Rockford IL

IRONMAN is the ultimate personal endurance test. Most sports fans know that. What most don’t know is it can also be a team event. A small number, often only 4% or 5% of all IRONMAN entrants compete as a two-or usually three-person relay team. Rockford attorney Tom Green, 67, will be competing in one of those teams in...

Rockfordians gathered at the Swedish Historical Society's Midsomer Festival to celebrate the summer solstice and Swedish heritage, enjoying traditions such as dancers, music, flower crowns, food, beer, and the maypole symbolizing health, fertility, and good fortune.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Addiction is a terrible disease that has affected many families and claimed countless lives. Saturday marked the 11th Drug Overdose Awareness Walk in Rockford. The walk was started by Rockford resident Becca Rogers. Rogers lost her brother to an overdose 11 years ago. To her, the walk lets...

Address: 2307 Stoneridge Close, Rockford Property description: This remodeled three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom is behind Anderson Japanese Gardens. The foyer has volume ceilings. There is a fireplace in the family room. The dining area flows to the deck. The updated chef's style kitchen has granite countertops, a center...

JANESVILLE– Two people are facing multiple charges across two counties in the alleged attempted murder by poisoning of two women with whom one of the suspects had prior relationships. The arrests and resulting charges came a week after the Rock County Sheriff’s Office responded to St. Mary’s Hospital in Janesville on...

A 44-year-old man was shot in the 2900 block of Cameron Avenue in Rockford, Illinois, and taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

HILLCREST — Longstanding Rochelle and Ogle County-area business O’Rorke Construction will cease operations around the end of June as its owners and brothers John, Dominic and PJ O’Rorke will be retiring. The family business, incorporated in 1996, has been in operation for the past 29 years. Raised...

Attempted homicide charges filed in Rock County against man, woman accused of cyanide poisonings. Rock County officials have filed three first-degree attempted homicide charges against a man and woman who plotted to kill several of his ex girlfriends by poisoning them with cyanide, according to online records...

OREGON, Ill. (WIFR) - A woman creates a fundraiser to support her brother who broke his neck when he dove into a pool. According to the GoFundMe, Nathan Avery dove into a pool June 17 and hit the bottom, breaking his neck and shattering his C5 vertebrae, paralyzing him from the chest down.

Dozens of new recruits answer the call to join the ranks of America’s Defense Industry and lend a hand to growing the Navy’s fleet. Hundreds of people gathered at Rockfords Sinnissippi Park Thursday to celebrate Juneteenth also known as Freedom Day.