FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - A kitchen fire in a single-family residence causes more than $35,000 in damage Wednesday night. Just before 8:30 p.m. July 16, Freeport Fire Department responded to a possible ...

Wisconsin’s State Historical Society recently discovered 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in Madison, sparking many questions.

After almost a decade, Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza will not seek another term as the state’s chief financial ...

He will start as the Hononegah Community High School District #207 superintendent on July 1, 2026. After almost a decade, Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza will not seek another term as the ...

At a meeting Wednesday, July 16, the Capron Rescue Squad District Board voted to discontinue its ambulance services and instead enter into an intergovernmental agreement with North Boone Fire ...

The Hononegah Board of Education approved a contract with Jarrett Wednesday night. He will start as the Hononegah Community ...

(WIFR) - Sixteen nursing facilities in the stateline are issued thousands of dollars in fines, according to a new report issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Statewide, more than ...

No Republican, meanwhile, has won statewide office since Rauner in 2014, and few have come especially close. This puts the focus for replacing Mendoza on the Democratic primary process. The ...

The organization invested nearly $1.4 million in the Rochelle community throughout these 20 years, including nearly $145,000 in the last year.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - An investigation into three armed robberies in Rockford leads to the arrests of four siblings and ...

Father Herman Porter, who died in 1986, joins the list of the Diocese of Rockford Priests against whom a substantiated ...

The YMCA of Rock River Valley and Belvidere YMCA are working together to expand programs and services to Boone and Winnebago counties.