STATE OF ILLINOIS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Case No.: 2026-MR-55
City of Rockford, Illinois,
Plaintiff,
vs.
RKFD LLC, Midway Theater LLC,
Peter S. Crane, as Trustee of the Peter S. Crane
Living Trust Dated August 21, 2007,
Peter S. Crane, individually, Unknown Owners
and Non-Record Claimants
Defendants.
NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS FOR PUBLICATION
The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Non-Record Claimants and all Unknown Owners, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled amended action for repair or demolition was filed on February 17, 2026, and is now pending.
1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above.
2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above.
3. The name of the titleholder of record is RKFD, LLC.
4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows:
THAT PART OF LOT 6 IN BLOCK OF GREGORY’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 6, 16 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT, 116 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT, 231 FEET; THENCE WEST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT, 116 FEET; THENCE NORTH, PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT, 231 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Parcel Identification No. 11-26-201-004
5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows:
721 E State St, Rockford, Illinois
NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Owners, Defendants, file or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL within thirty (30) days from the date of February 23, 2026 default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.
Circuit Clerk
CITY OF ROCKFORD DEPARTMENT OF LAW
Matthew D. Flores (#6323902)
425 E. State Street
Rockford, Illinois 61104
Phone: (779) 348-7392