FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — The city of Freeport has secured $31 million in state funding to construct a new drinking water well, marking a significant improvement for the city’s water system. The new well, known as Well-12, will be located near Krape Park and Forest Road. This initiative responds to recent discoveries of contaminated source […]
City and project leaders recently broke ground on a new well and water treatment facility designed to eliminate forever chemicals in the city's water supply.
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Freeport, Rockton, and Loves Park were 3 of 47 Illinois communities recently notified by the state Environmental Protection Agency of PFAs, or "forever chemicals," in the groundwater. Freeport City Manager Rob Boyer said the city has been working to build a new water treatment plant. "Bear…
FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — Family and friends gathered Sunday to remember Walter Hayward, a beloved coach from Freeport, on what would have been his 49th birthday. Hayward, who passed away in 2021 after a long battle with kidney failure, was a well-known figure in the Freeport community, having coached local…