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 mayor's acknowledgement on Monday confirms what St. Louisans had suspected and feared: Residents were not given a warning for the first deadly tornado in the city since 1959. -
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer say they’re hoping that the federal government can act quickly and that the White House will approve a major disaster declaration. -
The closest grocery stores for Venice residents are more than four miles away in Granite City, making the community a food desert by the federal government’s standards. -
Ameren Illinois, based in Collinsville, made the request to state regulators to increase its natural gas services by $8 to $10 per month for typical customers. -
The Collinsville Kahoks, Granite City Warriors and Freeburg Midgets are some of the Metro East schools that could be required to change if the bills pass. -
The newly elected pope spent time at a parish in the Gate neighborhood before taking vows of the priesthood. -
The reforms required after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown to municipal ordinances are complete, and the initiatives surrounding the municipal courts are almost done, too. -
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun authorized the commission that will study redrawing the state boundaries. Without companion legislation in Illinois, the 11-person commission will just have six appointees from Indiana. -
The rally on Sunday was hosted by three of the affected districts: the Collinsville Kahoks, Mascoutah Indians and Granite City Warriors. -
Leaders of the Metro East city believe the project will be transformative. Construction on buildings will begin in one year, and the developers say it will be complete by 2033. -
A federal judge accepted the joint dismissal of the lawsuit against Prairie State Generating Co. Both the coal plant and the Illinois Sierra Club praised the conclusion. -
An East St. Louis pantry said it used to get 12 to 13 pallets of produce per week. Now, it’s four or five after the USDA eliminated a program that reimburses states for purchasing produce from local farmers.
