When Joelene Chinn finishes one of her creations, it’s a bit like Rockford’s infamous Sock Monkey — gone punk. The 33-year-old mother is the mastermind behind the rockin’ sock dolls popping up ...

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OSAGE — The old-fashioned, handcrafted sock monkey dolls made with the original Rockford Red Heel socks from Fox River Mills have become a favorite piece of “Americana” over the years.

Joanne Fritz will always remember the way her mother tenderly clutched a stuffed animal during her stay at a nursing home. It was a little brown and white dog, the one Fritz now keeps in her North ...