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Cheddar Addiction Proves Delicious
Rockford, IL – Chad Muckgrunt, 27, a Wisconsin native, always considered himself a connoisseur of fine cheese in all it’s forms. He admired the texture of mozzarella, the complexity of havarti, and the punch of monterey jack; but, one day
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Golden Apple Winner Hates Apostrophes
Rockford, IL – Alex Pratt, a local math teacher, confessed to a group of his peers on a recent weekend bar hopping adventure that he “hates apostrophes,” and goes out of his way to avoid them in every day life.
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Elderly Man Loses Hat, Finds Salvation
Rockford, IL – Dudley Newhouse, 91, lost his hat over the weekend at a local Old County Buffet and spent all of Sunday morning looking for it. He returned to the restaurant for dinner tonight at 4:30 p.m. and was
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Fortunate Artists Pray For City’s Salvation
Rockford, IL – Artists throughout Rockford, IL, have been gathering at Davis Park for about 5 years to pray for their city’s resurrection from the pits of economic hell. “Most of us have been creating from a heavenly, righteous place
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WRAX Loses Beautiful News Model, Jenny Whirley
Rockford, IL – Local TV station, WRAX, and all of Rockford, IL, mainly the men, are very sad to say goodbye to one of their nicest news models. Jenny Whirley came to our ugly town in 2011 with the brightest
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Horse Sold at Auction Returns Home
Dixon, IL – A horse sold at a local auction– worth $775,000– returned from it’s new home to its former pastures in rural Dixon yesterday. “We were cleaning out the rest of the items from the auction when we noticed
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