Susan Stephens

WNIJ News Reporter/Producer

Susan’s parents should have known she’d end up in radio: her favorite toys were tape recorders, cameras, notepads, and books. Many years later, she’s an award-winning reporter at her favorite radio station. Formerly WNIJ’s News Director, she asked to return to the role of full-time reporter/anchor/utility player in 2010 (less paperwork, more reporting!). Her #1 goal is to tell the most compelling stories in the fewest words possible…all the better if a little humor can be thrown into the mix.  It should come as no surprise, then, that she can whip up a haiku for any occasion. She also enjoys the Detroit Tigers, learning pioneer skills (Gardening, canning, and the like. Just in case.), traveling with friends, and pretending she’s going to get around to playing her theremin.

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State Budget
3:17 am
Thu April 25, 2013

Statehouse Republicans Propose Welfare Reforms

Republican lawmakers in the Illinois House say the state could save a lot of money by tightening welfare rules. They unveiled a package of reforms at Memorial Hall in Rockford Wednesday. 


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Flooding
3:04 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Storm-Related Closings: Thursday, April 18th

Credit Allyson Kellner
Stay off the playground today in Lions Park, DeKalb.

We’ve received a lot of rain here in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, and more is on the way. The following is a list of some of the closings and cancelations due to extraordinary flooding in some parts of our listening area:

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Wisconsin clinic quarantined
6:55 pm
Wed April 17, 2013

Powder In Envelope Sends 15 to Hospitals in Beloit

15 people were hospitalized and dozens of others detained after an envelope containing powder was delivered to a Beloit health clinic.

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Update on Lightning Damage
3:49 pm
Wed April 17, 2013

Phones Still Out At NIU & WNIJ

Credit David Blaikie / Wikimedia Commons
Phone hit by lightning, displayed at Amberely Chalk Pits Museum.

If you need to reach someone at Northern Public Radio today, email is still the best way to go! Much of Northern Illinois University's phone system has been down since a lightning strike on campus at 8:30 Wednesday morning.


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Rockford Starfires
6:09 am
Mon April 15, 2013

A Team Of Their Own: Women Playing Hardball

Rockford has a long, proud baseball history:  it’s where sports pioneer Albert Spalding got his start. It’s where every company in town had its own industrial league team. And during World War Two, the most famous women’s professional baseball team drew thousands of fans. Now there’s a new team trying to revive the tradition of women playing hardball.

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