Living in Rockford: a practical perspective

Jenna Dooley — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +0000

This story originally aired during the summer of 2012.

In the first of a two-part series, WNIJ’s Jenna Dooley finds out what it means to live in Rockford.

Michelle and Lawrence Boyd hit a road block in raising seven children when Lawrence lost his job after 17 years. They found a fixer-upper on Park Avenue near downtown Rockford a little more than two years ago. Michelle said it had a new roof and a new furnace, enough to house her growing family:

But it had problems too.

Hopeful Mayor says Rockford is on its own for 2012

Victor Yehling — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:30:55 +0000

NOTE: The audio file of the complete 2012 State of the City address runs a little more than one hour and includes soundtracks from several videos that were shown as part of the presentation.

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Living in Rockford: a practical perspective

Hopeful Mayor says Rockford is on its own for 2012