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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5000 Years Of Corn in Peru
2:56 am
Mon March 11, 2013

New Study: Culture Can't Thrive On Fish Alone

Credit Jonathan Haas / for NIU Today
One of the sites studied in the Peruvian research.

A report led by two northern Illinois anthropologists sheds new light on a South American civilization’s origins…and its dependence on corn. 


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Section 8 Housing Probe
5:47 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

NIU VP Williams On Leave Following FBI Search

A top administrator at Northern Illinois University is now on paid leave. The move involving Eddie Williams is related to the search of the campus police department by federal authorities this week. 

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Rockford casino
6:23 pm
Wed March 6, 2013

Illinois Senators Tackle New Casino Bill

Credit EasyPickle / Flickr

A new gambling expansion plan is moving to the full Illinois Senate, just days after Governor Pat Quinn vetoed a similar plan.


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Developing
3:17 pm
Tue March 5, 2013

Significant Snowstorm Hits Tuesday

Credit Forecast Office / National Weather Service, Chicago

“The most significant March snowstorm in several years” is how the National Weather Service in Chicago is describing the storm we are bracing for here in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.  We’re looking at 7 to 10 inches of snow, even heavier in some areas, developing late tonight and continuing through Tuesday. 


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Politics
8:25 am
Tue March 5, 2013

Influential Illinois Politician Dawn Clark Netsch Dies

Credit American Judicature Society
Dawn Clark Netsch

Former Illinois Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch has died.  She was 86.  She announced in January she had ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

  • Illinois Public Radio report on the life of Dawn Clark Netsch


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