People have been complaining about parking in Janesville's downtown since the automobile was invented.
Sub-adult eagles are dropping in on the Decorah nests, noodling with the architecture.
Girl Scout cookie sales start in early February. In honor of the Scouts and their annual sale, we're featuring Scouting photos from the early 1970s.
The Decorah eagles are spending their time mating and chasing away creatures invading their territory.
In 1970, Cedar Crest resident Al Heon organized a kazoo band.
Tufted Titmice seem shy at the winter birdfeeder, but when they nest, hang on to your hairdo.
It wasn't exactly a traditional Klondike Derby, but the Boy Scouts of the Sinnissippi Council made it work anyway.
With Paul Ryan joining the effort to help redraw voting districts, John believes this gerrymandering thwarts the will of the people.
Gazette photographers found Janesville Fire Department personnel testing a repair on one of their engines in 1971.
The Janesville Moose Lodge has been torn down, but the polka fests there are not forgotten.
It was a storm that dumped plenty of snow on Janesville, but when did it happen?
Indians lived along the Rock River since the Middle Ages in Europe.
John and his wife enjoyed “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” though John cautions it's not necessarily a movie for kids.
This week's Then and Now features a photo from the grand opening of the Monterey Bridge over the Rock River. Thousands of people turned out to witness the event.
The Russian Spacecraft Soyuz transports international astronauts to the Space Station.
For many years, a group of local residents made downhill skiing a reality in Rock County.
As we watched the two Decorah eagle nests this year, only three eaglets survived...just barely after forced from their nests prematurely by blankets of biting black flies.
In 1935, Janesville celebrated its centennial with four days of activities.
See Decorah eagles released to Mother Nature after forced from their nests prematurely by swarms of biting black flies
"How beautiful leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days!" -- John Burroughs
A photographer caught the smoke and steam rising off what then was called the Rock River Generating Plant
The Skatin' Place opened in 1976, just in time for the Bay City Rollers and Rick Dees' hit "Disco Duck."
Glen Loyd helped consumers as the Action man at WLUK-TV in Green Bay.
John is thankful that Monday will be observed as Indigenous Peoples’ Day rather than Columbus Day.
The little kids lining Mineral Point Avenue in Janesville for the Parker High School Homecoming Parade could hardly wait for the big kids to start throwing them candy.
A 1967 fire at a three-story furniture store changed the face of downtown Janesville.
This week's Then and Now features a busy night on West Milwaukee Street in Janesville.
Glen is celebrating 10 years of making videos for the Janesville Gazette.
Janesville had passenger rail service until 1971.
I shot this video in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum which is a half block from my home in Madison.
Ancient folklore in Germany had white storks protecting babies and escorting them to us.
A photo from The Gazette's archives shows the wading pool at Riverside Park.
Purple Martins along the Rock River share are common a denominator with the Decorah eagles we have been watching. They are good parents.
An aerial photo from the 1930s shows the intersection of Madison and Main streets in Evansville.
The Decorah eaglets, prematurely forced from their nests by biting black flies, are being cared for by SOAR which is planning a soft release when the birds are ready.
A comparison of aerial photos of downtown Whitewater shows the differences between 1930 and today.
Don't give up on the Decorah eaglets...two are flying...the third is mending. See them fly!
Jack Weycer ran a grocery store on West Milwaukee Street in Janesville for many years. He specialized in fruit.
Those spires. Those ledges. Those bluffs. Behemoths of weight and mass, rising from the high desert floor with quiet heft and bulk.
Between 1956 and 1976, Janesville lost almost all of its elm trees.
Do you recognize the location of swimming spot?
My mission was to get video of WW II airplanes and veterans at the Janesville Warbird Weekend the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport.
Nels Akerlund, a Rockford photographer with an international clientele, just made a new video about the Rock River Trail.
A photo from The Gazette's archives shows Main and Court streets at a time when Janesville still had wooden plank sidewalks.
Janesville is polishing up the jewel running through it--the Rock River.
I've been the bearer of a lot of bad bird news lately...so here is a swan family that will make you feel good.
For the latest information on the Decorah eaglets and the surviving falcon from Great Spirit Bluff along the Mississippi River, go to their Facebook page.
Veterinarians called as black flies appear to have forced this year's Decorah eaglets off the nests prematurely.
Killing animals is a necessary evil for natural history. A lot of research relies on the collection of wild specimens. Curbing the practice could hamper science.
Once most of their wing and tail feathers are developed, the eaglets can finally leave the nest. First flights usually occur at 9 or 10 weeks of age and are preceded by vigorous exercising and flapping.
The World Health Organization last week officially recognized gaming disorder, which is defined as addiction to video games, as an official disease. Gazette gaming columnist Jake Magee has mixed feelings about the decision.
