Air Quality

Wildfire smoke continues to impact northern Illinois, forcing Rockford City Market to cancel and the Discovery Center to postpone outdoor events.

With air quality alerts now in effect, many are feeling the effects of smoke and pollution more than ever. It’s a tough reminder about the changing environment around us.

I normally let experts handle issues involving earth science. That's one reason I was a little alarmed when I saw "experts" talking about ozone problems over Illinois and they surprisingly weren't talking about just the Chicago area for once.

I'm not an air quality control specialist, but I don't think it's rocket science to know this thick air we've been having in Illinois is very unsafe.

If the skies have a hazy look to them Monday, it'll be for a similar reason to what Missouri and Illinois have been dealing with over the past few weeks, but this time the wildfire smoke is originating from a brand new place.

We're about to enter one of the hottest weekends of the year so far with temperatures expected to be in the mid-90s, which will make our air quality to be unhealthy around the Rockford region

If you've been feeling under the weather lately it could very well be the air we're breathing. Illinois was issued a dangerous air quality alert yesterday.