What’s now a classroom next to the cafeteria soon will become a credit union within Guilford High School, according to Chris Magee, the college and career academy coach at GHS.
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Saturday, March 31 was a pretty magical day for Chuck Jefferson — dozens of his friends and colleagues gathered to honor the former state representative from Rockford, a library was named after him, and it was his birthday.
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By Jessie Schlacks WNIJ News Last fall, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to end the DACA program. Lawmakers
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The Rockford arts community will celebrate musical icon Leonard Bernstein during the month of April.
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The question of whether the bald eagle population is dwindling in the Midwest continues to confound bird watchers along the Mississippi River.
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A conversation with his daughter about a year ago led one Rockford resident to create an organization helping hundreds of homeless teenagers in the area.
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“Chosen: Custody of The Eyes” has already been shown at several film festivals, while a Sunday screening at the Rockford Public Library Nordlof Center already is sold out.
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ROCKFORD — Winnebago County, the Winnebago County State’s Attorney and the City of Rockford announce that the County and City
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Just a few days remain to educate residents about a major ballot issue in Rockford. In this week’s WNIJ Friday Forum, Jenna Dooley talks with those involved in getting their message out to voters before they hit the polls on Tuesday.
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Students from several high schools in northern Illinois are preparing for the national school walk-out on Wednesday.
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Turnout for early voting in Rockford so far has been “above average,” according to Rockford Board of Elections Executive Director Stacey Bixby.
Read moreSeveral Freeport and Stephenson County business groups are combining forces to promote the area.
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By Susan Stephens WNIJ News ROCKFORD — Leaders in education, social services, and government in Winnebago County are trying to
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By Katie Finlon WNIJ News DEKALB — A union representative for a newer Northern Illinois University bargaining unit says negotiations
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By Chase Cavanaugh WNIJ News ROCKFORD — Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner brought his budget ideas to employees at Ingersoll Machine Tools
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