Category Archives: Local News

It's Winter Weather Safety and Preparedness Week in Illinois. While this week's weather has not been conducive to thinking about winter weather, it's just around the corner and the National Weather Se...

Wayne City High School seniors, A.J. (Alexander) Moore and Zoe Wiggins have been selected as 2024 Illinois State Scholars. Wiggins and Moore were chosen by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission b...

The Illinois Lottery and the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs is launching the 2023 Winter Riches Instant Ticket. One-hundred-percent of the ticket's profits will go towards organizations supp...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting a career fair next week in Springfield. The fair will be held November 15th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at IDOT headquarters in the Harry R. Hanley Buil...

The Illinois Senate is moving forward with a bill that would lift a 1980s ban on nuclear power plant construction. The Senate yesterday passed a measure that would allow for the construction of small ...

President Joe Biden is coming to Illinois tomorrow. Biden will stop in Belvidere to meet with the head of the United Auto Workers union. Both are expected to highlight plans to reopen the iconic Assem...

Illinois is earning a credit rating upgrade. Fitch Ratings elevated the state's rating for general obligation bonds. This is Illinois' ninth credit rating upgrade in just over two years. The rating of...

WFIW Has learned new information regarding an announced merger of a pair of area dental practices. Monday Evening, WFIW News released the initial report that Bryce Miller with Miller Family Dentistry ...

Cisne High School graduates, Kevin Hyder and Collin Draper received the National FFA Organization's highest honor, the American FFA Degree, on November 4, 2023, during the 96th National FFA Convention...

In spite of some hard freezes and snow, Illinois farmers are still hard at work bringing in the last 19% of the corn harvest and the last 10% of the soybean crop. Thanks to good weather, Mark Schleuse...