Illinois Wesleyan University

Athletic director Mike Wagner announced the addition this week, with the team beginning its first competitive season in the 2026-27 academic year. It is the eighth sport added at IWU since 2019.

Growing up in Kansas, Amy Baker first knew Bloomington-Normal native Denny Matthews as the soothing voice of her beloved baseball team. On Nov. 15, they will be married at the home of the Royals, Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City.

As the Trump administration sends National Guard soldiers to Chicago, a half dozen Illinois State University students have been called to active duty this week.

Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told a crowd of about 1,200 people at Illinois Wesleyan University on Monday night that Bloomington-Normal favorite son Adlai Stevenson II was her commencement speaker the year she graduated college.

Symbio Bioculinary does not concern submission combat or landscaping businesses, it upcycles food waste to tackle the over 30% of meals thrown out in the United States.

Ed Rust Jr. was the inaugural speaker of Illinois Wesleyan University's newest speaker series, featuring influential business leaders. It's called the Kinder Brothers Speaker Series — named for alumni Jack and Garry Kinder, founders of Kinder Brothers International.

Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will visit both Twin City universities next month – including one event that’s free and open to the public.

The matriarch of a prominent Bloomington-Normal business family has died. Linda Shirk was 79.

Nearly 600 new students began classes at the Bloomington campus this fall. Almost half are student-athletes.

The City of Bloomington will hold an Inclusion & Access Compliance Symposium from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 26 at Heartland Community College’s Astroth Building.