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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.

A Rockford man riding a dirt bike was arrested following a traffic stop Friday, July 10, according to the Rockford Police Department.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Valerie Guyer, 90, is identified as the woman who died Sunday following a house fire on Rockford’s east side. Around 5:45 p.m. July 12, fire crews were called to a one-story home in the 2800 block of Huntington Parkway. When firefighters got to the scene, they saw smoke and learned someone may s

LOVES PARK, Ill. (WIFR) - Following the closure of multiple Rockford-area Beef-a-Roo restaurants, a former competitor hopes to rescue the local locations of the beloved fast-food chain. Last week, Beef-a-Roo employees reported they received an email from Elysian Capital, the Texas-based private equity firm that managed

The Winnebago County Coroner's Office has identified the two people who died following a motorcycle crash Friday, July 10.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Winnebago County Coroner’s Office identifies a body found early Friday morning. Nathanael Fansler, 43, of Machesney Park, was found dead in the 700 block of Seventh Avenue in Rockford. Around 5:20 a.m. July 10, police were called to the area for a welfare check...