Rockford IL

Molly McNett is an instructor of Fiction Writing and ESL composition at Northern Illinois University. McNett recently released a new novel, Child of These Tears, which was named as one of the Best Books of 2025 in The New Statesman. Ahead of McNett’s January 22 reading excerpts from her book...

MADISON, Wis. -- The start of the new year also meant the expansion of Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin's service area.

Lemuel Fuller (1832-1913) was a 30 year old farmer when he enlisted at Rockford on 8/9/1862 as a Private in Co. F, 74th Illinois Infantry and was mustered out on 6/10/1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. Of his war experience, an obituary in the Rockford Daily Register-Gazette (20 August 1913) states that though he was...

Don Carter Lanes shooting suspect Duke Webb appears in a Rockford courtroom requesting a new judge in the case.

A large crowd turned out a Hononegah Wednesday night expecting to see a tight ball game between two of the top teams in the NIC-10, but this game was far from tight.

Rockford Police are investigating an Illinois traffic crash that left one pedestrian critically injured and another hurt on East State Street.

This year, the Golden Apple Award Foundation celebrates educators in grades 6 through 12 throughout Winnebago County. Four of the twenty finalists teach at South Beloit schools: Roscoe Middle School, Willowbrook Middle School, and Hononegah Community High School. The Golden Apple Excellence in Education Foundation in...

BELOIT — The same executive search firm that led the City of Beloit to hire Schonella Stewart as police chief will lead the effort to find the city's next city manager. On Monday, the Beloit City Council held a special meeting to interview search firms to find a permanent replacement for former City Manager Jerry...

Forensic experts in the Duane Meyer murder case claimed a fire was not the cause of the deaths of Margaret (Maggie) Meyer and her son, Amos.

STEPHENSON COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) - A house fire Thursday morning kills one while another resident hasn’t been found. Just before 10 a.m., Thursday, the Stephenson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a fire on Scheider Road, west of Cedarville. The caller stated flames were visible from...