Rich Egger
Rich is the News Director at Tri States Public Radio. Rich grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago but now calls Macomb home. Rich has a B.A in Communication Studies with an Emphasis on Radio, TV, and Film from Northern Illinois University. Rich came to love radio in high school where he developed his “news nerdiness” as he calls it. Rich’s high school had a radio station called WFVH, which he worked at for a couple years. In college, Rich worked at campus station WKDI for three years, spinning tunes and serving at various times as General Manager, Music Director and Operations Manager. Before being hired as Tri States Public Radio’s news director in 1998, Rich worked professionally in news at WRMN-AM/WJKL-FM in Elgin and WJBC-AM in Bloomington. In Rich’s leisure time he loves music, books, cross-country skiing, rooting for the Cubs and Blackhawks, and baking sugar frosted chocolate bombs. His future plans include “getting some tacos.” [Copyright 2025 Tri States Public Radio]
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The Western Illinois University Board of Trustees approved a pair of "income-producing contracts" for renting out several of its buildings. -
Russ Idle had been on paid administrative leave since March 6. -
The administration said the furloughs will save the university nearly $500,000. -
Pivot Energy plans to build the facility on 28 acres along 1000th Street. -
The governor's office appointed Doug Shaw to the board in 2019. -
The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Kristi Mindrup as the institution's 13th president. -
The suspect was taken into custody without further incident on Thursday afternoon after a lengthy stand-off. -
Western Illinois University President Guiyou Huang talked about financial sustainability and recruitment & retention during the annual University Assembly. -
The state’s high court ruled last month that the SAFE-T Act strikes a balance between the rights of people accused of crimes and the rights of crime victims. -
The woman who invented the game that eventually became Monopoly was born in Macomb. The community plans to honor her and celebrate that connection by developing the world’s largest Monopoly board on its courthouse square.
