By Nick McClintock BLOOMINGTON- It was the Illinois Wesleyan Titans owning their own tournament this weekend, as IWU handled the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 86-76 at the Shirk Center Sunday afternoon. Early on in the game, it looked like it would be a shoot-out, with Wesleyan starting off 2-2 from the field and Rose-Hulman keeping…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan broke a 31-31 tie by closing the first half on a 9-2 run and carried that momentum into the second half with a 13-1 opening surge as the Titans cruised to an 84-61 win over Wilmington on the opening night of the Holiday Inn Express West Men’s Basketball Tournament at Shirk Center. … MORE
The Illinois Wesleyan football team landed five players on the first team and two on the second team of the all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin squads, chosen by league coaches and announced on Wednesday.… MORE
By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – Illinois Wesleyan basketball coach Ron Rose said before Tuesday’s game with Greenville he had not idea what to expect going up against a team that was trying out a run-and-gun Grinnell-style pace. After all, Greenville was trying out the system for the first time in its season opener and the…… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan will look to bounce back from a season-opening loss when Greenville College comes to Shirk Center tonight.… MORE
The Illinois Wesleyan dropped their season and home opener 88-86 to Benedictine University on a last second shot by Lucas Johnson.… MORE
For the first time since 1985, the Illinois Wesleyan football team lost to North Park, falling by a 27-24 score at Holmgren Complex in Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 14.… MORE
The 2015 Illinois Wesleyan volleyball team became the first in school’s history to win an NCAA Division III tournament match, sweeping Dominican 3-0 in the first round at Van Noord Arena on the Calvin College campus in Grand Rapids, Mich.… MORE
After back-to-back losses in two ‘championship-type’ games, the Illinois Wesleyan football team still feels it has a lot to play for in its season finale at North Park on Saturday.… MORE
Wheaton scored the game’s first 20 points in the first quarter and survived an Illinois Wesleyan rally to earn a second consecutive College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin title with a 40-27 win at Tucci Stadium.… MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…