Western Illinois University’s president said she’s optimistic as a new school year gets underway.

Tim Farquer will remain employed with Mercer County School District 404 pursuant to a three-year employment contract signed in 2024, according to a press release from the school board.

Not long after Peter Schwartzman was first elected Galesburg’s mayor in 2021, he set out to address a problem that was increasingly visible in the community. Five years later, now in his second term, Schwartzman says homelessness remains a “vexing problem” in Galesburg.

The Macomb Park District says a settlement agreement has been reached over a private water slide that extends into a public park.

Representatives from the U.S. EPA visited Keokuk to take a look at the cleanup of the old Elkem Carbide site , and to announce grants awarded recently for other projects in southeast Iowa.