Updated: 5:10 PM U.S. Senate hopeful Dan Hynes says he can improve those numbers.

Updated: 5:07 PM New talks set, strike continues.

Updated: 5:01 PM Students joining the picket line.

Updated: 4:49 PM Machesney Park is offering leaf vacuuming until December 15.

Updated: 4:46 PM A Minneapolis company says there's enough wind in northern Boone County to go ahead with a plan to build 67 wind turbines in the area.

Updated: 4:43 PM Experts say increased credit card use could play a big role in bankruptcy filings.

Updated: 4:41 PM Energy company says wind project is a go.

Updated: 4:52 PM A bomb is found in a Rockford neighborhood.

Updated: 11:15 PM Hononegah High School will not be in class Monday.

Updated: 11:08 PM A day organized by students.

Updated: 4:26 PM It's a scary thought! 23 News This Morning's Andy Gannon and Aaron Wilson in charge of a school.

Updated: 4:23 PM If Meigs Field has to close, the state of Wisconsin says at least the traffic control tower should stay open.

Updated: 4:20 PM Hononegah homecoming events are post phoned because of the teacher strike, but one event is being cancelled all together.

Updated: 5:24 PM Good news for the Freeport School District, state test scores for Carl Sandburg School are improving.

Updated: 3:44 PM It may now be easier to keep in touch with a friend or relative that lives out of town.

Updated: 3:40 PM Winnebago County workers are not the only ones hitting the picket lines. Hononegah teachers continue their strike for a third day.

Updated: 3:37 PM Three hundred Winnebago County workers walk off job.

Updated: 4:41 PM Winnebago County workers are set to strike Thursday after contract negotiations fail again Wednesday.

Updated: 4:31 PM Manufacturing is not the only sector suffering.

Updated: 4:27 PM The stateline's ailing manufacturers could get a much-needed economic jolt.

Updated: 5:58 PM Two more Textron plants to close down.

Updated: 5:28 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich is starting an online petition to gain support for his efforts to buy prescription drugs from Canada.

Updated: 5:17 PM A state labor board rejects a petition to keep some Winnebago County workers from walking the picket line.

Updated: 5:08 PM Despite the cold and rainy weather Tuesday morning, Hononegah High School teachers took to the picket lines after failing to reach a contract agreement with the district.

Updated: 1:18 PM Hononegah High School is cancelled for Tuesday.