Plans for a new downtown building that could one day house a coffee or sandwich shop cleared the plan commission and will be considered by the…
Janesville police are hoping to prevent incidents like the one in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, in which an officer thought her gun was a Taser …
A developer plans 62 new homes in the Newville area in northern Rock County.
Despite travel limitations brought on by the pandemic, Parker High School’s Washington Seminar program has kept its field research tradition d…
All this talk of merging fire departments has its roots in changes that have swept through American society in recent decades.
The city will mark National Volunteer Week on April 18-24 with a virtual volunteer appreciation event and awards ceremony.
Milton school officials are limiting some students' access to "alternative fall" homecoming out of COVID-19 concern.
Dog owners will be able to take their dogs on a short trail segment connecting Paw Print Park to a nearby south-side street and a longer segme…
Janesville residents' 2021 assessment change notices are in the mail, city officials announced Friday.
Speakers from local communities and elsewhere in the state shared with the Joint Finance Committee their priorities for the upcoming biennial …
Edgerton Fire District staff will explore the possibility of the town of Milton joining the Edgerton Fire Protection District. Staff will also…
The city of Milton has asked the Wisconsin Policy Forum to evaluate the city's fire and EMS options and cost-sharing alternatives as the city …
Town officials have bought six acres of farmland from a family known for community activism and say the parcel could be used for a new municip…
Doug Marklein retained his seat on the Janesville City Council on Tuesday and will be joined by three newcomers, creating a largely new city council.
As the town board continues to look at its options for fire and EMS, it is considering establishing its own fire department.
Milton City Council Tuesday voted to pursue two options for fire/EMS services: complete consolidation with the Janesville Fire Department or a…
The city of Janesville will keep public meetings virtual for the foreseeable future, despite local efforts to open things up and offer more in…
A proposed elimination of a sub-minimum wage for some people with disabilities was stricken from recent federal legislation.
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck offers to hear constituents' concerns about the budget.
Three power companies hope to lower their fossil-fuel emissions with the purchase of a large solar project in the towns of Darien and Bradford.
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Rock County is still waiting to learn more about how it will be allowed to use $31.6 million in federal American Rescue Plan funding it will r…
Janesville officials hope to dissuade the federal government from demoting the city from "metropolitan" to "micropolitan" status, fearing that…
The Ho-Chunk Nation's $405 million Beloit casino and resort project took a major step forward Wednesday when Gov. Tony Evers agreed with a fed…
Wine walk attendees will be allowed to drink wine as they stroll from business to business during downtown wine walks thanks to an ordinance c…
The state Department of Natural Resources County Deer Advisory Councils will discuss upcoming deer hunting goals in virtual public meetings th…
Janesville voters will choose from among six candidates to fill four city council seats in the April 6 election, and their selections will det…
Rep. Bryan Steil is decrying what he sees as a low level of funding for Janesville under the new federal COVID-19 relief act.
Deer numbers and a harsh winter are likely causes of browsing damage in Janesville.
A discussion of the troubled federal program is set for March 27.
The Harmony town chairman is raising concerns about skyrocketing fire protection costs for the town as the Milton and Janesville fire departme…
Tens of millions of dollars would be spent at UW-Whitewater and the School for the Deaf in Delavan if the state Legislature agrees with Gov. T…
Walworth County sent 907 emails to vaccine registrants in February, disclosing their email addresses to everyone on that list.
The city's recreation division prepares to restore many of its services this spring and summer that were canceled last year because of the cor…
Janesville officials are asking state representatives to seriously consider upholding a proposal from Gov. Evers to allow local sales tax incr…
Referendums in five Rock County municipalities ask whether residents favor ATVs on local roads.
As individuals nationwide plan how to spend their upcoming stimulus checks, candidates for city council were taken to task on how they would p…
Rep. Mark Pocan says he's been appointed to Congress' Joint Economic Committee.
A group trying to raise money for a proposed indoor sports complex hopes federal COVID-19 relief dollars President Joe Biden approved Thursday…
The City of Janesville's Senior Center is slated to reopen June 1, but officials don't yet know what safety precautions will have to be taken …
The state Legislature's Joint Finance Committee plans a public-input meeting on the 2021-23 budget at UW-Whitewater in April.
Janesville workers will replace the playground equipment at Vista Park this year, ridding the city of its last wooden playground structure.
The chairman of the Milton Town Board said he's still interested in a merger with Janesville and the city of Milton for fire service, but he a…
The council largely applauded the projects, which will add $16.15 million in new property value, according to city projections.
Rock County Jumpstart founder Genia Stevens has been chosen to fill Kara Purviance's seat on the Rock County Board.
The Janesville Farmers Market will have a new home this year that will allow it to offer more entertainment and interactive experiences, the m…
Under the proposals, the city of Janesville would take ownership of a vacant lot at 13 N. Main St. and lease it to the prospective wine bar th…
A Rock County Sheriff's Office program that gives some jail inmates the chance to train dogs for adoption has resumed after nearly a year on h…
A proposed transportation utility in Janesville would force the school district to shift money away from regular operations to pay its utility…
Finding balance, problem solving and growth were common themes at a candidate forum Thursday night attended by the six candidates running for …
The Rock County Board on Thursday approved pay hikes and other measures designed to address staff turnover at the Rock Haven nursing home.
An increase of preventable car crashes at the intersection of Linn and Johnson streets in 2020 has prompted the city to add yield signs at the…
Two-car garage driveway openings can now be expanded as large as a three-car garage driveway openings thanks to an ordinance change approved b…
The Janesville City Council will not vote on a proposed transportation utility next month as anticipated, but some council members hope to bri…
The Rock County Board is considering pay raises and other measures to address problems at the county nursing home.
The city of Janesville declared a winter weather emergency starting Sunday evening.
Rock County's judges have decided that COVID-19 conditions will allow them to hold some court hearings in person.
Jenny Salvo, an administrative assistant for the city of Edgerton, has been named Milton's new city clerk.
The Janesville City Council set a goal Monday to reach carbon neutral emissions by 2050, but city staff question if that goal is attainable.
The same week that Rock Haven staff publicly raised concerns about current leadership and layoffs for workers who declined the COVID-19 vaccin…
Few voters are expected at the polls Tuesday. Here are the basics for those who go.
Blackhawk Technical College's Central Campus between Beloit and Janesville will host Wisconsin's first community-based COVID-19 vaccination cl…
Neenah Finance Director Michael Easker said his city has not faced any legal challenges because of its transportation utility, which was creat…
Two law firms are pressing Rock County to withdraw its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy at Rock Haven nursing home or allow laid-off work…
A planned downtown wine bar could be up and running this summer after receiving a tax-increment finance agreement from the Janesville City Cou…
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, toured KANDU Industries in Janesville on Monday to highlight a provision in the latest COVID-19 package that c…
The state plans to inoculate up to 250 people a day at a Rock County public vaccination site starting Feb. 16.
A Rock County ad-hoc committee plans to give Rock Haven employees and local residents a forum to sound off on recent upheaval at the county-ru…
A plant in the town of Turtle has agreed to pay more than $171,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it violated state air-pollution laws.
The state railroad commissioner Friday ordered an upgrade to the railroad crossing at La Prairie Town Hall Road.
The city council is seeking input from its business community as it moves forward in planning for a potential transportation utility that woul…
Rock County officials say their new mask mandate follows the rules in Gov. Tony Evers' previous emergency order, which the state Legislature r…
An ice rink maintained by neighbors is the only public skating place in Janesville.
A little free sled shed has been erected at the sledding hill at Riverside Park. The shed gives sledders access to sleds in case they don't ha…
Warming shelters will be available starting Thursday in Rock County.
A commission that seeks fairer legislative districts invites written public comment in advance of a hearing Feb. 11.
The town of Beloit has banned parking of vehicles on streets starting Thursday morning.
The city's Alcohol License Advisory Committee on Tuesday recommended approval of a class B liquor license for Miss Tequila's, a Mexican restau…
About 10% of Rock Haven's employees have now quit or been laid off as dozens of them continue to resist a COVID-19 vaccination mandate at the …
The plan commission Monday night unanimously approved a conditional-use permit to allow first-floor apartment units at the planned Monterey Ap…
Rock County's judges announced Friday a further delay in the resumption of jury trials.