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John Deere calls back 60 workers in Waterloo from layoff

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John Deere is recalling more than 60 workers from layoff to its Waterloo operations this fall.

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Veterans and guardians aboard the 67th Quad Cities Honor Flight are welcomed home late Tuesday evening. WATERLOO - John Deere is bringing back more than 60 workers to its Waterloo operations this fall. Deere & Co. Manager, Corporate Archives & History Neil Dahlstrom points to volumes of the Patent gazette of the United States Patent Office from the 1860's at the John Deere Corporate Archives in East Moline. The NASCAR Pontiac Grand Prix that Deere & Co. sponsored (driven by Chad Little) is among the thousands of pieces of Deere history contained in the company's Corporate Archives in East Moline. The first Model 110 Lawn & Garden Tractor (1963), lower left and the NASCAR Pontiac Grand Prix, John Deere sponsored #23 driven by Chad Little, are stored at the John Deere Corporate Archives. A sign dated from 1932 donated by a Deere dealership in Kilmarnock, Kentucky. Deere & Co. Manager, Corporate Archives & History Neil Dahlstrom talks about a safe used in a John Deere dealership. It's now part of the collection at its corporate archives. A Hydrogen Fuel Cell Gator that was only used for demonstrations is housed in the John Deere Corporate Archives. Various pieces of equipment deemed historically important to the company are housed in the John Deere Corporate Archives warehouses in East Moline. Original advertising for a John Deere-Van Brunt Grain Drill dated 1919 in the John...

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Event
Headcount growth

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Headcount
60
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States

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Numbers

Headcount named in the story
60

Extraction

Confidence
90%
Detected
Sep 28, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
increases_headcount_by

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