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Tulsa-based QuikTrip opens first Rockford location on East State Street
By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — QuikTrip, a gas station…
Velvet Robot announces opening date for new Roscoe location
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Rockford prepares for Hard Rock Casino traffic with East State Street widening
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Summerfield Zoo in Belvidere opens for the season this weekend
Rock River Current Get our mobile app BELVIDERE — Summerfield Zoo, a small zoo that provides…
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For nearly six decades, she’s been a go-to local history resource at the Rockford Public Library
April 9, 2024
By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — In 1965, Jean Lythgoe recalls a personnel clerk at the Rockford Public Library explaining to her the municipal retirement system. If she continued to work
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Summerfield Zoo in Belvidere opens for the season this weekend
April 17, 2024
Rock River Current Get our mobile app BELVIDERE — Summerfield Zoo, a small zoo that provides visitors with close encounters of exotic animals and rescues, will open for the 2024 season this weekend. The zoo, 3088 Flora
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Easy Tiger, a new restaurant with a summer vacation vibe, to fill former Ojeda’s in Loves Park
April 17, 2024
By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app LOVES PARK — A new restaurant coming near the corner of Riverside Boulevard and North Second Street is designed to feel like a summer vacation in the
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Rock the Rockford ReStore
April 18
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Rock the Rockford ReStore
April 19
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Rockford Spring Artscene
April 19 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Speakeasy Murder Mystery Night
April 19 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Speakeasy Murder Mystery Night
April 19 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm