Category Archives: Illinois Wesleyan Titans

Weekend scoreboard

Weekend scoreboard

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan Saturday: College Baseball– Illinois State 11, Evansville 4 (ISU wins share of Missouri Valley Conference championship) NJCAA Division II Region 24 Tournament at Corn Crib–Parkland 6, Heartland 3 College Softball– NCAA Division III Super-Regional at Bloomington–Illinois Wesleyan 1, Carthage 0; Illinois Wesleyan 4, Carthage 1 (IWU…MORE

Weekend scoreboard

Weekend scoreboard

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan Saturday: College Baseball– Illinois State 14, Bradley 1 CCIW Tournament at Naperville–Illinois Wesleyan 8, Millikin 2; North Central 8, Illinois Wesleyan 7 (championship) Heartland at Lewis and Clark (DH), postponed College Softball– NCAA Regional at Bloomington–Illinois Wesleyan 8, Calvin 0 (championship) NCAA Regional at Whitewater–Coe 7,…MORE

Weekend scoreboard

Weekend scoreboard

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.MORE

Friday schedule

Friday schedule

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.MORE

Tuesday schedule

Tuesday schedule

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Blogs

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…