Will Bauer
Metro East ReporterWill Bauer is St. Louis Public Radio’s Metro East Reporter. Before moving to Belleville, Illinois, Bauer worked at Nebraska Public Media. At the state’s 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’s 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’s 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 @Will_Bauer_.
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The detention of immigrants in Macoupin and Clinton counties is part of an increasing pattern of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in central and southern Illinois, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski said. -
As written, the change is scheduled to take effect on Dec. 31 just before midnight — but the alderwoman who introduced it is considering if that’s too soon. -
Alton’s mayor and city council say late-night liquor sales have caused too much drunken behavior. -
![Santiago Bianco, 31, of Gravois Park, shops for fresh produce on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at MARSH Grocery Cooperative in Carondelet. “I felt like I was having a pretty good day, until I learned [MARSH was] closing and I was a little distraught,” Bianco said of the community co-operative that opened in 2020 with a ‘pay what you can’ model. “Now I have to find a new place to get my groceries and prepared meals.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/030a6d8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd2%2Fab%2Ffdd578f3465ea16c27cf95c670f2%2F071223-bm-marsh-6.jpg)
After a federal judge ruled the Trump administration needed to make payments, the Illinois Department of Human Services said some Illinoisans could see benefits as early as this weekend. -
The developer hopes construction can start before the end of the year and be complete by next August. The new store will eliminate a food desert in the Metro East community. -
The Community of Sunnybrook, which has 40 units, will provide needed affordable housing in the Metro East town, the developers and city leaders say. -
“We're watching what Indiana does,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said at an unrelated event in Alton on Wednesday. “We may have to react to that.” -
Some Midwestern soybean farmers are selling their beans to be crushed and turned into soybean meal and oil. But economists say domestic processing won’t be enough to offset the drop in Chinese demand. -
The Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, a nonprofit that provides assistance to lower-income residents, believes the vans will help break down geographic and transportation barriers. -
"It's the right thing to do, even though, right now, we're unfortunately seeing a breakdown in leadership,” said the owner of a Swansea restaurant that’s given away more than 600 free meals since the shutdown. -
The final decision on Ameren Illinois’ $128.8 million rate hike request for natural gas delivery services will be made by the Illinois Commerce Commission. -
After officials of the Metro East suburb recommended filtering drinking water because of so-called forever chemicals, residents had numerous questions about costs and health concerns at the latest city council meeting Tuesday night.
![Santiago Bianco, 31, of Gravois Park, shops for fresh produce on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at MARSH Grocery Cooperative in Carondelet. “I felt like I was having a pretty good day, until I learned [MARSH was] closing and I was a little distraught,” Bianco said of the community co-operative that opened in 2020 with a ‘pay what you can’ model. “Now I have to find a new place to get my groceries and prepared meals.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/af7d6b2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd2%2Fab%2Ffdd578f3465ea16c27cf95c670f2%2F071223-bm-marsh-6.jpg)
