The annual Christmas tree recycling program in northern Illinois is over. Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful, the organizer of the program, estimates they collected around 8,000 trees this year.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Constance Kuntz.

It’s not just that sea levels are rising. Scientists believe fossil fuel extraction and river engineering are also factors behind coastline disappearance.

Every three years, Alignment Rockford releases a study on how the community is preparing kids for school and the challenges they face. The newest data was released at the end of last year. Peter Medlin has more…

This week, the Trump administration terminated hundreds of federal grants to support mental health and substance use programs. Thursday morning, they reversed the decision. Peter Medlin spoke with some Illinois grantees about the last day’s whiplash.

Disaster Kid joins us to play songs from their debut EP Rare Bird, and to tell us about recording the EP.

A Rockford bookstore entered the publishing world more than a year ago. Its third project is a book of haiku a type of Japanese poetry, by area poets. It was released last month.

Five activists in Wisconsin share how belief has driven them to be better stewards of the earth

The objection was drafted by Prairie Rivers Network. WNIJ’s Jess Savage sat down with Director of Water Policy Robert Hirschfeld to learn more about why they wrote to the EPA about the ruling.