Western Illinois University Macomb will be closed Thursday after an "ongoing emergency" near the campus, an alert on the school's website said. The closure comes a day after two Macomb police ...

"Both the Western Illinois University Macomb and Quad Cities campuses will be closed Thursday, Sept. 5 due to the ongoing police emergency near the Macomb campus," the school's alert said.

Western Illinois University closed both campuses Thursday due to an ongoing police emergency near the main campus in Macomb. Out of an abundance of caution, WIU has also postponed all events and ...

Western Illinois University’s board of trustees today approved a second round of layoffs as it tries to close a $10 million budget deficit amid declining enrollment.

So the crisis at Western Illinois is bad news for both Macomb and the Quad Cities, where Western has a campus. Very bad news. In recent days. Western has announced two big layoffs.

MACOMB, Ill. — College students are starting to settle in at Western Illinois University. But amid the new school year buzz is the recent decision to lay off nearly 90 faculty and staff members ...

Kristi Mindrup, Vice President of Western Illinois University - Quad Cities Campus Operations, will take over as the university's interim president on April 1, pending board-approval.

Western Illinois University will lay off eight faculty, eight staff and reduce on-campus programming at the Quad-Cities campus as part of its efforts to reach more fiscal and institutional ...