Rockford IL

JANESVILLE — Amara is preparing for March 27. “She’s going to get her dress picked out,” says the soon-to-be 8-year-old’s father, Dan Schultz. “She’s looking forward to it.” March 27 is this year’s date of the Rock County Daddy-Daughter Dance, a charity event to benefit the Janesville Community Center at St....

A man from Poplar Grove, Illinois, has been arrested in Nebraska for allegedly smuggling 12 pounds of methamphetamine along I-80.

DODGE COUNTY, Wis. - Beaver Dam police and the Dodge County Sheriff's Office are still looking for a missing 42-year-old woman, Alexis Nelson. Nelson has been missing since spring 2025, which is the last time when family members say they heard from her. If you have had contact with Alexis...

Illinois emergency room wait times rank among the worst in the U.S., with patients often waiting over two hours due to overcrowding, limited beds, and hospital staffing shortages.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Maxon Mendel stands inside Rockford city hall’s lobby with a message for the floors of civil and elected officials above. “Government exists to serve the people and the people’s interests,” he declares. The Rockford resident refers to his grandpa, who lives on the city’s west side; Mendel...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A man was found guilty of a 2019 murder in Rockford where the victim was shot eight times. Edmond Lilly, 33, was found guilty of first degree murder with a firearm enhancement after a three-day jury trial. This charge holds a possible sentence of 20 to...

Seven people have been arrested in connection with multiple overdoses from synthetic cannabinoids at the Rock County Jail.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Several Auburn High School students hold anti-immigration enforcement signs along Auburn Street. A large group of students was seen just before 3 p.m. Friday, lined up along Auburn Street with some standing on the medians in the middle of the street. At 3:14 p.m., it is...

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ROCKFORD, IL — The family-owned Gustafson's Furniture & Mattress is temporarily closed as the business transitions to new management, promising to fill open orders and hoping to reopen soon. With the doors closed and notices posted about failed deliveries, customers began to speculate that the store had closed for...