Rockford IL

JANESVILLE, Wis. — The Rock County Board of Supervisors chair is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy in Supervisory District 19.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - City First Church held a community-wide initiative Saturday, offering residents throughout the area opportunities to give back. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 11, the “Serve Day” event took place at eleven different locations across the stateline. Swarms of volunteers spent the day...

LOVES PARK, Ill. (WIFR) - A house fire Saturday morning killed one pet and left a home with significant damage, according to fire officials. Firefighters were called out after 8 a.m. to a home in the 6000 block of Hollis Avenue in Loves Park. When crews arrived, they found heavy...

Eight people were safely evacuated from their home in Rockford, Illinois after a fire broke out in the early morning hours of Saturday, and the fire was contained within 30 minutes with no injuries reported.

Residents and business owners across 11 storm-battered Illinois counties are getting a bit of a tax timeout. Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue have announced state tax relief for communities hit by severe weather between March 10 and June 21, 2026. If those storms kept people from filing or pa

RIO, Wis. — A 23-year-old Illinois woman was arrested Friday morning after the Columbia County Sheriff's Office said deputies found drugs in her vehicle following a pursuit near Rio.

Rockford, Ill (WTVO) — We’re zooming with Megan Benoit to get you ready for Country Thunder returning to Wisconsin from July 16th-July 19th for its 30th anniversary!. With such an exciting anniversary to celebrate, Country Thunder is rolling out some huge headlining names including Gavin Adcock, The Red Clay Strays, Ri

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Alpine Kiwanis Club ordered 10,000 bags of Mrs. Fisher’s potato chips and almost 30,000 pieces of food for this year’s brat days, which kicked off Friday. Brat Days co-chair Kathy Vigna says they completed drive-thru orders at the Cherryvale Mall location in five...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Groundswell Conservancy and Ducks Unlimited have completed the purchase of a nearly 2,000-acre stretch of land along the Sugar River, marking one of the largest conservation acquisition efforts in southern Wisconsin. The two-mile property, located approximately 45 minutes south of Madison in Rock

FREEPORT — When Rockford-area Beef-a-Roo restaurants went through a chaotic spring that included an abrupt closure and missed payments to local schools, a group of local businesses people in Freeport took an unexpected hit. The independently owned and operated Beef-a-Roo at 1804 S. West Ave. found itself wrapped up...