Facebook<\/a> page:<\/strong><\/p>\nIn the world of TV News it's rare to get to work in your hometown, and I'm so thankful I've gotten to do so over the past few years. Thanks to all of you for watching, trusting, and laughing with me. I hope you continue to do that with my friends at 13 WREX.<\/em><\/p>\nRockford will always be my hometown, but I'm excited to share that Chicago will soon be my new home!<\/em><\/p>\nWords really can't describe the feeling. I get to do what I love at one of the top TV stations in the country, and learn from some of the most talented in the industry. On top of that, I get to forecast that big beautiful lake. It's a dream and I'm excited and grateful. In 2 weeks, I'll be the new early morning meteorologist on WGN in Chicago! You can catch me on air M-F. \u2600\ufe0f Until then, I'll see ya bright and early on 13!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morgan Kolkmeyer, who\u2019s been forecasting weather in her hometown of Rockford since 2014, is moving up to Chicago\u2019s top-rated morning show. Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9 announced Monday that Kolkmeyer will join \u201cWGN Morning News\u201d as 4 to 6 a.m. weekday meteorologist. Starting later this month, she succeeds Demetrius Ivory, who now reports weather for \u201cWGN... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14218"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14227,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14218\/revisions\/14227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}