Rockford University, the region’s leading private four-year educational institution, is commemorating its 175th anniversary with a series of special events beginning today, February 25, the anniversary of the signing of its charter.
There have been 13,620 confirmed coronavirus cases in Boone County as of Feb. 24, with 110 deaths linked to the virus, according to data from the state Department of Public Health (IDPH).
Freeport School District 145 officials have implemented a mask-optional system for its more than 3,700 students after an appellate court judge rendered Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s school mask mandate unconstitutional.