Before we talk rodents and forecasts, here’s a fun local twist.
The movie Groundhog Day may be set in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, but a slice of that Hollywood magic happened right here in the Rockford area. The wild scene where Bill Murray drives a red pickup truck off a cliff was filmed at Nimtz Quarry in Loves Park, with crews spending nearly two weeks staging the stunt. And the “Pennsylvania” town square in the film? You probably already know that was actually Woodstock, Illinois, only a short drive from us.
In case you missed the news from earlier this morning, the granddaddy of them all, the world-famous Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter…