The Ogle County Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed a proposal Tuesday night for a community solar farm planned outside Mount ...

First-time home buyers make up 21% of buyers, which is half the historic rate of 42% according to the National Association of ...

McNamara credited Rockford’s 1% sales tax for infrastructure as the “most important” vote made by community members. “It’s ...

FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - Corn and soybean growers in northern Illinois should be on the lookout for a nonnative weed after the ...

(WIFR) - A slew of new Illinois laws are set to take effect in just a few short days. One of those laws is a bill that allows ...

Nearly 300 Illinois laws will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. A look at Illinois’ grocery tax, a small single-use plastic ...

The Rockford IceHogs announced Tuesday that the BMO Center will feature new state-of-the-art digital dasher boards, set to ...

Azarius Curtis of Rockford was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to one ...

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday against Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over new state laws aimed at protecting ...

There are just a few days left to hear those bells before they’re shushed for the season, and the Salvation Army of Freeport ...

WIFR’s Maggie Polsean breaks down some of the reasons why some would rather spend the holidays with their dog than their ...

Clouds will stick around through our Wednesday or Christmas eve with temperatures topping out in the mid-40s. There is an ...