Will Bauer
Metro East ReporterWill Bauer is 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 Metro East Reporter. Before moving to Belleville, Illinois, Bauer worked at Nebraska Public Media. At the state鈥檚 NPR and PBS member stations, he served as a general assignment reporter, covering politics, higher education, agriculture and other topics. He also produced the station鈥檚 talk show, Speaking of Nebraska.
The Minnesota native graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with degrees in journalism, broadcasting and sports communications in 2020. In college, he reported for the Omaha World-Herald鈥檚 breaking news and sports desks. In his spare time, Bauer enjoys playing golf and watching movies. You can reach him by email at wbauer@stlpr.org and follow him on Twitter at .
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鈥淏elleville, SWIC and Metro East, all you who are here today, it would be my honor to serve you for another four years,鈥� the two-term governor said on Friday. -
Celebrate Independence Day with the best fireworks displays and parties in St. Louis, St. Louis County, St. Charles County and the Metro East. -
If the weather cooperates, the 2-lane bridge will close at 9 p.m. Friday and reopen at 5 a.m. Monday. -
The completion of a project to control underseepage along the Wood River Levee that runs adjacent to the Mississippi River marks the latest effort to address a crucial flood prevention tool that hasn鈥檛 always held up during the region鈥檚 worst floods. -
The Illinois Department of Transportation used a full closure during the second phase of its I-255 rehab in Cahokia Heights and Sauget, which wrapped up this past weekend. -
The new Japanese owner鈥檚 acknowledgement that it will maintain the status quo at the Metro East mill provides the first public remarks the company has made about Granite City Works鈥� future since late 2023. -
SunCoke Energy Inc. confirmed this week it plans to forge ahead with its plans to buy the blast furnaces in Granite City that would permanently shut down steelmaking at the Metro East mill. It remains unclear if U.S. Steel or Nippon has the appetite, however. -
The second-term Democrat, who represents much of the Metro East, said on Tuesday she was on the list of the man charged with killing a Minnesota state lawmaker and shooting another. -
The north and eastbound lanes of Interstate 55 and Interstate 70 between state Highways 157 and 159 will close Friday and are anticipated to reopen at the end of the month. -
Wednesday鈥檚 opening of 鈥淰ivian鈥檚 Village鈥� marks the completion of the first portion of Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation鈥檚 affordable housing development. -
The city will soon begin demolishing buildings that are 鈥減resenting a clear and present danger to the community,鈥� Mayor Cara Spencer said. -
The nearly one-mile path and bridge in Fairview Heights will start just south of Interstate 64 near city hall and run north to the city鈥檚 popular recreation center.
