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Did you know that a whole underground tunnel system exists under the streets of Rockford, Illinois? Here's video proof.

You've got a little over one week before your tax filing is due, and the scam artists out there are really ramping up the efforts to trick you into giving up money, your personal information, or both.

Wasps start emerging here in Illinois as temperatures warm up after winter, with workers or drones appearing around mid-April to early May. If you've lived here any length of time, you know all about wasps and what they're capable of...but did you know that things are actually better for everyone if you don't terminate them on sight?

In some states, it's totally cool if your car only has a single license plate. In other states, you're looking at getting pulled over and ticketed for the same thing. A better question than "is it legal in Illinois" would be "why can't all 50 states agree on this subject?"

Aldi is incredibly successful, and maybe part of the reason is that they do a lot of things differently than we're used to seeing in grocery stores. One of those things is their phone number is the same, no matter which Aldi store you're calling. Here's why Aldi does it that way.

A yard full of hummingbirds is a delight, but to get them attracted to your house requires having a hummingbird feeder (or lots of flowers that they love). With the weather getting warmer and warmer even though we're in February, you might be wondering when would be the best time to put your hummingbird feeders back up.

He's been known for his love of America's farming communities, and this Fall, he will perform at farms close to Rockford.

Maybe you decided to get a car the old-fashioned way--by buying it. Congratulations on being a law-abiding citizen. Unfortunately, our state has plenty of people who get their automotive transportation another way--they'll steal yours. Especially if you drive one of the ten most stolen cars in Illinois.

When late fall and winter roll around, the nastiest of Illinois' creepy-crawly bugs disappear for a few months--but now that the weather is getting warmer, a whole bunch of them are waking up and wanting to get in or out of your house.

I've lived in Illinois for my entire life (so far), and I have to admit that there's one food on this list of Illinois foods to try before you die that I have never, ever had. Maybe it's because I live in Northern Illinois where it's somewhat difficult to find...or maybe I've just been avoiding it. Check the list to see how many Illinois foods you can put a checkmark next to.