Rockford IL

Absalom Hall of Rockford, Illinois was sentenced to 3 years in prison and a $30,866 fine for defrauding the federal government with COVID-relief loans and engaging in tax fraud through a fake business called "Lootland Tax Prep".

FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - In the culmination of a “coin war” style fundraiser by Empire K-Kids, students at Empire Elementary School got to “pie” seven staff members. K-Kids is a program run through the Kiwanis Club designed to help young students learn how to improve their community.

A new barrel-shaped tiny home getaway near the Illinois-Wisconsin border is expected to attract travelers from across the Midwest with luxury suites, wine-country themes, and scenic countryside views.

One of the best all-around athletes in the 815 is headed to Springfield, Illinois. Hononegah senior Jordan Dimke signed her commitment papers to the University of Illinois-Springfield Monday.

Parker students showed of impressive projects Monday evening. From a golf-playing robot to important research in biology, students right here in Janesville are doing big things in the classroom and beyond. Businesses in - or close to - areas of Rock County that flooded when the Rock River rose above its banks April 17

ROCKFORD — One of the last undeveloped plots along East State Street could become more than 300 apartments and commercial space for retail and restaurants. University Hill is planned for land just east of the Puri School of Business near the Rockford University campus. It would have up to 350 apartments with one-bedroo

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Rock County Sheriff’s office says one person is dead after a one-car crash in the Town of Newark. The crash happened on Monday, just after 9 p.m. on W Saint Lawrence Avenue and S Burchfield Road. The sheriff’s office says a 33-year-old Whitewater man was going eastbound in a Honda Accord when

WISCONSIN — A 33-year-old Wisconsin man died following a rollover crash Monday night in rural Rock County, authorities said. The crash happened around 9 p.m. May 18 near the intersection of West Saint Lawrence Avenue and South Burchfield Road in the Town of Newark. According to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, the man

Rockford's Craft Crawl is making its way downtown this weekend!

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The land next to the Love’s Travel Stop on S. Main Street sits empty for now. Hillwood, a real estate and development company out of Dallas, Texas, secured a portion of land in south Rockford to develop a more than 330,000-square-foot industrial building. As a...