(WIFR) - Maurice West will serve a fourth term as representative for Illinois House District 67. In a rematch, West beat ...

WIFR News at 5. An update of today's local and national news headlines along with your First Alert forecast and local sports ...

Many area voters chose to make their picks early but, that didn’t mean lines were shorter at local polling places. Officials ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Winnebago County voters approve a referendum extending a sales tax to help pay for mental health ...

(WIFR) - Steve Stadelman wins a fifth term, keeping his job as Illinois state senator for District 34. The Democrat beat ...

(WIFR) - Incumbent Joe Sosnowski is re-elected as state representative for Illinois’ 69th District. Sosnowski defeated ...

Pobjecky is a Winnebago County deputy and ran for sheriff in 2013. In 2011, Pobjecky was off-duty when he shot and killed a 16-year-old who was trying to rob Marie’s Pizza in Rockford. Pobjecky was ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - In the months of September and October, the Stateline couldn‘t buy a raindrop, often going weeks ...

At 4 p.m., Nov. 5, the West Suburban Fire Department named Kay Gober as the Fire Chief. This marks the first woman volunteer Fire Department Chief.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Unseasonably mild, windy, with occasional showers. Winds south 15 - 25 MPH gusting to 40 MPH. Highs ...

All but two members of Rockford City Council voted against the adoption of a cease-fire resolution regarding the ongoing ...

The NUIC announced its all-conference honors on Monday, with the conference’s top two teams, Lena-Winslow and DuPec being ...