Illinois Wesleyan University

The City of Bloomington will explore development possibilities for land on the northeast edge of Downtown, after acquiring the former Electrolux and Mennonite Hospital property through a land exchange with Illinois Wesleyan University.

Ben Hage will take his new position effective June 1. The Petrick Idea Center will open this fall semester at Illinois Wesleyan University.

A Bloomington-Normal historian says bicycles were once a top export from the state of Illinois. Manufacturing centers in the state, including Peoria and Chicago, made two-thirds of all bicycles sold in the country in 1898.

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.