Jenna Dooley
News DirectorJenna 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 returned to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield. She is a former "Newsfinder of the Year" fromthe Illinois Associated Press andrecipient of NIU's Donald R. Grubb Journalism Alumni Award. She is an active member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and an adjunct instructor at NIU.
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We preview the candidates running for Illinois House District 70.
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It’s part of a project with the DeKalb County History Center and Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County.
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The Rockford Board of Election Commissioners has added a new early voting site for City of Rockford voters.
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Each week, WNIJ will post the latest podcast with events and information from Freeport, Illinois available in English and Spanish.
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The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement (LFPA) will allow lead agencies to purchase food directly from socially disadvantaged farmers at fair market value. Food will then be distributed by providers, including food banks, farming collaboratives, and other non-profits, to communities in need at no cost.
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DeKalb County residents took part in a listening session Monday in Shabbona to ask questions about the future of Illinois’ first federally recognized Tribal Nation.
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Building service, dining, and maintenance workers at NIU are growing impatient for a new contract.
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The National Weather Service is warning of another round ahead into Wednesday with several additional inches of snow accumulation for northern Illinois.
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We do use tools to increase efficiency but always with a human safeguard.
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Joyce DeFauw, 90, of Geneseo, Illinois started her degree in 1951 and is finally ready to walk across the stage to collect it.