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67 Chargers Earn Academic All-Region 4 for Spring Semester
Sixty-seven Sandburg student-athletes earned Academic All-NJCAA Region 4 honors for the 2024 spring semester. Honorees had to achieve at least a 3.0 grade point average and pass a minimum of 12 credit hours to earn the distinction. Among Sandburg’s recipients, 44 had a GPA of 3.50 or better. Nineteen Chargers had a perfect 4.0 GPA, and each Sandburg team was represented within that group of student-athletes with an unblemished GPA.
Monmouth-Roseville’s Logan Corzatt Receives Security Savings Bank Academic Scholarship
Logan Corzatt was recently announced as the recipient of the Security Savings Bank Academic Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to one qualified student each year and is renewable for 4 years at an academic or technical college. Logan is the son of Brad and Robin Corzatt. He graduated from...
Salaried Employees Appear Targeted For Latest Layoffs At John Deere
(Moline, IL) -- Salaried employees at John Deere appear to be the latest workers the company is targeting for layoffs. Several Deere employees in an online forum say they received a letter from the company stating salaried employee layoffs are coming next Wednesday. Deere confirmed to WQAD News 8 late...
Petersen Health Care sells most of its properties at bankruptcy court auction
A federal bankruptcy court judge in Delaware has approved the sale of the vast majority of Peoria-based Petersen Health Care to a company that made what’s termed a “stalking horse” bid, but Galesburg facilities aren’t among them. Court records indicate the sale included nearly 100 different...
Council rejects modular athletic surfacing system. What’s the future for pickleball in Galesburg?
Local pickleball players will play on cracked courts for the immediate future. Galesburg aldermen on Monday unanimously rejected a proposal to bring a new modular athletic surfacing system to the pickleball courts at Bateman Park, site of the former fire station at Maple Avenue and Losey Street. The decision to...
Marking 10 years of distinction and character at Carl Sandburg College
Two important organizations that are a part of the Carl Sandburg College and Galesburg communities are marking their tenth birthdays next month. The Sandburg "Men of Distinction" and "Women of Character" groups were born out of a need, according to founder Anthony Law, to develop meaningful relationships with students, to help them be invested in their communities, and more.
QC, That’s Where! WIU prepares future community leaders
MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) -Western Illinois University was founded as a teacher’s college back in the late 1800s. The university has grown to now provide student-centered undergraduate and graduate programs, integrated programs, pre-professional programs, and certificate programs all characterized by innovative teaching, research, and service, grounded in interdisciplinary, regional and global perspectives over two campuses--including this focus on the urban campus in Moline, Illinois.
Three men arrested after reports of shots fired Tuesday in Macomb
MACOMB, Ill. — Three men were arrested Tuesday after officers with the Macomb Police Department responded to the area of Albert and Piper for a report of shots fired. Officers arrived on the scene at 12:16 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, and determined no one was injured and the suspects had fled the scene. Officers began collecting evidence and searched the neighborhood for the suspects’ vehicle. MPD officers eventually found the vehicle and developed information that the suspects were in a Macomb residence and likely still armed.
New cocktail bar has opened above this popular Peoria restaurant
Revel & Maker opened in Downtown Peoria over the weekend. An Instagram post described the cocktail bar – situated right above Ardor Breads and Provisions – as “a space to escape after the daily drudgery & to celebrate those memorable milestones.”. The space will be open from...
Carver Arena ice plant will be replaced, civic center official says.
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — News about the recent improvements to the Peoria Civic Center brought praise to some and worry to others. Those who were worried had one question on their mind: “where’s the repair to the machine that makes ice for the Peoria Rivermen hockey team?”
CI Hero: Peoria man offers hope for 25 years and counting
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — This week’s CI Hero spent 25 years working to help central Illinoisans strengthen their familial bond. Ron Tyler’s reach extends beyond the computer for FamilyCore. “The impact is far and wide and he does the research,” said the Director of Outreach, Samuel Duren....
End-of-life doula brings death cafe to Bloomington-Normal
Carley Cotner (pictured) is a Death or End-of-Life Doula. She's started hosting Death Cafes in town to help people approach the subject of dying. Carley Cotner wants to talk about death — and she wants Bloomington-Normal to join her. She said she took training to become a Death or End-of-Life Doula, so she can host death cafes in town for people who feel the same way.
Tristan Trudel now may be the face of Peoria youth hockey
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Tristan Trudel’s summer job is helping the next generation of youth hockey players in Peoria get better. “It’s always great coming out here and watching my dad do his thing, following in his footsteps,” said Trudel as he stepped on to the ice for summer hockey camp led by his father. […]
Guilty verdict returned for deadly 2019 New Year’s Eve shooting in Normal
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Dewon Griffin faces at least 48 years in prison after being found guilty Monday in connection with a deadly New Year’s Eve shooting four years ago. A McLean County jury found Griffin, 24, guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated unlawful use of a...
National Weather Service in Far, Remote Northern Michigan Took Over Warning Chicago as Illinois Forecasters Hunkered Down During Tornado Outbreak
The National Weather Service is the government agency we all rely upon for up-to-the-second information particularly in emergency situations like severe thunderstorms and tornado outbreaks. But what happens when NWS forecasters are in the line of fire for a storm? That was the situation facing the NWS office in Chicago last night (July 15, 2024) as a summer storm spawned a tornado outbreak across the region.
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