Rockford IL

MACHESNEY PARK — A Machesney Park couple is bringing a new business centered on energy drinks and sweet soda creations to the village’s main retail corridor on West Lane Road. Fizzy’s Soda Shop offers roughly two dozen different dirty soda combinations and more than a dozen energy drink...

BELVIDERE — A nearly 258-acre swath of land adjacent to the Belvidere Assembly Plant could become an industrial park for companies that supply parts to the automaker once the plant restarts. That’s the direction Mayor Clint Morris wants for the land between Town Hall and Irene roads, which was...

WHITEWATER, Wis. — Beloit Turner graduate Brian Butzler is a member of the 61st class to be inducted into the UW-Whitewater Athletic Hall of Fame. Butzler, who recently was inducted into the Beloit Historical Society Elliott-Perring Sports Hall of Fame, experienced a collegiate journey marked by both athletic excellenc

It’s been an impressively comfortable second half of June across northern Illinois, with temperatures running below typical early-summer levels. We’ve seen a steady run of cool afternoons and low humidity, making it feel more like late spring at times than early summer. In fact, yesterday marked the 12th day this month

Showers likely today during the morning. Scattered showers this afternoon with a few thunderstorms. Some of the storms could become strong and possibly severe with wind and hail the main concerns. Highs in the upper 70’s with southwest winds 10 - 20 MPH. Shower/t-storms threat ends by 8 tonight with lows in the middle

ROCKFORD — A real estate developer in the Perot family of companies broke ground on Wednesday on the first building to fill a new logistics park south of the U.S. Route 20 and South Main Street interchange. Hillwood is constructing a roughly 335,000-square-foot building on spec, meaning the structure...

BELOIT, Wis. – July brings peak summer activity to the Greater Beloit Area, with a full calendar of festivals, outdoor concerts, family-friendly events, and community celebrations across the Stateline Area. “With summer traditions like Fridays in the Park, the Downtown Beloit Farmers’ Market, Music at Harry’s Place, an

The Harlem Consolidated School District Community Solar Garden, developed by New Energy Equity, is a 5.5 megawatt solar installation that will generate enough electricity to power roughly 1,000 Illinois homes annually and provide $10,000 in scholarships for 25 years to support Harlem students.

Rockford leaders are divided over how to allocate city funds, with multiple proposals competing for limited cannabis and casino tax dollars, leading to increased scrutiny on funding sources and a demand for measurable outcomes.

Three former surgical services leaders at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Ill., have filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging patient safety violations within the hospital’s neurosurgery service line and retaliation for reporting concerns, according to a June 23 report by CBS affiliate WIFR. The lawsuit was