Mercyhealth should not have offered to vaccinate about 1,300 Janesville School District staff members for COVID-19 next week, a spokeswoman from the state Department of Health Services said.
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Abby Wellwood has thought a lot about stereotypes and biases during her second year of teaching. The art instructor at Beloit’s McNeel Intermediate School has her principal to thank.
County Administrator Josh Smith said the county has drawn a hard line on vaccination at the county-run nursing home.
Federal paycheck protection loans, or so-called "PPP loans" have so far injected $25 million into small businesses in Janesville since the start of the pandemic last year.
In the wake of a baby's death in Green County, local officials said Wisconsin has a law and procedures for helping parents with endangered newborns, but it's not widely known.
A Rock County judge chose to order prison Friday for a Serbian man who was living in Illinois when he fatally struck a Whitewater man in 2019, but the judge agreed that the tragic incident was out of character.
The Rock County Sheriff’s Office is seeking to drastically upgrade and consolidate its facilities—with a preliminary price tag of about $116 million—in hopes of becoming more efficient, safe and modern.
Who will get the COVID-19 vaccine, and when will they get it? Answers to those questions are coming, Rock County Administrator Josh Smith said Thursday, but they’re not here yet.
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A rural Beloit man was arrested early Saturday morning in the town of Rock on a charge of seventh-offense intoxicated driving.
The Rock County Public Health Department is planning to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to unaffiliated health care workers, four weeks after vaccinations became available.
The Rock County Board chose a new chairman Thursday night.
Janesville students will get a day off school Friday, Jan. 22, to allow all school district employees to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, school district officials said Thursday.
The city of Janesville has declared a winter weather emergency beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday ahead of forecasts calling for accumulations of snow and ice through Friday morning.
Two turn lanes at the Five Points intersection will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 20, to allow Union Pacific Railroad to make repairs at the track crossing on West Court Street.
Parts of Highway 14/Humes Road will be closed under Interstate 90/39 on two nights next week so crews can set girders for the new southbound bridge over Highway 14.
City buildings will close Monday in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Zhander Rowley won the 100 freestyle to lead Janesville Parker swimmers in a dual meet against Waunakee on Friday.
Baraboo edged Janesville Parker 123.15-119.70 in a high school gymnastics dual meet Friday.
A feisty defense forced 15 first-half turnovers, Mya Nicholson led four players in double figures with 24 points and Janesville Craig used a big scoring run in each half to race past Stoughton, 76-42, in a girls basketball game Friday.
The Janesville Bluebirds came up short in a 3-2 nonconference loss to Arrowhead on Friday night.
Milton High girls basketball picks up first win of the season with nonconference victory over Parker
Milton High's girls basketball team picked up its first win of the season Friday with a 57-54 nonconference victory over Janesville Parker.
Gazette outdoor columnist Ted Peck plans to take his daughter fishing during Wisconsin's free fishing weekend, but her "Bumpus" hounds are a concern
Jake Schaffner's hat trick was not enough Thursday night as the Janesville Bluebirds lost 8-7 to Kettle Moraine in boys nonconference hockey action at the Janesville Ice Arena.
A roundup of area high school boys and girls basketball games played Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.
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