Kathy Roos originates mortgage loans for people wanting to buy or refinance a home.

The Belvidere resident is director of adventure programming at YMCA’s Camp Winnebago.

Seagren’s Avon offers makeup, fragrances, skin care products, bath and body items and jewelry. The store honors the Avon book prices and offers the same deals.

Interiors LLC on East State Street offers home decor items (unique accessories, art, wall decor, accent furniture, window coverings), in-store and in-home decorating services.

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity honored Chem Processing, an industrial plating and coating operation at 3910 Linden Oaks, Rockford.

Amy Pena is the new general manager at Egg Harbor Cafe in Rockford.

Business Rockford asked you to send us pictures of your company's celebrations and awards, and you stepped up. Check out what we published in fall 2009.

Business Rockford asked you to send us pictures of your company's celebrations and awards, and you stepped up. Check out what we published in spring 2009.

BELOIT, Wis. — William Strauss, a senior economist and economic adviser for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, spoke in Beloit a year ago when the economy was in the early stages of a steep dive.

Rick Wartzman spent the first 20 years of his career as a reporter, editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal and The Los Angeles Times.