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🌱 How WIU’s new two-college structure could affect Macomb students

Macomb, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Macomb! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How WIU’s new two-college structure could affect Macomb students
  • Meet the WIU couple shaping Macomb’s new Goldfarb arts center
  • How Macomb fits into the Tri-State battle for police recruits

Also on today's calendar: Trivia Night.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Saturday: Humid; a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 80, low: 62.
  • Sunday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 72 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. WIU shifts to two colleges to boost student success and careers (galesburg.com) — Western Illinois University in Macomb will reorganize all its academic programs into two new colleges on July 1, aiming to boost student success and career readiness. Longtime WIU leaders Tara Feld and Kyle Mayborn will guide the transition, which emphasizes applied learning, collaboration, and alignment with regional workforce needs.
   

2. Longtime Arts Advocates Help Bring the Goldfarb Center Vision to Life (wiu.edu) — Two longtime Western Illinois University professors who built their lives in Macomb are helping bring the new Goldfarb Center for Performing Arts to life for the community. Their decades of arts advocacy and philanthropy aim to expand theatre and music opportunities, especially for local children, and to make high-quality performances more accessible across western Illinois.
   

3. A river recruiting battle: The challenges the Mississippi brings to law enforcement (wgem.com) — Macomb’s police department is among several Tri-State agencies navigating leadership changes as chiefs retire and replacements are named. The story explains how pay differences across the Mississippi River, residency rules, and statewide policies shape recruitment battles that affect officer staffing in Macomb and neighboring communities.
   

4. Illinois State Police seek public's help in 2018 death of Tyler Smith, found in Galesburg creek (wgil.com) — State police are renewing their call for information in the 2018 death of Tyler Smith, who studied at Western Illinois University in Macomb and was headed there for a National Guard drill the weekend he died. Investigators say his drowning in a Galesburg creek remains unexplained and are asking anyone with direct knowledge to contact them.
   

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  • NTN USA Corporation posted a job opening for Production Supervisor in Macomb. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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