Mitchell Rife

2 weeks ago | wcia.com | Ethan Holesha |Mitchell Rife

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Nate Widelitz, founding director of the Five Cities Baroque Foundation, joined WCIA’s Mitchell Rife to talk about their upcoming festival. This foundation is a new nonprofit, and this will be their third year hosting this festival. The festival will include seven events in seven days from June 15-21, which will take place in Champaign, Decatur and Springfield. Every event is free and open to the public and will include a number of Midwest musicians.

3 weeks ago | wcia.com | Bradley Zimmerman |Mitchell Rife

Posted: Jun 6, 2025 / 05:48 PM CDT Updated: Jun 6, 2025 / 05:48 PM CDT SHARE MONTICELLO, Ill. (WCIA) — The Piatt County Trailblazers are hosting their annual rodeo later this month, and this year’s is a milestone edition. It’s the group’s 70th.

3 weeks ago | wcia.com | Mitchell Rife

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — ACES Coordinator of Alumni Engagement Meghan Brockamp joins WCIA’s Mitchell Rife to talk about the upcoming ACES Family Academy program. During the academic program, ACES alumni are invited to come back to campus with their youth ages 8-13 to take courses, explore more of campus, and eventually graduate at the end. This year, the program will take place from July 9-11. To register or learn more about the program, visit the ACES Family Academies website here.

4 weeks ago | wcia.com | Ethan Holesha |Mitchell Rife

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Austin Pletsch of the Macon County Fair Board joined WCIA’s Mitchell Rife to talk about fair season. The board has been working to prepare for the Macon County Fair, which starts next week. The fair board is a nonprofit organization that includes the help of a lot of volunteer hours in order to put the fair on.

1 month ago | wcia.com | Ethan Holesha |Mitchell Rife

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Sean Bowsher and Nikki Harnack joined WCIA’s Mitchell Rife to talk about the upcoming Hardy’s Race for the Lake event. Hardy’s Race for the Lake will take place from June 7-8 at Basin 2 at Lake Decatur. The event will include the 60 fastest hydroplane boats in the nation over the course of two full days of racing. The hydroplane speeds get up to 150 miles per hour. This is the second year back to boat racing in Decatur after a 20-year hiatus.