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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say they're trying to recover the body of a man found in the Rock River near the Chicago Rockford International Airport. Winnebago County Sheriff's Department public information officer Ken DeCoster told the Rockford Register Star on Saturday afternoon that a group of people watching the AirFest air show from a boat on the river spotted the body...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities are praising the heroism of a UPS driver who risked his life to rescue a man who jumped into a river in Illinois. When 40-year-old Jeff Hermanson of Rockford saw the man in the Rock River Tuesday, he parked his truck along a riverbank and jumped in...

This Saturday, Rocktown Adventures is celebrating its opening and the start of the 2015 paddle season by hosting an all-day event which is open to the public. The event will include paddle sport activities and in-store promotions and drawings as well as refreshments...

The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office has announced a series of restrictions effective July 4 on the Rock River.

Add this to the (long) list of things that sound cool but I would never try myself. Three students at Maranatha Baptist University are kayak the length of the Rock River from the Horicon Marsh to its end at the Mississippi. That's 320 miles...