Shopko plans to close nine of its stores in Wisconsin by April, according to a Wednesday bankruptcy filing in a Nebraska federal court. The Janesville and Beloit Shopko stores are not affected

Developers say Meijer is likely to finalize the purchase of 28 acres in Delavan on Monday, but it's unclear when construction could begin on the company's planned 159,000-square-foot grocery store.

A pharmaceutical drug supplier to Shopko says the Wisconsin-based retail chain is expected to file for bankruptcy next week.

At least one vacant storefront in the Pine Tree Plaza on Janesville’s east side could get a makeover to ready it for a new retail business—a HomeGoods store, according to city of Janesville documents.

A relative newcomer to Janesville is jumping into the digital grocery shopping market with a program to deliver online grocery orders straight to homes.

A new kind of automobile fuel is being sold at local gas stations, but car owners should read their manuals before using it.

Even if a new state loosens oversight for companies who get state tax-incentive packages tied to job creation, one city of Janesville official said local oversight of city tax-incentive deals won't change.

Members of public-private downtown revitalization group ARISEnow showed off designs for a pedestrian bridge that will span the Rock River as part of a presentation to show how revival has begun to take root in downtown Janesville.

ARISEnow plans a public reveal Tuesday of plans for a privately-funded pedestrian bridge it’s tackling alongside the city's ARISE downtown riverfront revitalization strategy.

Oil-producing countries were preparing for a shortage, but when the U.S. waived sanctions on Iranian crude oil, the market suddenly had a surplus. The result: The lower gas prices consumers are seeing now. But no one is sure how long prices will stay low.

Jim Grafft has signed off on an agreement that he’ll make repairs the city requires to bring the decrepit Monterey Hotel back from the brink of demolition.

It’s not clear whether outgoing Gov. Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. will remain intact, but the public-private job creation agency’s chief is making a case to keep it running.

SHINE Medical Technologies has landed a $150 million deal with a New York firm that will fuel construction of its medical radioisotope production facility in Janesville.

The CEO of SSI Technologies announced in a news release Tuesday the company plans to sell its controls technologies division to Amphenol Corporation for $400 million.

Milton E. “Mick” Neshek, an 88-year-old Walworth County businessman, has just been knighted by order of the emperor of Japan.

Gazette reporter Neil Johnson set out to find the truth about how holiday toy shopping is shaping up for retailers in a Janesville market without Toys 'R' Us. That mission reminded him that he also needed to track down a pair of superhero action figures for his 4-year-old twin sons.

If Jim Grafft wants his Monterey Hotel to remain standing, he might not have much longer to agree to demands the city has laid out for repairs to the ailing building.

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.

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.

Dollar General, which opened a distribution center in Janesville in 2017, presented a check to Van Buren Elementary School on Friday.

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.

The new gas station will be located at the northwest corner of West Memorial Drive and North Washington Street.

The Sears stores at the Janesville Mall will close by early 2019, the mall's owner confirmed on Thursday.

Jim Grafft says he'd sink at least $114,000 into fixing the decaying Monterey Hotel in the city's downtown, according to his latest proposal to the city.

The city of Janesville has not yet dug into Jim Grafft’s latest proposal to fix the decaying Monterey Hotel, but a building code official said Grafft met a deadline to submit a proposal this week that might save the building from demolition.

Steve Preston, a Janesville native who served as a cabinet secretary under President George W. Bush, is set to become the new head of Goodwill International.

The city will start issuing tickets with $15 fines--not just warnings--to those who violate downtown parking restrictions starting Thursday.

Downtown Janesville is drawing a burst of interest by developers and property owners who want to add apartments near the riverfront.

SHINE Medical Technology gives The Gazette a sneak peak inside Building One, its testing facility in Janesville.

SHINE Medical Technologies announced on Thursday afternoon that this week moved the first production accelerator into Building One, its testing, demonstration and staging facility recently completed on Janesville’s far south side.

ARISEnow, a group that’s spurring a privately-funded revival of downtown alongside the city's ARISE revitalization strategy, unveiled a $1.5 million "community" funding campaign at a private business lunch Thursday.

Quint Studer, a former Janesville resident and consulting-mogul-turned-community-fixer, will give a talk on how Janesville can lure and keep people Thursday at the Rock Regional Business Expo.

The owner of the Monterey Hotel has submitted plans to the city of Janesville for repairs to the hulking, deteriorated property in the city’s downtown.

Janesville media company Bliss Communications was honored Thursday with a state award for its work hiring and employing people with disabilities.