ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Forest Preserve of Winnebago County(FPRWC) held a special board meeting Wednesday night to discuss their decision to terminate the agreement between them and Severson Dells Education Foundation.

Both sides say that it is mainly budgetary reasons for why the agreement is currently in limbo. However, it is clear both hope to move forward together.

A local aerospace company is giving back to the community in the name of an employee killed while on his way to work.

Residents have probably heard of something called "PFAS" recently.

The Byron community gathered together on Tuesday to honor a mother of five who lost her life while trying to save others during a house fire.

Any newly constructed or rehabbed driveway in Rockford has been required to be paved with approved material, like asphalt or concrete, since 1973. That means that gravel driveways are not in compliance, but the rules have not been enforced. That could soon change.

Rockford area residents should consider not packing their lunches on Wednesday, as 100% of sales at Jersey Mike's will go to a local non-profit.

There is growing support for putting up a wind farm in Lake Michigan.

A student in Stillman Valley is collecting donations for the family whose house burned down in Byron on Saturday, killing a neighbor who went over to help.

Over one million people in Illinois have diabetes. Many rely on insulin to keep the disease under control, but a large number of them cannot afford it because of the cost.

The Byron community gathered together on Tuesday to honor a mother of five who lost her life while trying to save others during a house fire.

The Rockford Art Museum created a "flower bomb" outside the Rockford Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau (RACVB) on Main Street to promote a pair of upcoming fundraisers.

Local artists will leave their mark on some Rockford intersections this summer.

Monroe Center Grade School 5th grade teacher Danielle Bond and her family lost everything in a Byron house fire Saturday, after a power line fell on her property, killing a neighbor who went over to help.