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Landmark Midway Theater languishes in limbo

— October 7, 2015

Haphazardly piled theater seats are visible through dirty windows and a warning sign discouraging entry is slapped on a doorway of the seemingly forgotten onetime downtown movie house….

Ultimate disc national championships coming to Rockford
— October 6, 2015

Coming off of the heels of hosting the successful 2015 Ultimate Division III College Championships this past May at Sportscore Two, Rockford will now host the 2016 USA Ultimate National…
Winnabago News Briefs
— September 30, 2015

Community calendar Rockford City Market, Fridays, 3:30 08:30 p.m., 100-200 Blocks of Water Street and surrounding area. Free. Market features local growers and vendors who sell handmade…
Winnebago County news briefs
— September 17, 2015

Forest City Riverboat, Trolley 36 offering fall excursion tours Rockford Park District’s Forest City Queen riverboat and rail-based Trolley Car 36 fall tours will continue to…
New RVC-NIU link keep students close to home
— September 15, 2015

Shawn Wade spent three years working on an assembly line in Rockton. The shifts were long – 10 or 11 hours a day, five or more days a week. But the company’s future seemed bright….

RVC program focuses on helping those without high school diplomas
— October 1, 2015

Rock Valley College, Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois, and the Northern Illinois Workforce Alliance have announced a collaborative program to decrease the number of local residents…
Rockford U. undergraduate enrollment hits record
— September 22, 2015

Enrollment of full-time undergraduate students at Rockford University has reached a record high of 903 students for fall 2015, up nearly 3 percent over‌ last year. The new school…
IceHogs donate $40,000 to Rockford autism program
— September 17, 2015

The Rockford IceHogs announced last week that they have donated $40,000 to The Autism Program (TAP) Service Center in Rockford, a program of Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago. A check…