Rockford IL

The Freeport Fire Department has promoted William Backus to district chief and Chad Schubert to lieutenant, recognizing nearly four decades of combined service within the department. According to a community announcement, Backus has served Freeport residents for more than 19 years and Schubert has served nearly 17 year

BELOIT, Wis. -- The City of Beloit will hold a meeting next week on plans to build a new bridge over Spring Brook.

ROCKFORD — A mixed-use development designed to give residents a place to live and shop in a small community setting is under construction along North Bell School Road. Leesa Gillooley of Rockford is developing three two-story structures at 1676, 1688, 1696 N. Bell School Road, which is across from Golf Shack and Garret

This story was produced in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Investigative Journalism class taught in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Pablo Toral expected another successful summer field program at the Boundary Waters, continuing a tradition that has lasted close to 70 years. Inste

An inmate at the Winnebago County Jail died by suicide on Saturday, August 22, following an apparent attempt.

EDGERTON — An American Legion Post 205 fundraiser hosted at Bucky’s Lucky Bell on June 27 amassed nearly $17,000. The annual event helps to financially fuel organizations that support veterans in need in Rock County. This year, it raised just over $4,000 for an organization that’s new to providing veterans services: Ed

BELOIT — A Beloit man is scheduled to go to trial in March for reckless injury and possession of a firearm by a felon charges from a shooting in February. Willie E. Bland, 45, faces felony charges of first degree reckless injury — domestic abuse and possession of a firearm by a felon, as well as misdemeanor battery and

A hard-working, hard-hitting Boylan team gave Guilford all it could handle for a little over a quarter Saturday evening, but then the Vikings started clicking and rolled to a 43-6 win.

Buckets n Blooms owner Christy Krupa will give away 60 floral arrangements Saturday, Aug. 29. Anyone can stop in and choose one, but the giveaway comes with one catch: The flowers have to go to someone else. That is the entire catch. The giveaway begins at 8 a.m. inside DeeDee’s...

Boylan transfer Dominic Cacciatore made a good first impression suiting up for the Hononegah Indians Friday night. He had two touchdown passes and one touchdown run in Hononegah's 28-13 win at Belvidere.