Officials at the Rotary Botanical Gardens in Janesville hope a new concession and restroom building will bring hot cocoa and comfort to visitors at the outdoor gardens’ annual holiday light show.
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More than 200 students in Janesville and Milton in grades 3-12 participated in the Mary Jo Nettesheim Writing Competition. Of the participants, 25 students earned first- second- or third-place honors and seven more earned honorary mentions.
Police arrested a Beloit man early Thursday after a vehicle pursuit through Rock and Walworth counties.
BELOIT — Beloit College’s Colonel Robert H. Morse Library is about to undergo a massive renovation project.
Orfordville Parkview scored 20 runs and swept Williams Bay in a Trailways South Conference softball doubleheader Thursday.
Evansville's Jaden LeRoy completed a hat trick in the first eight minutes of the Blue Devils' nonconference girls soccer game against Janesville Craig on Thursday.
Elkhorn stole a 7-4 victory over Chagrin Falls (Ohio) on Thursday at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Evansville dropped a Rock Valley Conference baseball doubleheader against Jefferson on the campus of UW-Whitewater on Thursday.
State & Regional News
A youth who was 15 when he shot and wounded eight people at a suburban Milwaukee mall in 2020 has beern sentenced to 15 years in prison. Xavier Sevilla, now 18, pleaded guilty in January to five counts of first-degree reckless injury with a dangerous weapon. Five other criminal counts were d…
University of Wisconsin System students will have to pay hundreds of dollars more to attend classes next year under a plan approved by system officials. The Board of Regents voted overwhelmingly Thursday for a proposal increasing student tuition, fees and room and board rates starting this f…
Republican lawmakers are questioning the efforts of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration to fix a Wisconsin agency's lengthy delays in issuing professional licenses. The head of the Department of Safety and Professional Services told the Republican-controlled Legislature's budget commi…
A company announced it is recalling a packaged pasta dish sold in HyVee grocery stores in eight Midwestern states. Chester, Illinois-based Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. said Tuesday it was recalling HyVee Hamburger Chili Macaroni Skillet Meals produced at a plant in Steeleville, Illinois, because o…
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is letting go of almost its entire work force with the satellite launch company finding it difficult to secure funding three months after a failed mission.
The president of Belarus says Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed in his country along with part of Russia’s tactical nuclear arsenal. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this week that his country intended to deploy tactical, comparatively short-range and small-yield …
WASHINGTON — Over the course of more than four years working on the Hill, Gabe Garbowit heard the same set of gripes from his fellow staffers that he felt.
WASHINGTON — Maryland Democratic Rep. Glenn F. Ivey got his start on Capitol Hill with a conversation about jazz. After blanketing members of the Congressional Black Caucus with his résumé, Ivey landed an interview with one of its founders, Democratic Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. Inste…
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It is so nice to find a restaurant in the area that none of us have visited, and we happily made the easy drive up Highway 26 to Fort Atkinson. Our destination was 99 Sushi.
As we head into the holiday weekend, we’ve got lots of Easter Bunny and egg hunt fun happening locally. There's also some March Madness, a run/walk expo, kids’ theater and a family event at th…
It's a great day for a road trip as long, as in the new novel "The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise" by Colleen Oakley, as the cops don't catch you first.
JANESVILLE — There might be just one military surplus store in the world where you can find New York songwriter Lou Reed, folkie Joan Baez, various members of The Beatles, Madonna, and the ban…
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After 45 years of delivering the newspaper, John Werhane, 80, is hanging up his keys as a carrier for The Gazette.
The Janesville Art League gave out a pair of $1,000 scholarships to recent graduates of Parker and Craig high schools.
I'm still as embarrassed as a marksman bringing a BB gun to a wild boar hunt. I feel like a total idiot, a nincompoop.
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The Janesville Kiwanis Golden K Club will hand out Easter lilies on April 8 at local businesses.
Downtown Janesville Inc. welcomes residents to participate in ‘plogging’ to celebrate Earth Day.
The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary now has order forms for its annual flower sale.
The annual Fran Achen Juried Photography Exhibition is accepting photo submissions.
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Spring is a season of rejuvenation, and perhaps nowhere is that rebirth more noticeable than in the yard. Each spring, grass begins to grow again as inviting landscapes beckon people outdoors. Extra sunlight and rising temperatures make spring a great time to plant flowers, grasses and trees.
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The lines between the outdoors and indoors are being blurred. Homeowners build extensive outdoor living spaces so they can relax on weather-resistant furniture and even cook in lavish kitchens in their backyards. In addition, indoor three-season rooms full of bright, open windows that showca…
