For our Women’s Voices series, Erin Eveland says change is constant. But that does not make it any easier.

Angelica Mangieri, a Galesburg native, was selected from eight applicants. She is a chef who in 2020 founded CommunityGro, an organization that aims to improve food access and sustainability.

Quick-growing blooms of bacteria and algae have long been a hazard in lakes and rivers, because of the toxins they produce. Fueled in part by agricultural runoff, these blooms are also threatening public water systems, making water temporarily unusable, and forcing some cities and towns to take costly preventive measures.

Despite the drop in enrollment, Vice President for Student Success Justin Schuch senses a good feeling at WIU.

The Al Sears Music Fest will return Sept. 19-21 with a variety of performances in downtown Macomb.