Belvidere News

The first Dodge Darts to come out of a revitalized Chrysler plant in northern Illinois were shipped off to dealers this week, setting the stage for what chief executive Sergio Marchionne called the automaker's "real battle" in the compact market.

Certain points in the day seem natural for prayer. In some families, bedtimes serve as soothing opportunities to end each evening with petitions to God.

It just got a little easier to travel across the Stateline. Today state and local leaders formally opened Rockford's East Side Transfer Center.

LINDENWOOD – A Rockford man and a Belvidere woman, both jailed on unrelated charges, were charged this week with burglarizing a rural Lindenwood home in August.

BELVIDERE -- Northwest Pallet Supply in Belvidere, who rents land from Schumachers Landscaping Store at the corner of route 76 and Woodstock Road in Poplar Grove saw its mulch stock go up in flames around noon today.

When the first, and revived, Dodge Dart rolled off the assembly line in Belvidere, Ill., last week, it joined three other new or redesigned models from Detroit companies being assembled in the U.S. rather than abroad.

The Belvidere Police Department has arrested a 26-year-old woman charged with starting a house fire on Applewood Lane.

Rockford Mass Transit's new East Side Transfer Center is set to open next week, helping expand routes across the stateline and beyond.

The new Dodge Dart on display during the second press preview day at the 2012 North American International Auto Show January 10, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan.

The Elburn American Legion Post No. 630 wishes to thank everyone who supported and participated in our annual raffle draw-down on April 27.

Through bailouts and bankruptcy, there is one liability that Chrysler Group LLC hasn't yet managed to shed: its reputation for lousy quality.

Belvidere Assembly Plant Manager Kurt Kavajecz, left, UAW Local 1761 President Bob Cunningham and UAW Local 1268 President George Welitschinsky celebrate with employees as the first Dodge Dart rolls off the assembly line Monday, May 7, 2012.

BELVIDERE -- Boone County struggled with high unemployment numbers and has made a drastic turnaround in just a few short years.

Chrysler said today that four of its plants will continue producing cars and trucks through July without observing the traditional two-week summer shutdown.

Syncreon of Belvidere, IL is having a Job Fair on May 1, 2012, at Belvidere, IL from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.A They have openings for night and split shifts B from 6 PM - 4:30 AM .