The Chicago Blackhawks are making their third trip to the Stanley Cup finals, and the team has received plenty of help from Rockford IceHogs alumni along the way. Eleven former IceHogs…
Daniel Nielsen, an Auburn High School senior, is among 2,500 students nationwide to receive a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship. The award was announced last week. Nielsen, in Auburn’s…
Illinois museums aren’t dusty relics of forgotten times. The state’s 1,300 institutions are a vibrant economic engine that employ thousands and attracts millions of visitors who…
Kim O’Malley may have the most complicated job at the Winnebago County Forest Preserve District. As volunteer coordinator, her responsibilities include finding, training and assigning…
A high-profile downtown location has attracted a growing Chicago-area network of clinics catering to seniors. Oak Street Health, which tailors care, classes and events to the needs…
The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau celebrated 30 years of tourism in Rockford at a luncheon last week while casting a vision for the next three decades. “The economic…
A downtown Rockford structure and a famed Rock River monument are on a new list of most endangered properties in Illinois. The Ziock Building and the Lorado Taft-designed Black Hawk…
‘Game of Thrones’ history class at NIU. For 20 Northern Illinois University students, “Game of Thrones” isn’t merely the most entertaining show on television—it’s…
