Cheap gas may delay fracking in Illinois
— March 10, 2015Timing, as they say, is everything. And Illinois’ entry into the fracking game seems to have come at an inopportune time for that industry. For the last several years, states such…
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Welcome to Sockford
— March 10, 2015Midway celebrates city’s famed Sock Monkey There were no lines for treatment at Sockford General Hospital last Saturday. Owners of Rockford’s trademarked Sock Monkeys could step…
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RVC men and women seek national championships
— March 10, 2015Basketball teams from Rock Valley College are bound for different destinations but they each one one goal in mind: a national championship. The RVC men — the defending National Junior…
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Our view: Lawmakers should vote no on House Bill 261
— March 8, 2015When it comes to how public officials are conducting the public’s business, more information is better than less. But less information is what Illinois residents will receive…
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Winnebago County news briefs
— March 10, 20159.5 million users and high marks for Park District A report to the Rockford Park District Board of Commissioners had 9.5 million users last year and nearly all offered high marks for…
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Local group seeks to save factory
— March 10, 2015All that now remains of the former industrial site on South 11th Street are charred timbers and piles of steel and bricks following one of the largest fires in Rockford history in January….
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Interest in community colleges on the rise
— February 24, 2015Looking out his office early on a Friday evening, College of DuPage’s vice president of student affairs was struck by an unusual sight. At a time when one might expect to see only…
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