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All Local Starbucks to Close by Feb. 12th
ROCKFORD, IL – Kimberly Dumond’s 3-year career has come to this: Two weeks of severance pay. The 45-year-old, who works at the Starbucks on Perryville Rd in Rockford, is one of roughly 39 local employees set to lose their jobs when
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Ice Cream Man Serves Up Twenty Two Gallons of PepperMint Chocolate Jesus
Rockford, IL – The city’s favorite ice cream man made an unexpected stop at St. Charles’ Field of Hearts Church, Inc. tonight. In honor of the holiday season, the ice cream man showed up during halftime of the Monday night
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Rockford Business Tip: Start Feeding Homeless Now
Rockford, IL– You might not see this news in your local newspaper but homeless men and women are already making decisions about which back yards and trash cans they will visit this winter. What can you and the community do
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Poork Town: Rockfordians Petition to Make KFC Original Recipe the State Bird
[hr] Poork Town is a special series from RKFDnews.com that focuses on what makes our community’s egos, stomachs, necks, legs, arms, butts and heads so large, poor, and proud. [hr] Rockford, IL – While many congressmen in Illinois return to
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Poork Town: Rochelle Man Cut Off From “All You Can Eat Fish”, Files Lawsuit
Poork Town is a special series from RKFDnews.com that focuses on what makes our community’s egos, stomachs, necks, legs, arms, butts and heads so large, poor, and proud. [hr] Rochelle, IL – Richard Beneger, a Rochellian native aged 51 and 550
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Poork Town: Community Prayers Answered, Portillo’s Coming To Rockford
Poork Town is a special series from RKFDnews.com that focuses on what makes our community’s egos, stomachs, necks, legs, arms, butts and heads so large, poor and proud. Rockford, IL – Gerrard Himmis, 30, has been praying for Portillo’s restaurant
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