Rockford gets $1M for soil clean-up

May. 11, 2012
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is giving $1 million to Rockford to help fund the removal of contaminated soil in the city's downtown.City officials say the clean-up will help Rockford move forward with plans to expand a park and build a new Amtrak station downtown.Officials say the sta

Most Illinois drinking water meets standards

Jun. 15, 2011
Most of the drinking water in Illinois met state and federal health requirements last year. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says data show 96.8 percent of people who got Illinois water supplies last year received drinking water that met  all health requirements.