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Macomb unveils two retailers for former Kmart building
A TJ Maxx and a Hobby Lobby will open in the former Kmart building at 1325 E. Jackson St. in Macomb. And officials said they could soon announce a third tenant for the building, which has been empty since late 2016. “It is a good day. It’s been eight years...
Macomb High School Scholastic Bowl team to vie for national honors
With a championship win at the Prairieland Conference Scholastic Bowl, the Scholastic Bowl team from Macomb Senior High School has earned a chance to play on a national stage. The team will compete in a 143-team national competition: the National Academic Quiz Tournaments' Small School National Championship Tournament, which will begin Friday.Quiz bowl is a competitive, academic, interscholastic activity for teams of four students. Teams use buzzers to answer questions about science, math, history, literature, mythology, geography, social science, current events, sports, and popular culture. The matches feature a blend of individual competition and team collaboration, since no individual player is likely to be an expert in all subject areas. Participation in quiz bowl both reinforces lessons from the classroom and encourages players to develop new intellectual interests.Macomb has attended the Small School National Championship Tournament nine times before. Most recently, in 2023, they entered two teams — one of which made the playoffs and finished in 13th place.The team will consist of coach Brian Powell and members Ingrid Jones, Henry Lauer, Celena Mangalaraj, Daksh Patel, Isaak Ratermann, and Tyler Thurman. Thurman, Lauer, and Mangalaraj competed in the 2024 Individual Player National Championship Tournament in Rosemont, Ill.; and Mangalaraj, Patel, and Thurman participated in the 2023 Small School National Championship Tournament in Rosemont.Tournament results will be updated throughout the three days of competition at naqt.com.
Raising Illinois Forum to give info on upcoming legislation
The Western Illinois University Parent Ambassadors are holding a Raising Illinois Forum on Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m. on the Quad Cities campus, 3300 River Drive in Moline. This event is hosted and sponsored by SAL Community Services, Floreciente Association and the WIU Parent Ambassadors. WIU Ambassadors and Raising Illinois will lead a discussion […]
Composing Women - Thank You & Podcast
March was Women’s History Month and TSPR and the WIU School of Music shined the spotlight on over twenty great female composers. A big thank you goes out to the WIU School of Music staff and students who helped Ken Zahnle make the series of Composing Women a huge success!
Transfer Portal the Amazon of collegiate players
His final spring practice in his first year as Western Illinois’ head football coach was barely completed on Friday night before Joe Davis was already talking about going shopping. The spring window of the NCAA’s transfer portal for football had been open for just a few days, but Davis...
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