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The Rock River

Kate’s Complaint Corner Letters of honest complaints from an honest Kate. In this week’s column I’m not going to discuss Rock River’s prior wrongdoings. Instead, I intend to focus only on Rock River’s current, craven epigrams. It may help if I

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Rockford Named Jizz City, USA

Rockford, IL –  America’s contributions to world culture includes jazz, baseball (debatable), soda pop, Levis, the Simpsons, Baywatch, commercialized evangelism, hip-hop, country-pop music (the bad kind, circa 1985 to present) , hillbilly pride, ebonics, cheap beer, skunk weed, porn and

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Free Wagon Rides – City Market Party Returns to Downtown

ROCKFORD, IL – Rockford, IL’s fourth annual summer and early fall downtown party returns tomorrow for another ride–that is–free wagon rides home! To assist the weekly party goers that hit the downtown area for City Market Days every Friday, free

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Poetry Contest Heats Up!

ROCKFORD, IL – Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful poems that have been submitted about Rockford, Illinois, in our 1st Annual RKFD Noose Poems Contest.  Below are are four submissions we received.  One is from our own staff member, Jay Vannigan,

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North Main St. Billboard Replaces Drivers Vision With VISON

Rockford, IL – The race for Rockford’s next mayor is speeding up to an April 9th election day finish. Mayor Barry Morrisson revealed his latest campaign message on a billboard located a block away from the Olympic Tavern on N.

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City Reacts to Forbes by Learning How To Read and Write, Promises Championship in 2014

Rockford, IL – Rockford, Illinois area citizens and local leaders are still reeling from this week’s 3rd place defeat to the champion Detroit and eternal top three runner up Flint, Michigan. Forbes Magazine’s annual Miserably Funny American Cities contest revealed

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