Rock River

FREEPORT - Rising waters along the Pecatonica and Rock rivers have flooded some homes in northern Illinois cities like Freeport, Rockford and Machesney…

Groups are working to complete restoration of a century-old landmark known as the Black Hawk statue in northern Illinois. The 48-foot-tall, 270-ton statue…

A group of residents is raising money to keep a park district-owned riverboat operating in northern Illinois this summer. The Rockford Park District's…

Preparations are starting in an $825,000 restoration project to repair a more than century-old statue of a Native American overlooking the Rock River in…

A railroad company has agreed to pay $570,000 to help settle claims over a 2009 derailment that spilled ethanol and killed tens of thousands of fish in…