Wild Roots Nature Center will be the future name of Severson Dells Nature Center.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s poet is Rhonda Parsons.

Alex Gary of the Beloit Daily News discusses recent news out of southern Wisconsin.

Senior living communities keep their residents active by offering things like bingo and bringing in outside entertainment. But at one Rockford facility the highlight is its homegrown choir. WNIJ's Yvonne Boose has more on how music benefits residents and choir members themselves.

Rockford, DeKalb, and Aurora were among the 3,000+ cities holding rallies and marches Saturday.

The land surrounds the Beach Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve in Davis Junction.

On a new Teachers' Lounge, a DeKalb middle school teacher tries to convince his kids that money isn't everything; a group of students try to start their own businesses; a Waubonsee professor shares her experience as an immigrant business owner, and a western Illinois civics teacher's "Taking Action" class has her students solving real problems from pot holes to improving school lunches.

Emily Jane Powers stops by WNIJ to play new songs, and we'll hear about how her latest record is her most collaborative one yet.

If you grew up anywhere near Rockford, Illinois, in, oh, the last century or so, you probably have eaten at least a handful of Mrs. Fisher's potato chips. This regional delicacy started in Ethel Fisher's kitchen and still maintains that small-batch flavor, even as the company goes through 2.6 million pounds of local potatoes every year. So join Mrs. Fisher's vice president Chris Spiess as he takes the Under Rocks team on a tour of Rockford's salty treasure.