Winnebago County News Briefs
May 23, 2018ROCKFORD Wheelchair rugby championships here Oscar Mike Foundation, Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB), and the Rockford Park District (RPD) announced last week…
ROCKFORD Wheelchair rugby championships here Oscar Mike Foundation, Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB), and the Rockford Park District (RPD) announced last week…
An estimated 1,000 people participated in the MDA Muscle Walk of Chicagoland in Westmont on May 19, raising more than $170,000 (as of Saturday) to benefit patients and families…
Rockford, Loves Park and Machesney Park join DeKalb with accessible bike-sharing By now, most people in Rockford, Loves Park and Machesney Park have spotted the cheery green and yellow…
ROCKFORD Tourism bureau named organization of year For the second time in three years, the Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau was designated the National Association of…
THROUGH MAY 26 Charlotte’s Web Memorabilia Art Sale, JustGoods Fair Trade Store, 201 7th St., Rockford, Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or by special appointment. A special showing…
THROUGH MAY 13 Special Exhibit: Curious George – Let’s Get Curious!, Discovery Center Museum, 711 N. Main St., Rockford, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, $1 members, $11 public….
Your mission, parents, should you decide to accept it, (and really, you have no choice) is to spend your entire weekend scrounging around your house, Walmart or the dollar store, finding…
THROUGH APRIL 28 Illinois History Sale, presented By Rockford Urban Ministries,Rockford, Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free admission. For sale are old maps for the early 1800s showing…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….