STILLMAN VALLEY, Ill. (WIFR) - A new superintendent will take charge of the Meridian School District. Dr. Michael Plourde will take up the mantle in July 2025. He is leaving his current role as ...

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

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

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

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

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

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - For those within the City of Rockford whose garbage pickup is on Thursdays, collection will be ...

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

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

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, ...

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

Residents in Loves Park and Machesney Park kick off the unofficial start to the Christmas season Sunday evening with the ...