General Care Communities
Northern Illinois and Rockford
Area Info
Northern Illinois is dominated by the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Rockford, and the Quad Cities, which contain a majority of Illinois' population (75%) and economic activity, including numerous Fortune 500 companies and a heavy manufacturing, commercial, retail, service, and office based economy. Much of the economic activity of the region is centered in the Chicago Loop, the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor, and the Golden Corridor. However, rural sections of this region are highly productive agriculturally, and are part of the Corn Belt. The headquarters for John Deere farming equipment are located in Moline. Additional smaller cities in this area include Kankakee, LaSalle-Peru, Ottawa, Freeport, Dixon, and Sterling-Rock Falls, which still have predominantly manufacturing and agricultural economies. Northern Illinois is also one of the world's busiest freight railroad and truck traffic corridors.
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Illinois News from BigNewsNetwork.com
Chicago Police Say Drunken Driver Hit Squad Car
Mar 22, 2010 7:02 am
A routine traffic stop became anything but when a Rosemont police officer witnessed another driver plow into his squad car. Authorities say the 41-year-old Chicago man was drunk when he crashed the f...
Congress Clears Historic Health Care Bill
Mar 22, 2010 5:43 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Am...
Giving Away Child, Just For A While
Mar 22, 2010 5:23 am
Hazel Evans and her newborn daughter Autumn ride with Jessica-Anne Becker, the volunteer foster mom who agreed to care for Autumn for three to six months while Hazel Evans looked for a job and a place...
Firefighters Give Kids First Look At New Mobile Training Unit
Mar 22, 2010 5:23 am
First-grade students from Woodland Elementary East and West and Gurnee Grade School learned about kitchen safety and observe a simulated kitchen fire inside the new Lake County Fire Chiefs Association...
Mundelein High Students Raise Needed Cash For Haiti Relief
Mar 22, 2010 5:23 am
Social Studies teacher Neil McCarthy, left, with leaders of the Haiti Student Action Committee, from left, Krina Adhikari, Arielle Sison and Michael Captain.
Nature's Noisy Little Harbingers Of Spring
Mar 22, 2010 5:23 am
A red-bellied woodpecker peeks out from its nest in a dead tree in St. Charles. Woodpeckers rely on standing dead trees, also known as snags, for making nests and roost sites.
Glenbard North Alumni Return To Perform A Benefit Show
Mar 22, 2010 5:23 am
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Monroe Girls To Show Off Their Moves At School Talent Show
Mar 22, 2010 5:23 am
Step group organizer and adviser Kelly Jarvis, second from left, works on a new routine with members of Unity, one of the 24 acts practicing for this year's talent show at Monroe Middle Schoo...
St. Edward Senior Earns Scouting's Eagle Rank
Mar 22, 2010 5:23 am
Boy Scout Troop 21 of South Elgin recently recognized Alex S. Arciuch of Elgin as a recipient of the highest award in Scouting, the rank of Eagle Scout. The Eagle Court of Honor ceremony took place on...
Mooseheart Students Learn About County's Agricultural History
Mar 22, 2010 5:23 am
Mooseheart fifth-grader Paige Massey, left, gets a hand-licked greeting from a calf during Ag Days, which Mooseheart hosted March 17. Sixth-grader Kassadi Crowe tries to pet the other calf in the pen.
