Savant Capital Management Continues to Grow in the Rockford Region

Savant Capital Management, an independent, nationally-recognized fee-only wealth management firm, is pleased to announce it has added a team of new employees to its headquarters located in Rockford. The firm employs more than 150 team members throughout the Midwest and Washington, D.C. area, with 103 working from its Rockford headquarters. Ronda Barkley joined Savant as a client services assistant. She supports … Read More

New Illinois Law Provides Funding for Children with Hearing Loss

Rockford — Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed a landmark health legislation that requires Illinois insurers to cover replacement costs of hearing aids every three years for hard-of-hearing children who are 18 or younger. This law will ensure that when children grow out of their current hearing aids or break them, insurance companies are required to provide coverage. The law also provides that repairs are covered … Read More

Topping Out Ceremony Marks Important Milestone at SwedishAmerican Creekside Medical Center

Construction on the 70,000-square-foot SwedishAmerican Creekside Medical Center is currently underway and today marked an important milestone – its topping out ceremony. The celebration took place near the jobsite at 3505 North Bell School Road, adjacent to the Regional Cancer Center. SwedishAmerican leadership, physicians, Alderman Kevin Frost and Scandroli Construction  President Joe Scandroli spoke and made their mark on the 25-foot long purple beam that … Read More

SwedishAmerican Welcomes New Endocrinologist, Dr. Amrutha George

SwedishAmerican is pleased to welcome its new endocrinologist, Amrutha George, MD. Dr. George has a special interest in thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism, along with Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of thyroid nodules. She is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism. Dr. George is a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the Endocrinology Society. Dr. … Read More

SwedishAmerican Employees Celebrate First Steps on Women & Children’s Tower Construction

SwedishAmerican, a division of UW Health, is expanding its excellence in health care by investing $60 Million to construct a new state-of-the art Women and Children’s Tower on its main hospital campus in downtown Rockford. Today, hundreds of SwedishAmerican associates, physicians, leadership, patients and children joined in on the celebration and officially broke ground on the new facility. The more than 110,000 square-foot Women and … Read More

Jakob Loescher Ranked Among America’s Top 10 Millennial Advisors

Savant Capital Management financial advisor recognized by Forbes for second consecutive year Savant Capital Management, a nationally-recognized fee-only wealth management firm headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, is pleased to announce that Financial Advisor Jakob Loescher has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors. Loescher ranked #10 in the nation and #2 in Illinois. Loescher began his career in finance in 2007, … Read More

Getting to know local businesses of the Stateline

While visiting each business in search of participants for the Main Street Tour, it became clear that events like Main Street Tour are a crucial part of what it takes to make it as a local business in the Stateline. After receiving great participation from local businesses during the event, the Stateline Chamber went back to learn more about several … Read More

Jakob Loescher Ranked Among America’s Top 10 Millennial Advisors

Savant Capital Management financial advisor recognized by Forbes for second consecutive year   ROCKFORD, Ill. (August 6, 2018) – Savant Capital Management, a nationally-recognized fee-only wealth management firm headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, is pleased to announce that Financial Advisor Jakob Loescher has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors. Loescher ranked #10 in the nation and #2 in Illinois. Loescher began his … Read More

SwedishAmerican Employees Celebrate First Steps on Women & Children’s Tower Construction

SwedishAmerican, a division of UW Health, is expanding its excellence in health care by investing $60 Million to construct a new state-of-the art Women and Children’s Tower on its main hospital campus in downtown Rockford. Today, hundreds of SwedishAmerican associates, physicians, leadership, patients and children joined in on the celebration and officially broke ground on the new facility. The more than 110,000 square-foot Women and … Read More

SwedishAmerican Breaks Ground on Special Procedures Catheterization Laboratory Expansion

SwedishAmerican is pleased to announce it broke ground on its new state-of-the-art Special Procedures Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) expansion, a facility used to perform interventional cardiology, interventional radiology, and peripheral vascular procedures. Interventional cardiology procedures include stenting and balloon angioplasty, diagnosis and treatment of heart arrhythmias, and more. Interventional radiology and peripheral vascular procedures focus on diagnosing and intervening on … Read More