Jack Healy caught two touchdown passes and Illinois Wesleyan recovered a fumbled snap near the goal line in the final minute as the Titans stunned No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater, 17-10, at Tucci Stadium on Saturday in the season opener.… MORE
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Illinois Wesleyan football to host No. 3 Whitewater in opener
As Illinois Wesleyan prepares to open its 125th football season, coach Norm Eash believes he has scheduled the toughest open in the program’s history.… MORE
Longtime Edge, IWU assistant Ruud promoted to Edge head coach
Nick Ruud has been an offensive lineman and assistant coach for the Bloomington Edge and, previously, the Extreme for all but one year of the team’s existence.… MORE
Seasoned QBs battle for Illinois Wesleyan starting nod
Norm Eash has a problem as he begins his 31st season as Illinois Wesleyan’s head football coach.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan tied for 3rd in CCIW football poll
Illinois Wesleyan football is picked for a third-place tie in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin preseason coaches poll.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan picked 2nd in CCIW volleyball
Defending College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin champion Millikin was picked to win the 2017 conference volleyball title, while Illinois Wesleyan was picked for second place, according to a preseason coaches’ poll announced Tuesday.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan football receives Top 25 votes in preseason poll
Illinois Wesleyan football will play three top 10 opponents in the first half of the 2017 season, based on the D3football.com Top 25 Preseason Poll released Monday.… MORE
IWU’s Glueck, Rydell named Academic All-Americans
Illinois Wesleyan senior Eric Rydell and junior Amelia Glueck have been named to the first team of the Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Academic All-America Teams, respectively, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan football rolls to victory in Japan
By Eric Stock TOKYO – The Illinois Wesleyan football team can soak up the sights and sounds of Tokyo while celebrating a 33-6 win over Waseda University on Sunday in the Global Bowl Tokyo 2017 at Amino Field in Chofu, Japan. “It was a fun ball game, it was a great win,” IWU football coach…… MORE
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Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…