WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) - A nearly $200,000 grant from the state of Illinois will go toward expanding services that ...

WIFR News at 6. An update of today's local and national news headlines along with your First Alert forecast and local sports ...

Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan died of a heart attack last week, according to a Florida medical examiner’s report released ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Alpine Kiwanis staff say donations flooded in from several states, including Michigan and California, ...

A new Illinois law is scheduled to implement annual mental health screenings in public schools beginning during the 2027-28 ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued a Red Forecast Air Pollution Action Day for Thursday, July 31, for the ...

On July 27, Freeport Fire Department was called to a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of W. Galena and N. Hardin ...

The Choraleers were one of five schools in the area to send an audition tape for the ‘Sing with Foreigner’ contest.

A UW Health adolescent gynecologist harnesses the power of social media as a way to better connect with her patients.

With pressing workforce challenges in the U.S. a new program looks to get Rockford-area pharmacists into the field as soon as possible.

A Wisconsin doctor uses the power of social media to make her patients feel more comfortable while talking about difficult topics.

A call from Homeland Security last month frustrates Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara while others claim he dropped the ball on keeping the community informed.