Local events

According to a recent poll, about seven percent of Americans intend to be asleep by midnight on New Year's Eve. If that is not your idea of a way to ring in 2017, here's a few fun New Year's events you should check out in Rockford this weekend.

Set your calendars now for a very special treat, the Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will be making a stop in Byron on Friday, December 2, 2016.

If flying through the air escaping zombies and ghouls in the dark is your idea of an adrenaline rush, you're gonna love the new tour Zip Rockford is offering just in time for Halloween!

It's always a good day in Rockford when we can celebrate something positive, and soon we'll get to help one of this city's greatest treasures celebrate it's 35th birthday.

Mother's Day is this Sunday, and it looks like Mother Nature will be providing a great day for all Mom's to get out an enjoy. Here's 5 fun things you could do with Mom to make it a Mother's Day weekend to remember.

If you know a kid who's between the ages of 5 and 12 and loves the Chicago Bears, then you have to bring them to the inaugural "Run With Staley" at Levings Park in Rockford this May!

Today is Earth Day. A day that has been in existence since 1970  to bring awareness to the world's environmental issues, and to encourage people to do something about it.

Doesn't matter if you're young or old, every girl likes a tea party, and the Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens in Rockford has a pretty special one planned just in time for Mother's Day!

The group Haunted Rockford is hosting another awesome paranormal event at the historical Midway Village in Rockford on Saturday, May 14, 2016, and you better get tickets now before they sell out!

We're finally seeing our first consistent stretch of warmer temperatures in Rockford, and I don't know about you, but it's got my brain focused on outdoor fun! If you fancy yourself an adrenaline junkie or outdoor enthusiast, here's some places you need to check out in Rockford and Winnebago County for all kinds of fun in the sun.