South Beloit News

A South Beloit Company lands a record dealing.. making it the largest in their 58 year history.

Why, hello there. It's been awhile since I've written here last, for two reasons: 1) I went to visit my family in Minnesota for more than a week and promptly forgot about anything work-related, and 2) I ...

All the flood damage the Stateline has experienced is hurting more than just homeowners.

The Markley Committee along with the Leroy Grange is gearing up for what may be its biggest fundraiser ever.

BLACKHAWK VINTAGE CLASSIC, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 14-15, Blackhawk Farms Raceway, 15538 Prairie Road, South Beloit.

Jeff Winiarski, left, of the town of Beloit Police Department, and Jay WIlliams with the Rock County Sheriff's Department, practice a retrieval of Oscar, a rescue dummy near Preservation Park in Beloit during a ...

A substitute teacher who dealt with an unruly 8-year-old by taping him to his seat is looking at some confinement of his own after a McHenry County jury Friday found him guilty of two felony charges.

The education administration in North Greene has a new face - rather, two new faces.

WOODSTOCK Jury selection began Tuesday in the case of a substitute teacher charged with two felonies for allegedly punishing a special-education student by taping the child's arms behind his back and the boy's ...

“I'm definitely coming in trying to start. ... First-round picks are guys that are going to play.”

Posted: Saturday, 26 April 2008 1:25AM UPDATE: Police Chase Ends in Fatal Crash in Hampshire HAMPSHIRE- -A car driven by Ricardo Castillo-Torres of Ellgin rammed head-on into a semi truck loaded with U.S. mail, ... via WBBM-AM Chicago

A 21-year-old Elgin man was killed as he eluded police but then crashed head-on into a semitrailer hauling mail on Illinois 72 east of State Street late Thursday, authorities said. via Suburban Chicago News

“Our pontoon boat actually looks like it's floating when it's really on a trailer that stands very tall. Garbage cans are submerged, septic tanks overflowed.”

The Rock River at Rockton has swelled past its 10-foot flood stage and is now completely covering most of Edgemere Terrace, a riverfront street off Hononegah Road. via WTVO

“When the interchange was first constructed many years ago, it was not designed to handle the kind of traffic we see today”

Drivers still will be able to use four lanes between the state line and Cherry Valley, Ill., this summer. via The Janesville Gazette - Janesville, ...

“What we've done here, we got a lot of heart and soul and sweat into it”

Plans for a sports park in Rockton are put on hold. The Village of Rockton applied for a $400,000 grant from the state Department of Natural Resources. via WQRF-TV Rockford

“Just the training just helps tremendously”

This is a position that most of us would dread getting into. Falling through the ice into bitterly cold water. via WIFR

“We cooperated so we wouldn't have it staggered and drivers wouldn't have construction for eight years in a row”

Short-term pain for long-term gain. That's how the Illinois Tollway characterizes the next two years for Interstate 39-90 south from the Wisconsin state line to the Cherry Valley interchange at Rockford -- aka ... via The Capital Times

“As younger communities are growing and developing more sub-developments, that tends to impact them a little bit more because they haven't had the time to recoup financially”

For the first time since 1979, Rockford matched it's record snowfall for the months of December, January and February, with 63.4 inches. via WTVO Rockford

Winnifred L. "Winnie" Martinsen, 77, of Rockford, graduated to heaven at 11:52 p.m. Friday, February 15, in her home with her family by her side. via Http

“I think it's a control issue. They want to control everything instead of letting each committee discuss proposals to the board.”

It comes down to what's best for youth. That's what both Village President Dave Krienke and Trustees Kathy Kliebe said about what organization to have rent space at Players Park on Swanson Road. via Beloit Daily News

“We have to clean it up. It isn't worth anything just sitting there now”

Warner Electric has expressed an interest in purchasing land west of its current facility from the City of South Beloit, but the land has to be tested for any environmental concerns first. via Beloit Daily News