Western Courier

Lake Ruth has once again been restored to its picturesque state - complete with a fountain - thanks to the dredging efforts undertaken by Western Illinois University Physical Plant staff earlier this summer. But the question that might be in the minds of many - "Why is the water green?" - has an easy answer.… 1 Comment

The Western Courier student newspaper is back-and it wants you! If you are a writer or photographer (or are interested in doing either), stop by the Western Courier offices in the Heating Plant Annex (the building next to the basketball courts that are behind the Art Gallery and Sherman Hall) and fill out an application.… Post the First Comment

Strategies for balancing organic and conventional production will be featured at the annual Western Illinois University Allison Organic Farm Field Day Wednesday, Aug. 6. The field day will be held from noon-4 p.m. at the agriculture department's Allison Organic Research and Demonstration Farm and the neighboring Kane Farm in southern Warren County, seven miles north of Sciota.… 1 Comment

1587 An English colony fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. 1796 Cleveland was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland. 1934 A man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.… Post the First Comment

Motions to rezone two properties, one on West Elting and one on North Albert streets, from one-family to two-family zoning, were denied by a 6-2 vote for the former and a 5-3 vote for the latter on Monday evening. Tom Embry, owner of the property on W. Elting Street, previously asked the council to allow his home to be rezoned so he could have a housemate, claiming that other area residents were breaking this same zoning law.… Post the First Comment

What would you give to enrich the lives of area children next year through live arts performances? How about $10, with an evening of entertainment and dancing thrown in? And it gets better: No formal attire is necessary. Get comfortably dressed in denim and meet at the Change of Pace, 301 N.… Post the First Comment

Fifty years of record series from McDonough District Hospital will be donated to the Western Illinois University Leslie F. Malpass Library Archives and Special Collections Unit next month as part of a new partnership between MDH and the university. The hospital, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in August, is donating numerous items to the WIU Archives and will continue to do so throughout the years to add to the MDH Collection, said Jeffrey Hancks, Archives Coordinator and Endowed Professor in Icarian and Regional Studies.… Post the First Comment