Freshman Congressman Bryan Steil of Janesville authored a bill that nearly all his House colleagues agreed with.

Local restaurateurs Matt and Hannah Kealy say they plan to dramatically transform a former pub and restaurant on a visible downtown street corner into a new night spot: The Draft House.

Simply Solutions hopes to create the first commercial-scale CBD processing facility in the region.

Adams Publishing Group announced Tuesday it has acquired The Greater Beloit Publishing Company, including the Beloit Daily News, Weekend Daily News and My Stateline Shopper.

A Janesville property owner plans to revamp the corner of West Memorial Drive and North Washington Street by razing an existing storefront and building a new gas station and convenience store.

The smell coming from lagoons at Birds Eye’s town of Darien vegetable processing plant has prompted complaints for years, but it is improving, a company representative says.

Janesville plastics producer GOEX plans to build a second plant in Utah under an expansion that aims to help the company crack into the West Coast and Mexico markets.

SHINE announced Wednesday a five-day test showed a particle accelerator not only meets but exceeds the output the company would need for full-scale production.

Home décor and furniture retailer HomeGoods has announced it plans to open July 14 in the former Staples and Dressbarn store spaces in the Pine Tree Plaza on Janesville’s east side.

International agricultural chemical company Nutrien plans to build a $10 million fertilizer plant and regional office in the town of Rock.

A 303,000-square-foot speculative industrial building is about twice the size of other such facilities recently built in Janesville.

The owner of Addie Water Systems in Janesville is battling cancer in his brain that left him paralyzed earlier in the year. Lucy's Hideaway in Milton is hosting a benefit and 5K run/walk to raise money for his treatment and recovery.

A local apartment management company that last year took over the former Cotton Mills apartments in downtown Janesville announced it has bought a 96-unit apartment complex on the east side.

If Wildwood Theatres Movies 16 can develop a plan that meets the approval of city officials, it could begin serving adult moviegoers more than popcorn, candy and soda.

Managers at two new extended-stay hotels in Janesville and Beloit say they seek to fill a need for temporary living space in a tight housing market.

Owners of the Bank of Brodhead announced the bank intends to buy out Farmers & Merchants Bank in Orfordville and merge the two companies later this year.

The 1st Congressional District's new representative on Tuesday discussed the first bill he has authored.

A popular restaurant destroyed in a 2017 fire has been rebuilt and will reopen soon, a co-owner said.

The owner of a set of South Water Street riverfront properties has halted an environmental review the city had planned at the site after Blackhawk Community Credit Union pulled the plug on a landmark development there.

The 200 block of West Milwaukee Street is seeing more TLC, and more new retail.

As intrigued as some south side Janesville residents are over Rock County's plans to move hundreds of workers into new social service offices it plans at the former Pick 'n Save, some still wonder: What about a south side grocery store?

Despite the loss of several major retailers over the last year, Rock County's retail spending continues to surge.

Blackhawk Community Credit Union is abandoning plans to build a new, riverfront headquarters and museum development along South Water Street in downtown Janesville.

A growing number of people leaving retail jobs—some voluntarily and some not—are reinventing themselves in other segments of the local economy.

By August, a mostly vacant triplet of West Milwaukee Street storefronts will be transformed into loft-style apartments with off-street parking and a private courtyard.

Tourism spending in Rock County rose in 2018 for the eighth consecutive year, growing by 3% from 2017, according to tourism data released Friday.

Walworth County’s new 77,500-square-foot health and human services building is about 50% complete and on schedule, the county’s engineer said Thursday.

Swing-N-Slide's parent company is consolidating all its backyard play structure manufacturing to a new, 220,000-square-foot facility in Canton, Georgia. The owner is offering employees at Swing-N-Slide’s longtime Janesville operations the option to relocate.

Build-it-yourself backyard playground equipment company Swing-N-Slide apparently is closing its Janesville manufacturing facility later this year, according to a government-required notice issued Tuesday afternoon.

Rock County has taken another step toward becoming a national hub for medical Molybdenum-99 production and distribution.

Janesville retailer Blain’s Farm & Fleet and power generator producer Generac Power Systems made Forbes’ list of America’s 500 Best Midsize Employers, Forbes announced this week.

Customers of the abruptly shuttered Boardtracker Harley-Davidson apparently were able to retrieve motorcycles they had in storage or in for repairs at the Janesville dealership.

Glen Erin Golf Club will cap off work later this spring on a new $2 million banquet and event hall that will give hundreds of guests a bird’s-eye view of the golf course’s tree-lined 18th hole.

Amid an ongoing legal fight with Harley-Davidson, the Janesville Boardtracker Harley-Davidson dealership is shuttered, something dealership staff apparently learned Saturday.

Kikkoman is one of the biggest names in the world of soy sauce, but the Japanese company with roots in Walworth is now making a name in the world of skateboarding. Wait. What?

SHINE Medical Technologies is now the proud owner of 91 acres that have historically been farmland on Janesville’s south side. In a few years, that property will be poised to go nuclear.

Some young local professionals who had left Janesville for what they thought might be greener pastures are now returning.

Local tourism officials hope some lesser known, newer attractions in Janesville will reach a regional audience with the release of a new, Janesville-centric episode of “Discover Wisconsin."

The former speaker of the House of Representatives will be a member of the board of directors for Fox Corp., the company announced Tuesday.