Belvidere News

As we were first to tell you Monday night, 1,700 Belvidere Chrysler workers return to the plant Wednesday, but not to restart production just yet.

Sara Watts was sitting here on her porch about three weeks ago when she looked out at a police raid just four doors down.

BELVIDERE, Ill. Chrysler plans to restart production at a northern Illinois plant and is recalling hundreds of workers.

Editor's note: Information in Police Briefs is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and city police departments.

Nick Aragona reflects on his time at New Process Gear. On his first day at New Process Gear in 1978, Jim Aragona was ready to quit.

It would have been easier for Cindy House's family just to buy canned or frozen corn from the Jolly Green Giant.

The Fiat 500 will be coming to the U.S. market as early as 2011. Inside Line has learned it won't be built in Mexico, as had been speculated, but at one of Chrysler's own U.S. plants, possibly the one in Belvidere, Illinois.

Seventeen vendors selling produce, baked goods, gourmet items, dog treats, flowers and crafts are lined up for this year's Glenview Farmers Market, which opens for the season Saturday.

Unemployment rose in most Illinois metropolitan areas in May,as the shrinking economy kept factories idle and spurred new belt-tightening among businesses throughout the state, officials said Thursday.

Chicago Police said flooding closed a northbound ramp on Lake Shore Drive. Commuter needs help getting through the Lake Shore Drive underpass at Montrose Avenue.

Chicago Police said flooding closed a northbound ramp on Lake ...

Volunteer Naomi Campbell, right, helps sort through what remains of a home rented by Jeff Juzyk and his family in, Thursday, June 18, 2009, after a tornado struck the home the night before along Highway 34 west of Aurora, Neb.. Campbell and about 30 other volunteers from Pleasant View Bible Church in Aurora, where the Juzyk family attends church, ...

Bagnuolo was convicted of one count of Armed Violence and two counts of Aggravated Battery by Boone County Statea s Attorney Michelle Couriera s office on June 17, 2009.

Garret and Helen Yunto of Waupun have been married for 60 years. Yunto and the former Helen Heideman were united in marriage on June 2, 1949, at the First Reformed Chruch in Waupun.

The Chrysler-Fiat merger gets the green light. But Boone County leaders are still working to reduce their financial dependance on the Belvidere Chrysler plant.

May 2, 2009 11:14 AM ET Illinois health officials have updated the state's swine flu numbers.

Soon, everyone who renews an Illinois driver's license could help pay for a baseball museum or a new church roof.

Nichole Brugger gets her hair done Friday at this Belvidere salon. And tonight, this cut won't cut into her pocketbook, thanks to a discount exclusively for local auto workers.

Chrysler is also foreseeing a "tight supply" of Jeep Wranglers by the end of June.

Emergency workers in northern Illinois have rescued a 38-year-old construction worker from a trench collapse.