Manufacturing Jobs Still On The Up For Local Women

Rockford, IL – Manufacturing jobs for regional men have been on the decline since the mid-1970’s but local women are seeing a boom in manufacturing jobs unlike most regions in the country– a real baby boom. Despite on-going terrible economic conditions in the Rockford region that were caused by the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs due to selfish and poor business leadership over the last few decades, The United States Bureau of Labor has released key stats in each of the last 37 years that shows women are seeing a real gain in manufacturing while men suffer for work.

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Local Woman has Mental breakdown at TEDx event..

This letter was sent to us from a local woman who attended a TEDx event in Bainsport IL last year, Dear RKFD News I am in a place that I find surreal. The events that took place at the TEDx

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Chasing Cars: How do you get your child to stop?

Rockford, IL – Do you have a problem with your child chasing cars? If your child continues to chase cars there is a very good chance he will soon get hit by one. This is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. It is best to try and avoid this nasty habit in the first place by not encouraging he or her to chase anything. How can you accomplish this?

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New Species Of Rabbit Discovered

Chemung, IL – Every stripper dreams of being discovered by talent agents leafing through their dressing romm’s panties drawer. If rabbits have such aspirations, consider them satisfied in Chemung, IL. Researchers from Wisconsin recently spotted a previously unknown species while randomly

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Unemployed Engineer Wakes Up From Dream To Share It With Internet

Rockford , IL – Local unemployed engineer, Ronald Donaldson, emailed RKFDNews.com about a dream he had this morning – that he also shared with his friend’s friends on facebook – that he now wants to share with all of us. Thank you, Mr. Donaldson, for sharing your dream with us. Read below for his transcript.

“Dear RKFD News,

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TEDx Event Will Inspire Locals To Continue Telling Stories To Each Other

Rockford, IL -TEDx – the popular online community site that inspires professional people (and lazy web surfers needing to get their day going if coffee doesn’t) to think with other peoples ideas – is coming to town! The TEDxRockford’s PR statement says, “the goal of TEDxRockford is to tell stories around the model’s four main themes: 21st Century Brainpower, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Quality Connected Places, and Branding with New Narratives.” We thought locals were trying to do that for decades, but now we know that TED is listening to us!

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