Jenna Dooley

WNIJ Morning Edition Producer/Reporter
WNIJ Morning Edition Producer/Reporter

Jenna Dooley has spent her professional career in public radio. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois - Springfield. She returns to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield.  She has added teaching to her resume as an instructor at the Illinois Center for Broadcasting. She is not afraid to brag at parties that she has met Carl Kasell, Ira Glass, and Garrison Keillor (and has pictures to prove it). She and her husband live in Aurora.

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Orange Bowl 2013
6:34 am
Mon December 10, 2012

Underdogs: The Impact of the Orange Bowl on NIU

NIU may be an easy target to illustrate some frustration with the way the Bowl Championship Series are decided. Larger schools with winning records which have played bigger teams were left out.  NIU plays in the Mid-American Conference, and a MAC team has never made it into a BCS bowl. But a lot of things had to go right for the Huskies to get the nod--and they did.

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Rita Crundwell
2:01 pm
Fri December 7, 2012

Slideshow: Rita Crundwell's Dixon Properties

Reporters were offered a glimpse into several properties owned by former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell.

The U.S. Marshals Service will sell the furnishings and other personal property from Rita Crundwell’s residences in Dixon, Ill., and Englewood, Fla., via online auction through Dec. 8 at http://online.professionalauction.com.

The Marshals have received unsolicited offers for three pieces of Crundwell’s real property and are accepting competing offers until Dec. 21.

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Orange Bowl 2013
9:16 pm
Wed December 5, 2012

Slideshow: Orange Bowl Pep Rally

The NIU Convocation Center played host Wednesday night to a pep rally for members of the Huskies football team.  Players took the floor during half-time of the NIU Men's Basketball game.

Seasonal Parking Rules
6:35 am
Mon December 3, 2012

Don't Park There!

Credit city of Lake Geneva, WI

The beginning of December marks the start of seasonal parking rules in some northern Illinois communities.  Some of the restrictions are based on snow emergencies, others take effect based on the calendar.

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NIU
10:57 am
Sat December 1, 2012

Huskies Win MAC Championship in 2OT

Credit NIU Today

Coach Dave Doeren to leave NIU for N.C. State

The NIU Huskies defeated No. 17 Kent State in a thriller Friday night at Ford Field in Detroit to claim NIU's second consecutive MAC championship. Fresh off the win, head football coach Dave Doeren announced he has accepted a job at N.C. State.  According to NIU Athletic Director Jeff Compher, Doeren's departure is effective immediately and he will not coach NIU in its bowl game.

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