The Janesville City Council has chosen an interim city manager to replace outgoing City Manager Mark Freitag. The council will announce who that is, and confirm the appointment, in a vote on Monday.
Rock County Supervisor Mike Zoril says he plans to propose at Thursday's county board meeting that the county treasurer’s office budget be cut up to 50% in 2023.
The Edgerton Hospital Healing Garden has for years been a place of tranquility. Now, it's also a place of growth - for tomatoes, sun gold cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, basil and white eggplant.
A Janesville Police Department resource officer remained working at Edison Middle School on Tuesday, the day after her gun apparently accidentally misfired in her office there.
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With traditional music, dance and food, Rock County's Latino community will celebrate its heritage this weekend.
The postponement, in 2020, of First Congregational Church’s 175th anniversary concert felt then to the congregation like a deep disappointment.
The Beloit Civic Theatre is presenting a twist on Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, “The Importance of Being Earnest.”
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is going to bat for dozens of former Hufcor workers in Janesville, whom she and labor union officials say never got a severance promised them by Hufcor’s now bankrupt owner.
An Edison Middle School resource officer’s gun apparently discharged accidentally on Monday while still in its holster, shooting a round into her office floor, Janesville police and school dis…
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Rock County Board member Mike Zoril recommends slashing county treasurer’s budget in half
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The county treasurer’s 2022 budget was about $432,000. Zoril proposed cutting that to about $216,000 for 2023
Rock County will send a letter of support to the Federal Railroad Administration in hopes of securing a rail stop connecting the county to Madison.
Families are invited to learn about construction and to build their own miniature structure on Oct. 1 in Beloit.
Renovation and expansion of the library on the Beloit College campus is expected to be complete in the summer of 2024.
50-50 Factory Outlet, a party supply store on Janesville’s northeast side, is permanently closing after operating 40 years at 3010 Woodlane Drive, the owners of the party store company said in an announcement this week.
Neon artist and Janesville native Tyler Kutz said he creates nostalgic and custom designs, as “everybody always wants to see their name in lights." One of his first pieces still hangs at Parker High School in teacher Sam Van Galder’s art room.
Janesville emergency personnel responded to a house fire at a Courthouse Hill duplex on the city's near east side Thursday afternoon.
The demolition and reconstruction of the Town of Beloit Fire Station 2 is expected to be finished by the fall of 2024, according to township officials.
Encouraging news from around the community.
The Rock County Cancer Coalition earlier this month received a $28,000 check from Women4Wellness to support the coalition’s work of reducing the financial burden on cancer patients in Rock County, coalition director Lucy Beckord said in a news release.
A Mercyhealth doctor cut and donated his hair, which had been growing since before the COVID-19 broke out, to Locks of Love, according to a Mercyhealth news release.
Central Christian Church will host a Family Fun Fest on Sunday in Beloit and Janesville.
The hottest name in college football coaching just happens to be a Beloit Sky Carp season-ticket holder. His name is Lance Leipold.
The Cardinals’ massive line controlled Janesville Craig’s defense and led the visitors to a 35-7 Big Eight Conference victory over the Cougars at Monterey Stadium on Friday night.
The Green Bay Packers hit the road this weekend for a showdown with Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Janesville Parker got contributions from several players to defeat Madison La Follette in Big Eight Conference volleyball Thursday night.
JANESVILLE - - The Janesville Parker Vikings were shut out in a 13-0 loss to Madison La Follette at Parker High School on Thursday.
Janesville’s Jimmy Doyle scored a game-tying goal in the third period, his third on the young North American Hockey League season, but the Jets fell 2-1 in overtime to the Kenai River Brown Bears on Thursday night.
The 84th Midwest Invitational high school cross country meet will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at Blackhawk Golf Course in Janesville.
WALWORTH, Wis.—Beloit Turner senior Lydia Seifarth admitted that she’s had a tough start to the cross country season.
View a weekly listing of Rock and Walworth county real estate transactions as recorded by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.
