Five nursing homes in Metro Rockford received below-average scores from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) after the federal agency updated its nursing home rating system for consumers in April.
Voter registration data shows City of Rockford Ward 3 Precinct 2, Harlem Township Precinct 29 and City of Rockford Ward 1 Precinct 7 are area precincts ranked among the Metro Rockford precincts with the most Independent voters