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Superintendent Patrick Twomey said the plan calls for future-focused learning and relief from hundreds of unfunded mandates.
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An album release concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at the Macomb Arts Center, 25 East Side Square.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order Monday launching the Iowa DOGE task force to find new ways to cut government spending. It follows President Donald Trump’s creation of a Department of Government Efficiency in the White House.
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The exhibit “Wherever I May Roam” is on display through March 7 at the Western Illinois University Art Gallery.
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A winter storm warning is in effect for the region from 6 a.m. Wednesday until 3 a.m. Thursday.
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The disgraced Illinois ex-governor is reportedly in consideration for U.S. ambassadorship to Serbia.
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The firearm’s serial number has been entered into federal databases.
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A weekly roundup of news from around the region.
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Republicans in the Iowa Senate advanced a bill Wednesday that would limit lawsuits by Iowans seeking compensation for pesticide-related illnesses. Bayer proposed it to cut down on lawsuits alleging that farmers got cancer from being exposed to Roundup.
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Around four dozen people boarded a charter bus in western Illinois for a day-long excursion in southeast Iowa.
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The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories for the entire TSPR listening region.
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Organizers describe Anew WIU as a collaborative and forward-thinking effort to reimagine the future of Western Illinois University.