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Tune in to hear Galesburg's Morning News with Tyler Gumm, Cameron Line, and Jay Redfern, weekdays 5 to 9 a.m., on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL. They will keep you updated on the latest news, events, sports, and weather, as well as feature conversations with news-makers and a wide variety of people involved in our community. Following the show, many of those conversations will then be featured here as podcasts.

  1. 22h ago

    From Metallica to 'Hadestown': violinist Jenny Scheinman's week at Knox College

    Jenny Scheinman's All Species Parade began during the pandemic, when musician friends came to her home in rural Humboldt County, California, a stretch known as the Lost Coast, and played outside together for weeks. This week the violinist, who has recorded with Norah Jones and arranged the strings on a Lou Reed and Metallica album, brings that project to Knox College for the Jerome Mirza Jazz Residency, Nov. 2-6, ending with a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Orpheum Theatre. Andy Crawford, managing director of the Knox music performance program, says the best night may be Thursday's jam session at Smokin' Willies BBQ: "That's where the magic happens." Andy Crawford joined Galesburg's Morning News on Monday, Nov. 2. Listen to the full interview below. They talked about: How a fiddler raised on a California homestead ended up on "Hadestown" and a Metallica album Who Jerome Mirza was, and how the residency began What Knox students gain from playing her music with her in the room What's in "The Prompt Hat" Why Thursday at Smokin' Willies is his favorite night of the week   Related story: Violinist Jenny Scheinman brings a week of free jazz to Knox College and the Orpheum 🎧 Subscribe to Galesburg's Morning News on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

  2. 1d ago

    Galesburg Mayor Peter Schwartzman on the budget, pensions and winter shelters

    Galesburg Mayor Peter Schwartzman joined Galesburg's Morning News in the WGIL studio Monday, Nov. 2, ahead of that night's 6 p.m. City Council meeting at City Hall, where the council was set to schedule a Dec. 21 public hearing on a proposed tax increment financing district along South Henderson Street. He also talked about the city budget and the Knox County Housing Authority's second warming shelter on Iowa Court. On homelessness, he said he agrees with Chance Uhland, executive director of the Galesburg Rescue Mission & Women's Shelter, that the problem reaches well beyond the city: "This isn't a Galesburg problem. This isn't a Knox County problem." Galesburg Mayor Peter Schwartzman joined Galesburg's Morning News on Monday, Nov. 2. Listen to the full interview below. They talked about: How the city can lower its tax rate and still collect a little more in property taxes Where almost all of the city's property tax money goes His one-word answer on how pension funding fell behind What dropping the 1% grocery tax means for the budget How long a new TIF district takes, from idea to reality Where the money for this winter's second warming shelter came from Why he points to Mother Bickerdyke when he talks about homelessness   Related story: Knox County Housing Authority opens second warming shelter Nov. 1 Related interview: Galesburg Rescue Mission’s Chance Uhland on homelessness, recovery and why Galesburg can’t do it alone 🎧 Subscribe to Galesburg's Morning News on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

  3. 4d ago

    Abingdon-Avon's Rick Quinn previews the Tornadoes' playoff game at Fisher

    Abingdon-Avon plays at Fisher in the Class 1A first round at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, and head coach Rick Quinn expects a test his defense hasn't seen this season. Quinn joined Jay Redfern on Galesburg's Morning News in the WGIL studio on Friday, Oct. 30, to preview the game, talk about the running game behind the 8-2 Tornadoes' turnaround from 3-6, and explain why he's "a little old school" about the IHSA's expanded playoffs. In this conversation: Why Fisher's offense will force his nickel defense to adjust What makes playoff football different Quinn names the five starters on his offensive line How he decides when quarterback Jamil Johnson throws The Week 4 win over Farmington that changed the season   Read the full story: 'They don't quit': Abingdon-Avon takes an 8-2 record to Fisher for the Class 1A first round 🎧 Subscribe to Galesburg's Morning News on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

  4. 5d ago

    Galesburg Rescue Mission’s Chance Uhland on homelessness, recovery and why Galesburg can’t do it alone

    Chance Uhland sees homelessness in Galesburg up close every day as executive director of the Galesburg Rescue Mission and Women's Shelter, and he says Galesburg can't carry it alone. Uhland joined Galesburg's Morning News in the WGIL studio on Thursday, Oct. 29, to explain why surrounding counties need to come to the table with their own mental health boards and funding, because those communities are "lacking the resources that we do have here in Galesburg." He also talks about the Mission's full beds, how it now backs every path to recovery, its Share-a-thon on Saturday, Nov. 21, and the calling behind his work: to "charge hell with a bucket of ice water and drag the people out of the same hell that I had once lived in." In this conversation: His estimate of how many people are unhoused in Galesburg, and why many of them aren't visible Where most Mission residents come from, and what he says about the bus rumors What he wants surrounding counties' 708 mental health boards to do Why he says making Galesburg less welcoming is not the answer How his own recovery shapes the way he runs the Mission His story about calling Mayor Peter Schwartzman for help How many people the Mission is turning away, and the $150,000 Share-a-thon goal   Read the full story: Homelessness in Galesburg is a regional problem, Rescue Mission director says 🎧 Subscribe to Galesburg's Morning News on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

  5. 6d ago

    East Main Street: TERRA Engineering’s Jason Heinekamp on the revised construction plan

    Jason Heinekamp, project manager for TERRA Engineering, talks with WGIL’s Jay Redfern at the city’s second East Main Street public meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Galesburg Public Library. He explains what changed in the construction staging, why the traffic study supports three lanes, and what comes next. Aired Wednesday, Oct. 28, on Galesburg’s Morning News.

  6. 6d ago

    Treat Street, the Candyland Ball and an indoor pool: what's ahead for Galesburg Parks and Recreation

    Galesburg Parks and Recreation is running downtown Treat Street for the first time Saturday, Oct. 31, and that's just the start of a busy stretch. Recreation supervisors Angie Buchen, Luke Bradburn and Danielle Tansel joined Galesburg's Morning News on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to preview Halloween weekend, adult volleyball, the Candyland Ball, a December bus trip to Chicago, and the city's need for lifeguards. Angie Buchen, Luke Bradburn and Danielle Tansel joined Galesburg's Morning News on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Listen to the full interview above. They talked about: How to get the most candy out of Treat Street with the least waiting Friday's Meet & Treat with the parks and recreation staff A new rec league and "house team" for adult volleyball How the Candyland Ball has changed over the years The bus trip to Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 5 What happens at Hawthorne pool in the winter, and how to become a lifeguard   Related story: City runs Treat Street for the first time Saturday, Oct. 31, downtown 🎧 Subscribe to Galesburg's Morning News on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

  7. Oct 23

    Knox College's 1970 football team: Max Utsler and Harley Knosher on the turnaround season

    Max Utsler, quarterback of the 1970 Knox College football team, and Harley Knosher, a former Knox assistant football coach and athletic director, joined Galesburg's Morning News on Friday, Oct. 23. That night, the team goes into the Knox-Lombard Athletic Hall of Fame. Knox won six games through the 1960s, and some years there were barely enough players to hold practice. In 1970, a rule change that let freshmen play, a strong sophomore class and a 97-yard kickoff return at Lawrence helped turn things around. Knosher said what set the team apart went beyond winning. "There were so many of those guys on that team that I actually felt like I was friends with before they ever graduated," he said. In this conversation, Utsler and Knosher talk about: How bad things got for Knox football in the 1960s, including a 35-player recruiting class that dwindled to four The kickoff return at Lawrence that Knosher says "flipped the switch" How Knosher talked Utsler out of going to Dartmouth The call from the Dallas Cowboys about Bob Prout, and Knosher's answer What became of a team that calls itself "just a bunch of guys" The day a stranger asked if the team was in the choir   Read the full story: Knox College's 1970 football team, which ended a decade of losing, enters the Hall of Fame Watch on YouTube 🎧 Subscribe to Galesburg's Morning News on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

  8. Oct 23

    ‘You’re Too Young to Understand’: Liz Fiedorow Sjaastad on writing her way to forgiveness

    Galesburg native Liz Fiedorow Sjaastad started writing after her father died, trying to understand both of her parents. That work became her memoir, "You're Too Young to Understand," about growing up in Galesburg with a mother who had untreated schizophrenia and a father who drank. She talked about the book on Galesburg's Morning News on Friday, Oct. 23, ahead of her Saturday, Oct. 24, appearance at Knox College's Whitcomb Art Center. She set out looking for answers and found something else along the way. "Surprising to me, while I was writing this book I also found forgiveness, and that was not something that I set out to do," she said. In this conversation, Sjaastad talks about: The Galesburg places that made it into the book, from the brick streets of Broad Street to her job at Just Pants in Galesburg's Sandburg Mall The first time she noticed something wasn't right, as a young child during a family year in France Where the title came from, and why it has more than one meaning Why she was scared to publish the book, and how readers have responded The one tip she'd give families helping a loved one who doesn't recognize their own illness   See her this weekend Sjaastad is back in town for Knox homecoming. She'll take part in a publishing panel, an author panel and a book signing beginning at noon Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Whitcomb Art Center on the Knox College campus. The memoir is a finalist this year for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the Midwest Book Awards. It's available at Wordsmith Bookshoppe in Galesburg, on Amazon, through Itasca Books, and at lizsjaastad.com. 🎧 Subscribe to Galesburg's Morning News on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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Tune in to hear Galesburg's Morning News with Tyler Gumm, Cameron Line, and Jay Redfern, weekdays 5 to 9 a.m., on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL. They will keep you updated on the latest news, events, sports, and weather, as well as feature conversations with news-makers and a wide variety of people involved in our community. Following the show, many of those conversations will then be featured here as podcasts.

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