Winnebago County News

Winnebago County will be able to double its lead abatement efforts in the area thanks to a $2.9 million grant from the federal government.

On January 25th, 2013, members of the Rockford Police Department began an investigation into the Criminal Sexual Assault of a child.

A majority of the conditions which resulted in the implementation of the No Wake order on the Rock River north of the Auburn Street Bridge in Winnebago County have subsided.

The move is one the court system has been waiting for since they were forced to move to the PSB back in 2007.

Tornado sirens sent many Stateliners scrambling to their basements last night, though we learned later that it was a false alarm.

The future of the Rockford Public School District is in the hands of babies. Educators want to provide pre-school to all youngsters and the expansion will help provide kids with skills to achieve.

Dian Micklevitz speaks Tuesday about the programs offered by McHenry County Workforce Network in Woodstock.

Two flight nurses and the pilot, who died in the December crash, will have their names engraved on a proposed memorial walllow and Karen Hollis will have their names engraved on the memorial wall of the prospective The former REACT helicopter was an American Eurocopter MBBK 117 A3 with a cruising airspeed of 131 mph and a maximum speed of 160 mph.

Illinois State Police District 16 announced the following arrests were made in the month of April 2013 for driving under the Influence by District 16 troopers: Arrested in Stephenson County: Katie L. Ashke, Female, 24, of Rock City, IL Matt R. Seabold, Male, 38, of Freeport, IL Arrested in Winnebago County: Steven C. Alston Jr., 25, Male, of ... (more)

At 11:44 p.m. Wednesday, police say a motorcycle and an SUV collided at 11th Street and Sawyer Road.

Some downtown roads in the Rockford area will be closed for several hours on Sunday due to the Rockford Marathon.

The emotional wounds from that horrible December day are still raw. Five months after the REACT helicopter crashed in a Lee County farm field, Winnebago County first responders are still coming to terms with the deaths of three heroes.

Three people killed in a medical helicopter crash in northern Illinois will have their names added to a planned Rockford memorial wall.

STERLING – Lawyers are interviewing witnesses and taking depositions in a wrongful death lawsuit filed after two Sterling detasselers were electrocuted in summer 2011, they told a Winnebago County judge at a status hearing last week.

Drinking on the job isn't allowed at most businesses, but for some police officers the rules aren't as strict.

A suspect in a bank robbery was shot and killed by law enforcement officials near the Associated Bank in Richmond on Friday.

Winnebago County State's Attorney Joe Bruscato announced today that on May 8, 2013 20-year-old Nicholas Vincent pled guilty to the charges of Second Degree Murder and was sentenced by the Honorable Judge Ronald White to 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The Winnebago County Health Department is announcing that the 2013 West Nile Virus Season Surveillance is beginning in Winnebago County.

Winnebago County State's Attorney Joe Bruscato announced Thursday that on May 8, 2013 Kenneth Turner, 45, was found guilty after a jury trial in front of the Honorable Judge Rosemary Collins of charges of Armed Robbery and Aggravated Battery of a Senior Citizen.

The city of Rockford is getting aggressive in its fight to win a larger percentage of casino revenue, that's if the gaming bill on the table in Springfield is signed into law.