Rockford IL

The Rockford Association for Minority Management is planning to host its 45th Annual Scholarship Celebration Feb. 27, 2026, at the Tebala Event Center. The event will honor decades of leadership and investment in local students, according to a community announcement. The event is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. at the Tebala...

The median home in Winnebago County listed for $230,000 in December, down 4.2% from the previous month's $240,000, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows . Compared to December 2024, the median home list price increased 1.7% from $226,200. The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale in...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Rock River Valley Blood Center hosts “Save a Life, Rockford” blood drive amid an extreme blood shortage in the region. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, the center asks community members to support the blood drive at 727 1st Avenue and help replenish the region’s critically-low blood...

MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. (WIFR) - Monday’s planning and zoning commission began with a clarification inside Machesney Park’s village hall. Carrie Houston, the village’s planning and zoning manager, reminded members and those in the audience the night’s main consideration wasn’t a senior living complex. Instead, the...

Beginning at 3 p.m. today and continuing until 3 p.m. Tuesday, a count of homeless in Winnebago, DeKalb and Boon counties will take place. Rockford Health & Human Services staff, in partnership with the Northern Illinois Homeless Coalition, and Rockford Police and Fire departments will participate in the U.S....

Winnebago County Board Chairman Joseph V. Chiarelli announced the death of longtime chairman Scott Christiansen over the weekend. In a statement, Chiarelli said Christiansen devoted many years of his life to public service and to the betterment of the community. "During his 12 years as County Board Chairman, his...

A workforce development agency in Rockford will be the recipient of $400,000 in state funding, part of a $17 million grant designed to support a pipeline of job opportunities for minorities.

BELOIT — Beloit Health System bought an office building on Hart Road in mid-December as temporary clinic space for when it begins construction on the Gold Family Care Center. Beloit Health System paid $395,000 for the office building at 1920 W. Hart Road. “Construction on the Gold Family Care Center is scheduled to...

A grand jury indicted McKee in the double homicide last week

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, and Rockford in the middle of a deep freeze, folks will be looking to get out and maybe hit up a restaurant for dinner as soon as we thaw out, of course. A Facebook Question Sparked A Big Rockford Restaurant Debate. So when...