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DISH Network is no stranger to blackouts and disputes with local television and now it's affecting Rockford-area viewers.

A couple of new news people are headed to Rockford.

WREX Anchor will be gone for a week while recovering from a tonsillectomy.

From our "could you media people please give us some good news for once" department comes the following bit of positive info: last month, home sales prices in Rockford hit their highest level since December of 2008.

The video posted a few weeks ago of Rockford in 1949 was such a hit, I thought you might enjoy another trip back in time.