Colleen Holden
InternColleen Holden is a student reporting intern, and part-time local host of NPR’s All Things Considered. She joined the station in 2024.
Originating from the south suburbs of Chicago, Colleen is a senior at Illinois State University studying journalism. She also works with the ISU campus radio station, WZND, where she previously served as the station’s News Director, and will start the position of News and Sports Operations Director in the fall.
Colleen aspires to continue her reporting career post-graduation, with an emphasis on health and science related broadcasting. She also wishes to attend graduate school and end her career teaching communications at the collegiate level.
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The FAIR Act seeks to establish a state public defenders office to ease equity gaps for under-resourced counties, cap caseloads and provide oversight and advocacy. Illinois is one of five states without such an office. -
As drivers prepare for a cruise down Route 66 during next year's centennial, a trail extension in southern McLean County will get bicyclists one step closer to a continuous safe path between Bloomington and St. Louis just beside the Mother Road. -
The City of Bloomington is seeking survey responses gathering feedback about the 134-year-old Miller Park Zoo's next chapter. -
Illinois State University's athletic training staff held an emergency training session with staff and students, inviting OSF HealthCare providers and trainers from local high schools for the first time. -
Local restaurants are preparing their “un-beet-able" dishes for the upcoming Bloomington Vegan Chef Challenge. -
It’s the end of an era for Illinois Wesleyan University’s School of Theatre Arts, which housed a bodiless Aphrodite head on top of their building for more than two decades. -
Senesta "Angell" Howard fills a seat on the board left by Cecelia Long, who resigned in June with plans to move out of the district. -
God’s Mission Ministry held an event Saturday at the Salvation Army of Bloomington to raise awareness about the reality of being unhoused. Participants walked a mile alongside people in the community who currently are or have been homeless. -
Illinois will continue to provide mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth despite federal funding cuts to the service. -
The deadline to make appointments for the Oct. 4 hazardous waste collection event in Bloomington is noon Friday, Sept. 26.
