Winnebago County Calendar of Events Feb. 7 – Feb. 13
— February 6, 2018THROUGH FEB. 18 Sinnissippi Station Model Garden Railroad Exhibit, Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, 1354 N. 2nd St., Rockford, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., daily (closed Monday), $6 adults…
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Carson’s, Bergner’s stores closing
— February 2, 2018Six Carson’s stores and a Bergner’s store will be closing in Illinois. The stores, all part of the Bon-Ton chain, that will be closing are: Bergner’s at Sheridan Village in Peoria….
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Why do we sometimes admire reverse of excellence?
— January 31, 2018Today, we visit the I Don’t Get It Department. There are so many things I just don’t get. Sports fans, for instance. My knowledge of sports is pretty shallow. But I know enough…
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The limits of the resistance
— January 31, 2018Chuck Schumer started a government shutdown he couldn’t finish. The New York Democrat, among the shrewdest operators in national politics, stumbled badly because he succumbed…
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Trump’s s***storm
— January 24, 2018The world fell on Donald Trump’s head — yet again — when he said in a White House meeting that we should be trying to get immigrants from Norway rather than s***hole countries…
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Winnebago County News Briefs
— January 31, 2018REGION Health officials warn of flu increase Member agencies of the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium (NIPHC) say seasonal flu activity has increased sharply in recent weeks….
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Pointing which finger?
— January 31, 2018You are probably asking yourself, “What was that all about?” Just because the government shutdown ended shortly after it began, it doesn’t mean that it won’t…
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Peoria native, former Sox slugger Thome gets call to Hall of Fame
— January 24, 2018Jim Thome absolutely adored his hometown of Peoria, where a close-knit, sports-minded family favoring the Chicago Cubs produced a Hall of Famer with 612 career homers. “I love Peoria….
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