Rockford IL

Beef-a-Roo may not be gone forever. A promising update from Tom & Jerry's owner has Rockford residents hopeful the hometown favorite could return.

Illinois Agri-Women has named three farm families as winners of its Legacy Farm Family Award through the Generations of Women in Agriculture Across America initiative. The recognition highlights multi-generational contributions by women in agriculture, according to a community announcement. The honored families include

MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. (WIFR) - This week’s business updates:. Getting your sweet, specialty drinks just got quicker. Candy Cloud opens a Machesney Park location this Summer. For the first time in the chain’s history, the new location features a drive-thru lane. General Manager Chris Walker says to expect...

The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM) has released its annual Illinois DUI Arrest Survey, which highlights the efforts of law enforcement agencies across the state to combat impaired driving, according to a community announcement. The survey, conducted annually since 1990 and funded by the Illinois Departme

ROCKFORD — 8th Ward Pub is a cozy sunlit barroom that’s built a reputation for serving some of the city’s best cocktails. The pub, at 3905 Broadway just west of Alpine Road, opened in August 2020. It specializes in tapas-style small dishes and elevated pub food such as its variety of flatbreads, sausage stuffed mushroo

JANESVILLE – The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for south central, southeast and east central Wisconsin starting at noon on Tuesday. The weather service set a heat advisory anytime a daytime heat index, or ‘how it feels’ outside reaches a temperature between 100 and 104 degrees – or if heat indices

JANESVILLE – Residents in Janesville who've applied for FEMA aid for residential flood damage from the April 17 flash flooding say the process so far is moving briskly, with FEMA signaling that people should expect the agency's damage inspectors to visit them within days of their application. Town of Harmony resident L

The American Red Cross has announced an emergency blood shortage and is asking donors in Rock County to roll up their sleeves to replenish the blood supply. Blood drives in Rock County are scheduled as follows: Beloit July 28L noon-5 p.m., Beloit Life Center, 2170 Murphy Woods Rd.Aug. 10: 1-6 p.m., Beloit Area Communit

ROCKFORD — Work has begun to build the first homes in a subdivision that was started nearly 20 years ago but halted by the onset of the Great Recession. The development partners behind the future Greenway Meadows subdivision broke ground on Monday on the first homes to be built along Ashwindale Lane, which is south of

A local restaurant owner is trying to keep Beef-a-Roo alive, and Rockford fans finally have a reason to believe the story may not be over.