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Robert Dofflemyer III, Kayla Sayyalinh capture Greater Rockford City Classic titles
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (51+ words) WIFR Robert Dofflemyer III, Kayla Sayyalinh capture Greater Rockford City Classic titles Rockford Boxing Classic to have best lineup to date Former NIU head football coach Joe Novak dies at 81 Legacy Football Camp raises money for Fatherhood Encouragement Project...
Fastcast: Orangeville man faces several charges, Rockford apartment fire injures person
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (64+ words) WIFR Fastcast: Orangeville man faces several charges, Rockford apartment fire injures person Winnebago Co. workers receive $90K+ in back pay after wage violation investigation 1 rescued from suspected arson fire at Rockford apartment building Unlicensed daycare operator convicted of abusing infant in…...
Beef-a-Roo customers flock to locally owned Freeport location
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (301+ words) FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - As several Rockford-area Beef-a-Roo restaurants sit empty due to recent financial problems, the locally owned location in Freeport tells a different story. Delbert Bunker, who co-owns the Beef-a-Roo at 1804 S. West Ave., says many customers from around the area…...
‘A League of Their Own’: A home run for Rockford 30 years later
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (723+ words) ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Six actors from the 1992 film “A League of Their Own” are in Rockford this week for the Women’s Baseball World Cup, more than three decades after the movie was filmed and became the highest-grossing film in the country…...
Rockford set to host historic Women’s Baseball World Cup group stage tomorrow
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (83+ words) WIFR Rockford set to host historic Women’s Baseball World Cup group stage tomorrow Two Rockford Park District flag football teams heading to NFL nationals Chicago artist brings women’s baseball history to downtown Rockford with new exhibit Baseball For All Nationals…...
Rockford hosts girls baseball players from Aruba, Curaçao, and beyond
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (350+ words) ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX/WIFR) - Almost 1,000 young athletes are in the Rockford area for the Baseball for All National Tournament, bringing girls baseball to the cradle of women’s baseball. Teams from across the country are competing in the multi-day event. Players from…...
Public weighs in as Rockford considers $103M bond plan tied to Hard Rock project
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (365+ words) ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Rockford City Council heard more than an hour of public comment Monday on a proposal that could allow the city to issue up to $103 million in bonds to support a planned Hard Rock Casino Rockford hotel and convention…...
Rockford Housing Authority marks 75 years amid growing affordable housing demand
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (76+ words) WIFR Rockford Housing Authority marks 75 years amid growing affordable housing demand Oregon Community Unit School District 220 under investigation - 6 p.m. Oregon Community Unit School District 220 under investigation - 5 p.m. Rockford pest control company says irregular spring pushed back bug season Rockford City Council hears…...
Committee approves plan for City of Rockford Mass Displacement Assistance Fund
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (70+ words) WIFR Committee approves plan for City of Rockford Mass Displacement Assistance Fund Rockford pest control company says irregular spring pushed back bug season Rockford City Council hears infill housing development plan presentation Rockford construction leader Joseph C. Scandroli Sr. dies at…...
Rockford construction leader Joseph C. Scandroli Sr. dies at 84
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (69+ words) WIFR Rockford construction leader Joseph C. Scandroli Sr. dies at 84 Rockford pest control company says irregular spring pushed back bug season Rockford City Council hears infill housing development plan presentation Committee approves plan for City of Rockford Mass Displacement Assistance Fund…...