Winnebago News

Dacia Dennis had several excellent points in her May 29 letter to the editor titled “Choosing out-of-town agency sends wrong message.” It would be very informative to receive a reply from the Whiteside County Board on their criteria for choosing a Winnebago County agent instead of a local individual.

Members of the Northern Illinois Jeep Alliance represented the four-wheel drive community in a big way at the annual Memorial Day parade in Pecatonica, Illlinois.

The tally, as time goes on, will show largely the most serious cases because doctors are following the state's recommendation to test only severely ill patients.

In celebration of Juror Appreciation Week, the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court will hold a reception torecognize jurors for their service in Winnebago and Boone Counties.

Fire officials are trying to figure out what started a dramatic barn fire in rural Winnebago County today.

If it wasn't for the federal stimulus package, members of Laborers Local 32 would be facing their slowest year since Ronald Reagan was president.

A call comes in and the ATS medical team heads out. It's all in a days work for this successful Rockford business.

The Illinois State Police kept busy this weekend cracking down on careless drivers througout Winnebago County.

Tractor Day, a decades-old tradition at Winnebago High School when students drive tractors to school and proudly display them in neat rows in front of the school all day, had a special "guest" driver Friday morning - the school's new principal Beth Summers.

Emotions run high at the Winnebago school board meeting tonight, over the proposed firing of eight teachers.

Mental health services are in growing demand right now as a tough economy translates to stressful times for many of us.

A pole fire that left hundreds of people in the village of Winnebago without power has been restored.

A late February snowfall is slowing weekend traffic and causing flight cancellations in northern Illinois.

A bomb squad was called Friday to an elementary school in Beloit after a teacher noticed a student playing with a suspicious object.

An Illinois State Trooper accused of causing last summer's fatal car crash in Winnebago won't be charged after all.

An Illinois teen has told investigators he traded a fatal dose of heroin to a Beloit teen for a Starbucks gift card.

The Illinois Tollway Authority wasted no time removing Rod Blagojevich's name from interstate signs.

Fifteen representatives from ten schools drove over 250 miles to Winnebago High School.

A 50-year-old man could face life in prison, after a Winnebago County jury finds him guilty of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 13.

FBI agents arrested a Rockford man wanted for the Wednesday robbery of a Winnebago bank after he was spotted near Boncosky Road and Route 31 in West Dundee about noon Thursday.