Former Chicago Honey Bear reflects on Bears’ Super Bowl win
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Ahead of the Super Bowl, a Rockford woman reminisced about the 40th anniversary of the Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl as a former Chicago Honey Bear cheerleader. “The city was just so excited, and so, I’m at a loss for words that just enthusiastic,” Karen Vandenbroek Meissner expressed, who saw the whole […]
Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon visited the Hard Rock Casino Rockford this week to reflect on the team's 1985 Super Bowl victory. The appearance took place as the city prepared for the upcoming Super Bowl weekend.
CHICAGO — Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears legend Steve “Mongo” McMichael died in hospice care on Wednesday. He was 67 years old. A source told WGN News he had been removed from a ventilator in the ICU just shortly before his passing. In Jan. 2021, McMichael announced he was…
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The former Applebee's restaurant, at 6845 E. State Street, is set to become a Mongolian stir-fry restaurant. Mongolian grill-style restaurants offer Asian-fusion stir-fry cuisine, where customers craft their own bowls by selecting ingredients that are cooked on a giant grill while they watch. Yummy Bowl will…