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Alpine Kiwanis Brat Days needs helping hands for 2025 event
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) - Alpine Kiwanis Brat Days returns and several volunteers are needed for the two-day event to ...
Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce seeks insight from local businesses
The Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce hopes to embrace growth opportunities while tackling the Forest City’s most pressing ...
Rockford, Dixon manufacturing companies among 29 to receive Made in Illinois grants
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Five local companies are among 29 across the state set to split $1.3 million awarded through the 2025 ...
Boone County residents push to improve ‘deadly’ intersection
One day before, two collided cars sat in the intersection’s center. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, five ...
Rockford's Imperial Punch gets state grant to grow
The Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce hopes to embrace growth opportunities while tackling the Forest City’s most pressing ...
Auto shop takes over former Stephenson County Visitor Center
The Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce hopes to embrace growth opportunities while tackling the Forest City’s most pressing ...
Dozens of Rockford residents get second chance at education
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - According to the United States Census Bureau, more than 23,000 adults living in Rockford lack a high ...
NIC-10 announces Spring All-Conference selections
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The NIC-10 Conference has released its All-Conference teams for the 2025 Spring sports season, ...
BraveHearts therapeutic horse program expands to working ranch in Rockford
The Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce hopes to embrace growth opportunities while tackling the Forest City’s most pressing ...
Two-vehicle crash in downtown Rockford shuts down traffic
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Rockford police investigate a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in the city’s downtown area. The ...
Betting on Beloit trailer (A&E)
The state has until June 27 to file a response to the gun industry’s brief. Rockford police shared Tuesday night they were investigating the death of a 64-year-old man.