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Skellys Farm Market owners Scott and Laura Skelly reveal their favorite fall foods, farm-inspired preferences and a few surprising dislikes during a fun Fast Five interview with Q98.5's Q Morning Crew.

After Rockford hit a record 88 degrees on October 12, thunderstorms and a major cooldown could send temperatures plunging toward freezing by Friday night.

Looking for free Halloween fun near Rockford? Motes Haunted Hallow in Byron features a haunted trail and haunted house, with a less-scary option for nervous visitors.

Rockford's Beef-a-Roo is bringing back its beloved Andes mint tradition, and the owners are hiring Mint Ambassadors to make customers feel welcome when the restaurants reopen.

Galena's Halloween parade has been scaring up crowds for nearly five decades, and this year it's taking over North Main Street on actual Halloween night.

Chicago customs officers just stopped a massive haul of fake Cartier watches worth nearly 28 million dollars heading to California.

A Milwaukee neighborhood is dealing with an unexpected problem. Aggressive raccoons have taken over an abandoned property, leaving residents concerned.

A Beloit couple thought staging a fake robbery would cover up twenty-two thousand dollars in missing restaurant cash. Police had other ideas.

ockford has plenty of creepy history, and this October, you can investigate three reportedly haunted historic locations on a special Haunted Rockford tour.

A Madison man's dare from social media turned into an arrest at a local grocery store Friday afternoon.