The Janesville School Board last week unanimously approved applying for the early literacy grant, which would give the school district $300,000 to try to lift stagnant literacy numbers among third-graders.
The closure will last until at least Friday Oct. 9 and is due to a large number of staff being under quarantine.
Eight local service clubs are teaming up on a food drive supergroup that so far has provided local social service agency ECHO with thousands of dollars in food and donations to boost ECHO's fo…
They're not loitering. They're not up to no good. They're just some guys hanging out in lawn chairs outside in the parking lot of an empty department store, having coffee and talking. Why? COVID-19.
The Janesville City Council and the city’s liquor commission haven’t yet made sweeping changes to city alcohol license policies, but both governing bodies want to see dots on a map that define…
Eighteen people are hospitalized in Rock County with COVID-19, the most in a single day since May 28.
Rock County law enforcement leaders said during a virtual meeting Monday night that they are against eliminating qualified immunity and that “no-knock” search warrants are allowed locally but very rare.
SHINE Medical Technologies could land another $1 million city tax incentive package that will help the medical radioisotope company build a new headquarters and second production facility designed for production of cancer medicines.
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The Gazette celebrates 175 years of history
The Janesville Gazette grew with its community, offering a focus on the local that no one could match.
In 1845, Levi Alden and E.A. Stoddard decided it was time for Janesville to have a newspaper. Although the local population was a mere 850, Janesville was a bustling place and showed potential for growth.
The Gazette, Janesville’s oldest business, started publishing in 1845, eight years before Janesville incorporated and three years before Wisconsin was a state.
Thoughtful people can give back to their communities in various ways. Coaching youth sports, volunteering for local charities, and donating to local food or clothing drives are just a few things we can do to help make our community a better place.
The city of Janesville on Wednesday set trick-or-treating hours and offered precautions.
A "Born Learning Trail" was installed at Bond Park on Tuesday.
The second of two brothers who drove an all-terrain vehicle away from a sheriff’s deputy on Milton Avenue last November was sentenced Tuesday to probation and jail time, which a prosecutor said is the teen’s “one last chance” to avoid prison.
The Wisconsin State Patrol arrested a Janesville man on Interstate 90/39 early Tuesday on a fourth-offense intoxicated driving charge, according to a news release.
Monday's Janesville City Council meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday night after a third-party technological error forced its postponement.
The Janesville Police Department and Janesville Mobilizing 4 Change will hold a back-to-school prescription drug collection Saturday, Oct. 3, outside Festival Foods.
A Janesville man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping a girl he knows is expected to serve time in prison because of how his Rock County case interacts with a federal court matter.
The Children’s Museum of Rock County and Sterling North Society are holding a “Where’s Rascal?” virtual scavenger hunt from Saturday, Oct. 3, through Dec. 19 throughout Rock County.
View our map of road, trail and ramp closures caused by the Interstate 90/39 construction in Rock County.
Cole Williams, a Darien native and 2002 Delavan-Darien High graduate, has signed on to fight Jason Witt in a welterweight bout during UFC Fight Night on Oct. 31 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Janesville's storied American Legion baseball program has fallen on hard times and needs the help of some volunteers to right the ship.
Janesville Jets players are set to arrive in town today.
Week 1 of the delayed and uncertain 2020 high school football season seemed to go off without a hitch.
Westosha Central rallied Friday night for a 41-39 win over Lake Geneva Badger in the Southern Lakes Conference 2020 season opener.
Here in southern Wisconsin, odds are the dominant buck which rules the woods is a 4½-year-old bruiser—which has Chronic Wasting Disease.
Casey Berg has been hired as Janesville Craig's girls soccer coach, replacing longtime coach Bill McCabe, who resigned August 1.
The Gazette's weekly entertainment section, published every Thursday.
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