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EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) — Attorneys for former Northwestern University head football coach Pat Fitzgerald announced a settlement with the university on Thursday. As construction ushers in a new era at Ryan Field, Northwestern closes another as the university and Fitzgerald reach a settlement in his wrongful termination lawsuit filed after he was let go over a hazing scandal two years …

CHICAGO — Northwestern University has reached a settlement with former longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald two years after he sued the prestigious school amid a team hazing scandal, attorneys and the school announced Thursday. “Though I maintain Northwestern had no legal basis to terminate my employment for cause under the terms of my Employment Agreement, in the interest of resolving …

Northwestern and former football coach Pat Fitzgerald have settled a lawsuit, which was filed by Fitzgerald after his dismissal from the school two years ago. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Fitzgerald sued the school for $130 million for wrongful termination after being fired in July 2023. His firing came amid allegations of hazing in the program, which president …

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Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald announced Thursday that he reached a settlement with the school in his wrongful termination lawsuit, stemming from his dismissal amid allegations of hazing in the football program. In the summer of 2023, Northwestern released an investigation into hazing within the program and suspended Fitzgerald for two weeks during the offseason. Following public backlash and …

MISSOULA, Mont. — Black Hills Corp. and NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. announced Tuesday that their boards of directors unanimously approved an agreement to merge in an all-stock, tax-free transaction. The deal will create a regulated electric and natural gas utility company with a market capitalization of about $7.8 billion and a combined enterprise value of $15.4 billion. NBC Montana reached …

Two uncontained wildfires burning in northwestern Colorado have scorched nearly 60,000 acres, fire officials said Thursday morning, after a day of hot, dry and windy weather. After sparking over the weekend, the Lee fire burning southwest of Meeker is now the largest wildfire this year in Colorado at 45,000 acres. The nearby Elk fire, burning to the east of Meeker, …

Firefighters are working to gain control over several lightning-caused wildfires that by Tuesday morning had burned across nearly 21,000 acres in northwestern Colorado. The fires sparked over the weekend after a lightning storm struck on parched land near Meeker in Rio Blanco County and rapidly grew Monday due to very hot, dry and windy conditions on the Western Slope. Both …

Sources tell Rivals that Teddy Bridgewater is leaving his position as head football coach at Miami Northwestern and pursuing a return to the NFL. The Portal 305 was the first to report Bridgewater’s decision. Bridgewater’s departure comes three weeks after he was suspended by Northwestern due to allegations of providing impermissible benefits to his players. Last week, we wrote that …

Two Chicago hospitals made U.S News & World Report’s national list of 20 “Best Hospitals” for 2025-26, with a slew of other Chicago and suburban hospitals rounding out the list of best hospitals in the state. Northwestern Medicine – Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Streeterville, and Rush University Medical Center on the Near West Side both made the annual report’s latest …