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ROCKFORD (WREX) — A few weeks after dozens of RPS 205 employees crowded into a board meeting demanding better pay, the district announces a po…
ROCKFORD (WREX) -- Fall semester is in full swing for students at Rock Valley College, but tomorrow when FAFSA applications open -- the busine…
ROCKFORD (WREX) -- Friday at city market a new approach to nutrition is on it's way. Beginning with mushrooms.
Illinois is facing a critical shortage of case workers across child and family services.
After getting the approval from the Village of Pecatonica, the mural took about four days to complete. Musso was overjoyed when he heard the r…
ROCKFORD (WREX) -- The areas largest school district is back in session and more than 27,000 students were back in class today, but that on th…
As kids board the bus to start the new school year, they're greeted by the familiar face of a bus driver everyday.
This school year is off to a different start when compared to last year. In the fall of 2021, RPS 205 students were required to mask and take …
Local school systems are trying to fill the gaps with sign-on and recruitment bonuses. But Bloomquist worries this is only moving the same pro…
Our region's schools are in crisis mode. That's because they're struggling to get teachers and professionals in the door. The issue is not jus…
ROCKFORD (WREX) — Inflation impacts every purchase big or small, and that's certainly the case when it comes to higher education.
ROCKFORD (WREX) — In an effort to increase youth leaders within the community, the Chairman and Mayor's Youth Leadership Council is seeking ne…
With the first day of school in the books for the Belvidere School District, students share with us how it went at a community food truck party.
On a quiet afternoon before classes start at Rockford University, students anxiously await President Biden's decision on student loans.
A ban on teachers displaying Pride materials in classrooms or writing their pronouns in email signatures will remain in place in a Wisconsin p…
On the Orangeville Community Unit School District #203 website, an article was posted regarding the first day of school and a boil order issue…
OREGON (WREX) — The first day of school can always be stressful day, but Oregon Jr/Sr High School teachers and administrators felt even more t…
August is in full swing, which means the school buses will be back out on the streets and the kids will be back in the classrooms soon.
State health officials have announced new COVID-19 guidelines for schools after changes to CDC recommendations earlier this week.
Illinois schools are being offered additional rapid COVID-19 tests ahead of the new school year.
ROCKFORD (WREX) — The teacher shortage across the country is being felt here in the Stateline. Rockford Public School District (RPS 205) has o…
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With a vote of six to one, the Beloit Board of Education welcomed Dr. Wayne Roger Anderson to fill the role as interim superintendent of schools.
ROCKFORD (WREX) — Rockford Promise announced 21 new recipients of full-tuition scholarships to attend Rock Valley College (RVC) beginning in t…
ROCKFORD (WREX) — Less than a week after 13 Investigates revealed how many kids come to school from difficult situations at home, we got an up…
Oregon High School 2012 alum Eli Murray was among the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, journalism's most prestigi…
The Boone Winnebago Regional Office of Education announced the 2021 tax rates this week for regional districts, and Rockford Public Schools ra…