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Rockford, IL
Paying for Your Education... Forever
Updated: Feb. 22, 2007 at 10:48 PM CST
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Alice Barr
College costs have risen exponentially over the last decade and wages have not kept pace. That gap means one thing: student loans.
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Winnebago County health leaders look to ramp up distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated: 7 hours ago
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Kristin Camiliere
As more than 15,000 people in Winnebago County receive their COVID-19 vaccine, leaders look to increase the number of shots administered each week.
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Boone County positivity rate remains high while cases of COVID-19 fall
Updated: 11 hours ago
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Zoe Chipalla
Boone County health leaders try to ease concerns over high COVID-19 positivity rates as the rest of the state line sees a drop in their rates.
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Winnebago Co. adds 55 COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
Updated: 11 hours ago
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Ben Sefarbi
The seven-day positivity rate is now 5.6 percent.
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Freeport family escapes fire, arson investigators called
Updated: 11 hours ago
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WIFR Newsroom
Residents were home at the time of the fire and everyone escaped safely.
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Rockford’s Hard Rock Casino one step closer to license approval
Updated: 11 hours ago
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Brittany Karlin
815 Entertainment and Hard Rock leaders lay all the cards on the table hoping to win a spot in Rockford, as they share their final presentation with the Illinois Gaming Board.
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Belvidere man wanted for predatory sexual assault of child
Updated: 12 hours ago
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WIFR Newsroom
In November of 2020, the Belvidere Police Department received a report that Hernandez-Ramirez allegedly sexually assaulted a juvenile female.
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Rockford Hard Rock Casino one step closer to approval
Updated: 13 hours ago
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WIFR Newsroom
Key items in the presentation included the creation of thousands of jobs in the region.
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Janesville PD investigates death of missing woman
Updated: 13 hours ago
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Juliana Tornabene
The Janesville Police Department is investigating the death of a 25-year-old woman that was reported missing Tuesday afternoon.
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Rockford Public Library: Hart Interim Library, East, Montague branches to reopen Feb. 1
Updated: 14 hours ago
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WIFR Newsroom
The Rockton Centre Branch will continue to serve customers by appointment only, via curbside pick-up of materials placed on hold.
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3,751 new COVID-19 cases, more than 700K vaccines administered in state
Updated: 15 hours ago
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CBS
As of Tuesday night, 2,931 people were in the hospital with COVID-19.
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Ill. National Guard returns from inauguration
Updated: 17 hours ago
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WIFR Newsroom
The soldiers were part of the 26,000 U.S. National Guardsmen activated to provide support to the inauguration.