A drive up Madison Street takes you through the heart of downtown Rockford, with businesses like CJ’s, Prairie Street Brewing ...

STILLMAN VALLEY, Ill. (WIFR) - A new superintendent will take charge of the Meridian School District. Dr. Michael Plourde ...

The Thanksgiving holiday travel rush is underway, with a record number of people on the roads and in the skies.

FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - Highland Community College introduces a new way to provide more health care access for those in rural ...

From Nov. 21 through Dec. 20, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train tours Canada and the U.S., supporting food banks and ...

A legislative committee and the Illinois Department of Agriculture agreed recently to delay finalizing new regulations ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office investigates a Rockford shooting. Around 10:15 a.m. Monday, ...

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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Forest City is given a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index (MEI ...

Sunshine’s to return Tuesday, which will be a sight for sore eyes, but winds continuing to blow out of the northwest will ...

Ready or not, the holidays are here. It’s a time when many Americans accustomed to preparing simple meals find themselves ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Gunite, Rockford’s oldest manufacturing plant, has two months to find a buyer. Employees at the plant were given their 60-day notice. Last month, the company’s current owner, ...