Applications are open for seasonal snow and ice removal positions with the Illinois Department of Transportation District 2.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Mostly cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 70’s. Rather cloudy with lows in the middle 60’s.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - In a near-unanimous vote, Rockford City Council approved contracts Monday evening for the development ...

A 44-year-old Rockford man faces assault charges after a woman was attacked by two people while walking.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - East High School produced the greatest high school football team the area has ever seen and some of ...

The Winnebago football team looks for a comeback season. In 2024, the Indians went 2-7. While the team was hoping for more, ...

The city works prepare residents and businesses for the transition to electric vehicles through an EV Readiness Program.

Around 8 p.m. August 19, the Rockford Fire Department was called to a fire in the 600 block of Oak Street. Crews say smoke was visible from the rear of the 2.5-story home when they arrived. Four cats ...

Gov. JB Pritzker also vetoed two bills, a somewhat rare move from a governor of the same party as the legislature’s ...

Nazeaire Henderson, 21, is sentenced to 12 years in prison for unlawful use of a weapon with a machine gun conversion device ...

Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office opens two rooms designed to keep its employees strong physically and mentally.

The man found guilty of killing a Belvidere father and his two young sons is ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison.