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Doctor suffering heart attack during Illinois marathon saved by son
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Doctor Rafael Ruggeri was running the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon this year when he suddenly collapsed at Meadowbrook Park. He was having a heart attack. Luckily, his son Isaac was running with him, and Isaac had just been trained on CPR a few weeks before...
Byron, IL – Three Hospitalized in Head-on Collision on Rte 2 SB
Byron, IL (July 23, 2024) – Illinois State Police troopers said a woman and two teen girls were injured after another driver caused a head-on collision while trying to pass a vehicle in a no-passing zone along Illinois Route 2 in Byron on Saturday. According to the Ogle County...
City council: SRO agreements with school districts approved
City council: SRO agreements with school districts … UP’s Big Boy 4014 train that drew crowds in Rochelle … Honoring our American Hero: Rochelle’s Norris served … Hub City Furniture to close this month after 45 years …. Ogle County Board: Presentation made by OCEDC...
PETA offers $5,000 reward to find suspect who abandoned over 50 dogs at Belvidere dog park
BELVIDERE, Ill. (WTVO) — Animal activist group PETA has issued a $5,000 reward for a tip that leads to the identification of the person who abandoned over 50 dogs in Belvidere’s Hammertime Dog Park last week. “Dogs and cats depend on humans to keep them safe, yet someone cruelly dumped these dogs next to a […]
What Rockford golf courses are doing to make sure local golf boom keeps booming
Golf wasn’t dying five years ago around Rockford. But it was retreating fast. “2019 was the worst year we ever had,” said Jeff Hartman, the head golf pro and general manager of Park Hills, Freeport’s 36-hole municipal facility. Golf had been in a steady and somewhat severe 10-year decline across the nation. Courses were...
Rockford parks experience ‘unprecedented’ vandalism, costing thousands
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Rockford Park District has experienced an “unprecedented level” of vandalism across multiple area parks this summer. According to the Park District, graffiti, playground equipment damage, and other destruction of property has occurred at Highland Park, Churchill Park, and Dahlquist Park in Rockford. Minor vandalism also occurred at Martin Park, Shorewood […]
TJ Baker wins the 2024 Aldeen Cup
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The annual Aldeen Cup amateur golf tournament was filled with local golfers this year as it came down to the wire. TJ Baker won the tournament after previously having a record-setting three-year span at the annual golf tournament from 2019-2022, but his three-year win streak ended last year to Robert Dofflemyer. Baker won the Aldeen Cup Sunday going 5 under, totaling 139 between the two rounds. Baker beat Luke Lofgren by one stroke, Dofflemyer by two strokes, and former Boylan Titan Danny Gorman by five strokes.
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