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The Northern Illinois Food Bank is kicking off its annual “Free Summer Meals for Kids” program. It comes in partnership with the Illinois State Board of Education. That included a distribution this week in Rockford.
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A nonprofit launched its campaign collecting baby essentials for single fathers in DeKalb County.
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Busy Northern Illinois University students can now charge their devices using solar power while on-campus. Jess Savage has more on how the solar-powered charging benches fit into NIU’s overall sustainability goals:
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On a new Teachers' Lounge, two local teachers wrote a new book called “Your Words Are Fire” on how culturally-responsive teaching helps kids learn. What it means to be culturally-responsive and what it’s like releasing their book in the Trump era. Learn about all of that and much more...
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Recently Aurora mayor, John Laesch, posted a Facebook message apologizing about how the city handled the Juneteenth flag raising.
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Acclaimed bluegrass band Henhouse Prowlers stopped by Rockford's Anderson Japanese Gardens to play songs from their new record Unravel.
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A public art installation moved from a Rockford park to more intimate settings.
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A renowned Broadway and Pops conductor will once again lead one of Rockford’s Fourth of July celebrations at 8 p.m. Thursday July 3 at Rock Valley College’s Starlight Theatre. He joined WNIU Your Classics host Kirk Lundbeck during a recent episode.
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Rockford is home to a lot of public art installations. This summer, a group of students is adding even more through the Rockford Area Arts Council’s SPARK Mosaic program. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has the story…
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With uncertainty in weather services, what career path is there for the next generation?
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Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s poet is high school student Lucy Wheaton.