The state Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting about resurfacing Highway 14 on Dec. 5 at Center Town Hall.
Kimbery A. Good accepted the position of executive director at SMILES.
Enrollment for kindergarten will be held Dec. 3 to 7 and 10 to 14 at the Educational Services Center.
The annual Holiday Art Show and Sale is open at the Janesville Performing Arts Center.
The Edgerton FFA Alumni will park a truck outside Piggly Wiggly for the "Fill a Pickup Food Drive" on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1.
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Janesville police are looking for the person who robbed a gas station on Janesville's south side early Tuesday morning, police Lt. Todd Kleisner said.
The Edgerton City Council passed a 2019 budget Monday night that includes a higher tax levy and a lower tax rate than 2018.
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Several readers contacted The Gazette to share memories of Swanson's grocery store after a photo of the now-vacant property ran on the front page last week.
The Elkhorn City Council on Monday approved a tax-rate increase in its 2019 budget, but the city administrator said more significant changes could come in future budgets.
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Blackhawk Technical College has established a student food pantry.
An accident involving a jackknifed semitrailer truck closed Highway 120 for about three hours Friday morning, but the driver was not injured, authorities said Monday.
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Janesville police have few clues about a shots-fired incident early Sunday morning.
Residents are invited to "Stuff the Truck" with toys Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24, at two Janesville businesses.
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North River Street will close Tuesday, Nov. 20, from West Wall to West Milwaukee streets.
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Fentanyl has killed more people in Walworth County so far in 2018 than it had in 2016 or 2017, and that is a trend that has local officials worried.
A Janesville man was arrested on his fourth OWI charge Saturday night, according to a news release from the Janesville Police Department.
Officials have identified the man killed in an apparent hit and run incident either late Friday night or early Saturday morning in the town of Union.
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A Ho-Chunk Nation representative said last week the tribe is hopeful its proposed $405 million casino and resort in the city of Beloit will be approved by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Local credit unions have been blooming of late throughout Wisconsin, with major growth in assets and membership. The Gazette examines a recent surge by one Janesville credit union.
A 21-year-old Evansville man died Saturday morning in what is believed to have been a hit and run, according to a press release from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office.
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Wisconsin gained a deer hunter Saturday, and the state Department of Natural Resources is looking for more just like him.
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When Alyssa Nielson's son Jakob had leg pain, bloody noses and extreme lethargy, she knew what was coming.
Under glowing lights Saturday at The Armory in Janesville, seven were lauded for their accomplishments and vied to be crowned the area's first Miss RemarkAble.
Merle Franks has a thing or two to say about being grateful. “I give thanks all the time,” the 70-year-old said about the regular mission trips he makes to Amazonas, Brazil.
A domestic dispute in a vehicle Friday night lead to an accident on Interstate 90/39 near mile marker 172 in Janesville, according to a news release Friday night from the Janesville Police Department.
The marijuana referendum passed earlier this month asked voters whether cannabis should be taxed and regulated like alcohol—but that regulatory system is more complicated than many people might realize.
Those sights and sounds of the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign are a Christmas tradition as recognizable as Santa Claus and candy canes.
A Janesville man was sentenced Friday in Rock County Court.
When Steve Harvey told Tom “The Awesome Mailman” that Sam’s Club would be donating $5,000 to his Helping the Homeless fundraiser, Tom beamed a smile familiar in Janesville.
Dollar General, which opened a distribution center in Janesville in 2017, presented a check to Van Buren Elementary School on Friday.
The Children's Christmas Benefit is taking referrals for Rock County families in rural communities.
Janesville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is accepting warm clothing donations until Jan. 2 for "The Big Bundle Up" campaign.
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Janesville will continue its commitment to biking with a new wayfinding plan that will cover a swath of the city’s bike trails.
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A newly formed Rock County committee will grant stakeholders and community members considerable policy influence at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport.
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ARISEnow and the Janesville Performing Arts Center have nearly hit a $500,000 goal in a community fundraising campaign that will fund improvements to JPAC’s performance and youth education spaces.
Walworth County prosecutors on Thursday charged another man with trying to pay for sex with somebody he believed was a 15-year-old girl after a police sting operation in Whitewater.
Kimberly A. Adams will not be able to continue working and getting counseling as she awaits sentencing in the drunken-driving death of her fiance.
The Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles now offers new 4-H license plates for vehicles.
The Salvation Army will kick off its Red Kettle campaign at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Festival Foods, 2233 Humes Road.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A new nickname for Brook Lopez started floating around Twitter after the Milwaukee Bucks 7-footer had a career night from the 3-point line.
A comparison of photos of Janesville's West Milwaukee Street show the differences (and similarities) between the early 1900s and today.
Tom "The Awesome Mailman" Hathaway of Janesville is set to appear Friday on an episode of Steve Harvey’s TV show “Steve” to discuss his Helping the Homeless fundraiser.
Peeling and chipped paint covers the brick and concrete building at Rockport and Washington. A dusty car and old Mobil sign are visible through broken windows.
Maria Regan Gonzalez, who grew up in Janesville, was elected Nov. 6 to the position of mayor in a suburb of Minnesota's Twin Cities.
A former manager of the Kay Jewelers in Delavan made her initial Walworth County Court appearance Wednesday on charges she made fraudulent refunds to herself at a cost of nearly $25,000.
