Steven Barnum, News editor
April 17, 2019
Macomb’s City Administrator Dean Torreson will vacate his seat after his second term in the position.
Torreson, a native of Iowa, spent eight years as the city administrator before retiring in 2016. After Sue McLaughlin’s ...
Steven Barnum, News editor
April 15, 2019
From living in Macomb for his entire life, Dennis Moon is able to see the challenges that lie ahead for the town.
The Alderman At-Large was the first person to serve in the position after its creation in the early 2000s. At one poin...
Steven Barnum, News editor
April 15, 2019
The Illinois Small Business Development Center organized a competition that allowed aspiring entrepreneurs to present their business ideas.
Noah Postin hosted the event, which took place last Thursday in Stipes Hall. Postin i...
Marc Ramirez, edge editor
April 12, 2019
Mark Mossman and Lori Baker-Sperry opened the Student Government Association weekly meeting to discuss the First Year Experience Proposal for the upcoming academic year. Following them was Rebecca Slater, the Chief I...
Steven Barnum, News editor
April 12, 2019
The Grateful Patient Program recently recognized the hospice team at the McDonough District Hospital with the “Healing Hand Award.”
Terminally-ill patients who wish to be treated and potentially cured often rely on hospice tea...
Steven Barnum, News editor
April 12, 2019
In an effort to take Western Illinois University in a more promising direction, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker appointed an entirely new Board of Trustees (BOT).
The University has been unsuccessful in moving away from the black c...
Tyler Moseberry, Courier Staff
April 10, 2019
This past Wednesday marked the last Art First Wednesday of the year in the University Art Gallery. Art First Wednesday is an event held in Garwood Hall and the Heating Plant Annex. Both are open and free to everyone of all ages a...
Steven Barnum, News editor
April 10, 2019
The Macomb Police Department and the Illinois State Police are still investigating the death of a 24-year-old woman they found in a home on Chandler Boulevard.
The individual was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wou...
April 10, 2019
Karla Foster, Courier Staff
April 8, 2019
Life at Western Illinois University can be one of the most amazing things that you can experience in your lifetime, according to Cindy Ridle. There is plenty to do such as: going to class (obviously), going to the student Union...
April 8, 2019
Karla Foster, Courier Staff
April 5, 2019
The beauty that is art is just only one of the many things that Western Illinois University has to offer. Some students, whether they are incoming freshmen, a sophomore or junior who changed their major or even an outgoing seni...
