Clint Wolf

SOUTH BELOIT - South Beloit's new fire chief is ready to get to work rebuilding the fire department. Brian Kunce was sworn in as the new fire chief in South Beloit during the the South Beloit City Council meeting on Monday. He was among the candidates rec... See more

ROCKFORD, Ill. - Voters will decide some referendum issues which will appear on the March 17 primary election ballot, including a school sales tax, an ambulance tax for the North Park Fire District, and a bond issue for a building expansion in the Pecaton... See more

BELOIT - Beloit College President Eric Boynton said new partnerships, new programs and new marketing approaches are needed to address the challenges faced by higher education today. Boynton was speaking during a Society for Learning Unlimited (SLU) presen... See more

BELOIT - The Beloit International Film Festival will be a bit leaner this year, with fewer days, but the community event still will offer plenty of entertaining films and local favorites. Sabrina Krejci, interim executive director of BIFF, said there will... See more

BELOIT - Doug Elfstrom was stoking a wood-fired stove and getting ready to show a small crowd that gathered around how maple syrup is made. "In general, it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup," he said. Elfstrom, who is a local teacher and... See more