an accident, and he knew what that meant for him.

Share a memory of condolence at gibsonbowedefh.com. And then Marcella L. Wadsager.

That's W-A-D-S-A-G-E-R. Marcella, 84, of East Moline, passed away on Monday, August 31st at Park Vista East Moline.

A memorial mass will be at 11:00 AM Monday, November 23rd at Divine Mercy Parish at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Silvis interment.

Silvis.

interment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, East Moline.

Visitation will be 9:30 to 10:30 AM on Monday, November 23rd.

East Moline is assisting, uh, Van Hoe of East Moline is assisting the family with arrangements.

Sally was born February 26, 1942 in Moline.

Good Tuesday afternoon, I'm Jim O'Hara.

The time is 12.04. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and other leading Illinois Democrats rallied with party members yesterday in East Moline.

WVIK's Jonathan Turner has more from the 57th annual Salute to Labor picnic.

Pritzker, the 61-year-old billionaire seeking a third term in office... led the charge among many speakers on Labor Day to support Democratic victories on November 3rd on the state and federal level.