The Pizza Ranch, Inc., founded in 1981, is a "fast casual" restaurant chain. Pizza Ranch offers pizza, chicken, a salad bar, and a pizza and chicken buffet. Pizza Ranch has over 160 locations in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Kansas. Pizza Ranch is the largest regional pizza franchise in Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota.
The Rockford RiverHawks are a professional baseball team based in the Rockford, Illinois, suburb of Loves Park, in the United States. Currently, the RiverHawks are a member of the Frontier League, which they previously played in from 2002 until 2009. From 2002 to 2005, the RiverHawks' home field was Marinelli Field in Rockford, Illinois. In 2006, the RiverHawks moved into their new home, RiverHawks Stadium, located in Loves Park, Illinois.