ROCKFORD — Soft sock monkey dolls and hard dinosaur bones. Both take center stage separately this weekend at the Sock Monkey Madness Festival at Midway Village Museum and PaleoFest at Burpee ...

Bits of old sweaters, wire and wool they're are all spun into a whimsical new exhibit opening at the Mendel Art Gallery next week. Hundreds of sock monkeys and more abstract creatures hang from ...