Victims of fatal Rock County crash identified
MILTON, Wis. — The Rock County medical examiner has identified two people who died in a highway crash involving three vehicles on New Year's Day.
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Thirty-four-year-old Tracy Ann…
More transparency on state government agency debt under new law
By Greg Bishop
Illinois News Network
Illinois taxpayers should know by the end of the month, and every month going forward, how much debt state government agencies are accumulating, thanks to the Debt Transparency Act.
The law took…
State joins FirstNet broadband network for first responders
Illinois has opted-in to a federal program that is pulling the state’s public safety phone traffic onto a separate broadband network.
FirstNet, an independent authority within the U.S. Department of Commerce, develops broadband networks…
Illinois plans to offer high school equivalency alternatives
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Community College Board is planning to roll out several alternative ways for people to earn their high school equivalency certificate, other than passing a test.
The board plans to offer other methods by the…
City approves grant for more police, study for Spring Creek bike path
By Jim Hagerty
Contributor
CITY HALL -- The City of Rockford will utilize a federal grant to help with the cost of hiring more police officers, aldermen agreed Tuesday, Jan. 2.
The $625,000 grant will allow the Rockford Police…
AHL. Broadhurst brothers torch former club in IceHogs loss
By Jim Hagerty
Contributor
BMO HARRIS BANK CENTER -- Former Rockford forwards, brothers Alex and Terry Broadhurst collected five points between them as the Cleveland Monsters skated past the IceHogs 4-1 in American Hockey League action…
Rockford Housing Authority names interim CEO
ROCKFORD -- The Rockford Housing Authority looked in-house to temporarily replace CEO Larry Williams, who left his post for an out-of-state housing agency last month.
Chief Operating Officer Laura Snyder was announced Tuesday as the…
Pedestrian fires gun at driver after traffic mishap
ROCKFORD -- Nobody was injured Tuesday afternoon after a pedestrian fired a gun into the windshield of a car that almost hit her.
Police say the incident happened around 2 p.m., in the 1500 block of Rose Avenue. The driver of the car, a…
Wisconsin lawmaker proposes conservation corps program
By Todd Richmond
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. — Students would be able to earn money for college by building trails, shoring up stream banks and restoring prairies under a bipartisan bill winding its way through the Wisconsin…
City, county to file lawsuit against opioid manufacturers
By Jim Hagerty
Contributor
ROCKFORD -- Winnebago County and the City of Rockford plan to file a lawsuit against companies that distribute and manufacture opioids, officials announced Tuesday.
The announcement comes a month after…
New Year’s in Rockford the coldest on record
CHICAGO — The National Weather Service says Monday was the coldest New Year's Day on record in Rockford with a high of minus 1 degree and Chicago with a high of 1 degree.
The bitter cold continued Tuesday as the weather service issued…
Deadly, bone-chilling cold grips wide swath of US
MILWAUKEE — Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the U.S. as 2018 began, breaking century-old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attributed to exposure to the dangerously low temperatures.
The National Weather Service…
Firefighters battle Starved Rock resort blaze in sub-zero temps
UTICA — Firefighters are battling a blaze at a resort near Starved Rock State Park.
Utica Fire Chief Ben Brown says the fire alarm sounded at Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.
No injuries have been reported.
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Your Horoscope: January 3-9, 2018
ARIES
Your family will be by your side all week. You’ll dedicate most of your time to your children or your aging parents. The time is right for some much-needed bonding.
TAURUS
You aren’t afraid to speak your mind, and you’ll step…
Coach grabs wheel, stops bus after driver passes out
By Doug Feinberg
AP Basketball Writer
A quick-thinking coach averted what could have been a terrible bus accident for the University of Dubuque women's basketball team.
The Division III team from Iowa was driving back from a…