People swim and play in the Big River at Rockford Park on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Jefferson County where water funneled through an opening in a former dam creates dangerous currents. Most of the ...

ROCKFORD | Floyd County supervisors Tuesday OK’d a bid for about $165,000 from Beemer Companies of Fairmont, Minn., to remove the dam in Rockford.

The dam at Rockford Park, which has been the site of numerous drownings over the last decade, could be entirely removed ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A speed restriction and fireworks safety zone will be in place July 4 for boaters on the Rock River in Rockford. Between 7:30 p.m. July 4 to midnight July 5, a no wake zone ...