Rockford, IL – When Rockford resident Kay Koster began teaching how to play guitars, AND repair them, F-D-R was in the White House. This 91-year-old musical pioneer is STILL playing and fixing all makes and models of guitars and amps. WNIJ's Christopher Hosken has this profile.
Batavia, IL – Things have turned around in the past year for the national physics lab in Batavia. Fermilab faced layoffs, cutbacks, and furloughs a year ago. Now it's getting a huge infusion of federal stimulus money. WNIJ's Susan Stephens reports:
DeKalb, IL – The recession has been obviously bad for many business owners. But as WNIJ's Andy Mitchell has found, local live music is persevering... AND growing.
DeKalb, IL – Two Northern Illinois communities are competing for a stop on a proposed Amtrak line. WNIJ's Mike Moen has more on the latest twist in the passenger rail initiative:
