The Belvidere Assembly Plant, idled since 2023, is expected to reopen in 2027 with 1,500 union members returning to work, pending the installation of new equipment and the completion of a battery

A van crashed into Belvidere’s post office building Friday afternoon. There is no information about how the crash happened at this time. This is a developing story.

Townships are the oldest and a less visible form of local government in Illinois. The other elected officials under the township are the trustees, who sit on the township board of trustees, the highway commissioner and assessor.