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Skeletal remains found Oct. 9 being transferred to a forensic anthropologist for examination

Online Staff Report The skeletal remains uncovered last week from the Rock River are being transferred to a forensic anthropologist for
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October 18, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

76-year-old woman, passenger die in two-vehicle crash in Stephenson County

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — The Winnebago County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the driver of a fatal
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October 18, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Woman found in farm inlet into field off Samuelson Road believed to have committed suicide

Online Staff Report A body found Wednesday night, Oct. 17, in the 3400 block of Samuelson Road has been identified. It
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October 18, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rockton Board of Education approves agreement with teachers’ union

Online Staff Report ROCKTON, Ill. — At its Wednesday, Oct. 17, meeting, the Rockton Board of Education approved a negotiated agreement
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October 18, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Six arrested at Sensata sit-in in Freeport

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Six community supporters were arrested during a sit-in at the Freeport Sensata Technologies plant
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October 17, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | 2 Comments

Viewers declare Obama winner in ‘rancorous’ second presidential debate

Online Staff Report President Barack Obama was declared victor in the second presidential debate against Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov.
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October 17, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Nation & World | Comments (0)

Concealed carry public hearing Oct. 17 at Veterans Memorial Hall

Online Staff Report The Concealed Carry Sub-Committee of the Winnebago County Board will hold a public hearing on concealed carry at
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October 16, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 1 Comment

CROP Hunger Walk preps for 26th annual event Oct. 21

Online Staff Report The 26th Annual CROP Hunger Walk is Sunday, Oct. 21, and raises money from walkers who find sponsors.
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October 16, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

More than 150 soccer teams in town for Oct. 20-21 tournament at Sportscore Two

Online Staff Report More than 150 soccer teams will be featured in the SuperClubs Rockford Champions Cup Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
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October 16, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Sports News | Comments (0)

Beyond the October production forecasts for corn and soybeans

By Debra Levey Larson Media/Communications Specialist, University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. — At 10.706 billion
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October 16, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | Comments (0)

State’s Unclaimed Property Auction nets $146,522 with nearly 99 percent success rate

Online Staff Report SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford (R) has announced the success of the Illinois Treasurer’s Online
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October 16, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Statehouse News | Comments (0)

Department of Labor files suit against former Rockford weight loss doctor wanted by FBI

Online Staff Report The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against former Nutrition Clinic owner Dr. Gautum Gupta
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October 15, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Mitt Romney enters second presidential debate as front-runner

Online Staff Report Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will enter the second presidential debate against President Barack Obama Oct. 16 as
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October 15, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | 3 Comments

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin to visit ‘Bainport’ Oct. 16, Al Sharpton to visit Oct. 20

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will visit “Bainport” in Freeport, Ill., at 9:45 a.m., Tuesday,
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October 15, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 1 Comment

19-year-old arrested after allegedly firing gun at woman Oct. 13

Online Staff Report Charles Workman, 19, has been arrested for aggravated battery with a firearm after allegedly shooting at a woman
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October 15, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Vicitim in Belden Street homicide named

Online Staff Report Samantha Therriault, 27, has been identified as the victim in the homicide case in the 2300 block of
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October 15, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Donations taken through Oct. 14 for Oct. 18-31 ‘Bras on the BMO,’ ‘Bra Auction’ Oct. 19 at Kryptonite

Online Staff Report As a visual symbol of breast cancer awareness, hope and survival, bras will be strung across the BMO
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October 12, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Living> Local News | Comments (0)

French Samsonite employees laid off by Bain join Sensata workers at ‘Bainport’ Oct. 13

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — French Samsonite workers who were laid off and robbed of their severance pay by Bain
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October 12, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 17 Comments

Three Rockford police officers on leave after deadly officer-involved shooting

Online Staff Report Three Rockford police officers have been put on administrative leave, per department procedure, following a deadly officer-involved shooting
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October 12, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Human bones found at Rockford ATV park not those of missing Rockford man

Online Staff Report Human bones found Oct. 9 at the 120-acre Rocky Glen Off Highway Vehicle Park, 4012 S. Main
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October 12, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Biden stops the bleeding, Ryan delivers strong performance as Obama, Romney prepare for round two

Online Staff Report Vice presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz had her hands full Thursday evening, Oct. 11, as Vice President Joe
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October 12, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | 1 Comment

13 arrested at area forest preserves following undercover investigations

Online Staff Report Over the past two weeks, Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputies have conducted undercover investigations in response to complaints of
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October 11, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 2 Comments

Rockford Diocese announces beginning of the Year of Faith

Online Staff Report The Diocese of Rockford will join the universal Catholic Church in observing a Year of Faith beginning today,
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October 11, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World | Comments (0)

Rock Valley College hires former Boylan coach Steve Goers as assistant basketball coach

Online Staff Report Recently appointed Rock Valley College (RVC) Head Men’s basketball coach Craig Doty has hired a familiar face to
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October 11, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Sports News | Comments (0)

Man sentenced to 14 years for 2011 residential burglary

Online Staff Report Edward Rodriguez, 47, pled guilty Aug. 17 to residential burglary and was sentenced Oct. 10 to 14 years
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October 11, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Human bone, wallet of Rockford man missing since 2009 found at Rockford ATV park

Online Staff Report A human bone and the wallet of a Rockford man who has been missing since 2009 were
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October 11, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rockford’s Tinker Swiss Cottage to be featured on ‘Ghost Hunters’ Oct. 24

Online Staff Report Rockford’s historic Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum & Gardens will be the location for an Oct. 24 episode of
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October 10, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News> Vibe Entertainment | 1 Comment

West State from Kilburn to Stewart Avenue closed until Dec. 1

Online Staff Report West State Street in Rockford will be closed from Kilburn Avenue to Stewart Avenue from Oct. 10 to
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October 10, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Obama pledges to be more aggressive in next debate after being ‘too polite’ in first

Online Staff Report President Barack Obama has pledged to be more aggressive in the next presidential debate after being what he
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October 10, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | Comments (0)

Vice presidential debate: Joe Biden has work cut out for him after poll shows Paul Ryan viewed more favorably

Online Staff Report Vice presidential candidates Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., are set to square
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October 10, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | Comments (0)

Police investigate death of 27-year-old woman on Rockford’s west side

Online Staff Report Rockford police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman in the 2300 block of Belden Street on
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October 10, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Man gets 38 years for possession of stolen vehicle, driving after revocation and aggravated DUI

Online Staff Report Cornelious Williams, 36, was sentenced Oct. 4 to 10 years for unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle,
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October 9, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 1 Comment

Man sentenced to five years on cannabis charges

Online Staff Report Anibal Rosas, 32, was sentenced by Judge Ronald White to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections
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October 9, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Corn and soybean prices searching for support

By Debra Levey Larson Media/Communications Specialist, University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. — Prices over the
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October 9, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | Comments (0)

Three arrested for blocking equipment removal at Freeport Sensata plant

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — With Election Day on the horizon, Bain-owned Sensata is moving out equipment as it
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October 8, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Vice presidential debate Oct. 11, jobs report draws controversy

Online Staff Report About a week after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was declared victor over President Barack Obama in
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October 8, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | Comments (0)

Manager refuses Freeport Sensata workers’ petition for severance pay

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill., — Friday, Oct. 5, Sensata Technologies workers Tom Gaulrapp, Dot Turner and Joanne Penniston delivered
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October 8, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 3 Comments

Madigan, attorneys general urge Congress to reject bill reducing oversight of payday lenders

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) and 40 of her counterparts called on Congressional leaders Oct.
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October 8, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | 2 Comments

Open casting call for ‘MasterChef’ Oct. 20 at Chicago’s Le Cordon Bleu

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — Award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay is back, along with restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot,
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October 8, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)

State’s Attorney, 34th District Senate debates at Rockford College

Online Staff Report Debates for Winnebago County State’s Attorney and the 34th District Illinois Senate seat will be at Rockford College
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October 4, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

City Market attendance up 45 percent, market survey asks for customer input

Online Staff Report With two markets remaining, attendance at Rockford City Market is up 45 percent compared to this time last
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October 4, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Former NAACP chairman to join Freeport Sensata workers for Oct. 6 rally

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Civil rights leader and former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond will join Sensata workers in
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October 4, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Medicare fraud strike force charges 91 individuals for approximately $430 million in false billing

Online Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C. — Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in seven cities have led to charges against 91 individuals
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October 4, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | Comments (0)

Man sentenced to seven years for possession with intent to deliver cocaine

Online Staff Report Dwayne D. Glass, 35, pled guilty Sept. 26 and was sentenced to seven years in the Illinois
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October 4, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Mitt Romney credited with win in first presidential debate

Online Staff Report According to various pundits — liberal, conservative and independent — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appeared to be
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October 4, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | Comments (0)

West-side water main break expected to be repaired by noon today (Oct. 4)

Online Staff Report A water main break near Tay and Cedar streets in Rockford is expected to be repaired by noon,
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October 4, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Winnebago resident to compete on ‘Jeopardy!’ Oct. 4

Online Staff Report Winnebago, Ill., resident Margaret Minett-Longdon, 50, will be a contestant on TV game show Jeopardy! Thursday, Oct.
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October 3, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)

Free public opening Oct. 6 for Rockford Art Museum’s ‘Full Circle’

Online Staff Report “Full Circle: Little City Foundation” opens at Rockford Art Museum (RAM) with a members’ preview beginning at 5
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October 3, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)

Tibetan Buddhist monks at Rockford’s Womanspace Oct. 7

Online Staff Report Rockford’s Womanspace will host the national tour of Tibetan Buddhist monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery for an event
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October 3, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)

‘Side by Side by Sondheim’ at Rockford College Oct. 4-7

Online Staff Report The Rockford College Performing Arts Department presents Side by Side by Sondheim Oct. 4-7, in Maddox Theatre,
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October 3, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)


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