Rep. Conley plans to introduce bill that would require drugmakers to report prescription price hikes
Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Sue Conley, D-Janesville, plans to reintroduce a bill that would force pharmaceutical companies to notify the st…
A bipartisan bill championed by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-WI, to strengthen protections of crime victims has passed, and Rock County organizations…
After he resigns his post in Janesville in August, Janesville Fire Chief Ernie Rhodes will become chief of the Clayton, Missouri Fire Department.
Rep. Bryan Steil issued a statement last week about his fundraising success after a Democrat declared she will run against him.
A supervisor in Janesville's Parks Division has contacted the state Department of Natural Resources and state entomologists about how to proce…
Six candidates are in the running for the Rock County Board of Supervisors' District 23 seat after Doug Wilde resigned in June.
The Green County Board has approved an ordinance that will eventually lead to allowing ATVs on certain county roads
Janesville Fire Chief Ernie Rhodes plans to resign in August even as fire protection agreements between the cities of Janesville and Milton co…
An appellate judge on Thursday dismissed disorderly conduct charges against a man who stood outside a police garage in Janesville and insulted…
A Wisconsin government watchdog claims the Rock County Board of Supervisors' administrators might be violating the state open meetings law reg…
The Rock County Jail is no longer quarantining all new inmates, raising concerns among inmates.
As the city of Milton considers taking on more of the cost of fire protection as provided by the city of Janesville, officials want to know if…
A study commissioned by the city of Milton found that the city would be best served financially by a long-term fire and emergency services mer…
Two Janesville women endorse Sarah Godlewski for U.S. Senate.
Intense heat from burning semitrailer trucks damaged pavement, leading to long delays in reopening Interstate 90/39 on Monday and Tuesday, off…
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee recently passed bipartisan language on a bill aimed at improving the management of wild horses and burros.
The Small Business Administration on Friday announced loans for businesses in drought areas.
Rep. Don Vruwink, D-Milton, was one of four Assembly Democrats who joined the Republicans in approving a state budget Tuesday.
As union workers at Janesville’s Hufcor plant continue to face their jobs being farmed out to Monterey, Mexico, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wis…
The city of Janesville has made no final decisions on how it might spend the $11.68 million it’ll receive in federal American Rescue Plan fund…
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At Milton school district meeting, the director of curriculum discusses why funds were assigned to certain needs
Some Rock County towns voted recently to allow ATVs and UTVs on town roads, and others are considering doing the same.
The Town of Harmony has created an email address for Town of Harmony residents to send comments and questions concerning the fire department.
The state announced Monday it plans to reduce hours at its Blackhawk Technical College COVID-19 vaccination site until closing the operation in July.
The town of Milton, which has 50/50 ownership of the Milton Fire Department with the city of Milton, continues to look at the possibility of j…
Gov. Tony Evers talked about rural broadband access and his frustrations with a Republican-led Legislature when he stopped at the Rebout farm …
Doug Wilde has stepped down from the Rock County Board of Supervisors. He represented District 23 in Janesville. Applications to fill the boar…
Milton School District Superintendent Rich Dahman earlier set the date for the Milton School District to go to a mask-optional policy for July 3.
Walworth County criminal justice officials on Friday pointed to a few paths they’re exploring to try and save the county’s drug treatment cour…
Thanks to $2 million from a Minnesota-based nonprofit, the Rock County Human Services Department is going after racial disparities in the chil…
The town of Turtle’s lawsuit against the city of Beloit over a boundary agreement between the municipalities will move into the next phase of …
State agencies issued new fish consumption guidance Wednesday for bodies of water that lead into Rock County after testing showed high enough …
The Janesville School Board voted Tuesday night to lift its mask mandate ahead of the start of summer school sessions.
Rock County judges submitted their plans Tuesday to encourage but no longer require masks in the courthouse as they try and hold more hearings…
Beloit and Janesville parks and recreation staff say they are ready to welcome summer crowds to enjoy all the amenities each community has to …
Rock County’s health department on Thursday announced that it will be discontinuing its phased reopening plan effective Tuesday, June 8, givin…
The Whitewater City Council on Tuesday approved the settlement agreement the city’s police department reached with Pumpers & Mitchell’s ba…
Job seekers may now get help in person at local job centers.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is scheduled to speak about his party and its future in a speech Thursday night. We have some excerpts.
The Janesville School District on Tuesday held a wall-smashing ceremony to announce the beginning of $22.5 million worth of building improvements.
Despite two Janesville City Council members' effort to block it, the council on Monday approved a zoning change that adds a section of Wright …
Rock County Board Supervisor Kaelyb Lokrantz has resigned his seat after moving out of the district he represented, County Administrator Josh …
It's big, yellow, and it's the last medium-duty truck that ever rolled off the line at Janesville's General Motors Assembly plant. The GMC dum…
Rock County criminal justice officials are trying to create a pilot deferred-prosecution program to add to the county’s arsenal of evidence-ba…
The local unmasking continues. The next chapter: this coming week at Janesville’s City Hall and other municipal buildings.
The American Automobile Association expects more than 37 million Americans to travel 50 miles or more over Memorial Day weekend.
It’s no parking deck, but downtown Janesville could pick up a handful of new parking spots over the Rock River if the city council approves a …
Days before it was scheduled to go to trial, Pumpers & Mitchell’s has a settlement with the city of Whitewater to have its liquor license …
Rep. Bryan Steil says a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot is not needed.
Officials say federal coronavirus relief dollars signed into law in March could potentially help with local sewer projects in the future.
Both the city of Janesville and Rock County could be looking to start holding in-person meetings again this year, although it appears Janesvil…
Masks are no longer required in Whitewater.
The manager of Woodman's Food Market in Janesville said customers were inquiring all day Friday whether they still had to wear masks in the st…
Evansville’s mayor and the city council chose its community development director to become its newest city administrator, according to a news …
The Rock County Health Department has lifted the county’s COVID-19 mask orders, giving its blessing for people to go without face coverings in…
Even though the ongoing pandemic may bring hurdles to new businesses for months—and even as the city's west-side downtown grinds through its s…
Rock County’s pretrial services program is brushing up against its capacity, but local officials are hopeful that the court system will flow m…
A middle school student has been expelled from the Janesville School District.
State workers will be placing traps for gypsy moths starting soon
Pumpers & Mitchell’s in Whitewater faces an uncertain future after the police department asked the city’s elected officials to reject the …
A Rock County Board committee wants the county to eliminate a COVID-19 vaccine mandate at its Rock Haven nursing home and reinstate several nu…
Rock County government is considering taking over Boy Scouts of America's Camp Indian Trails and turning it into a county park.
A series of intoxicated-driving patrols is scheduled for dates in May and June in Rock County.
An attorney has served Rock County with notice of lawsuits that would seek $550,000 in damages for 11 workers the county laid off at its Rock …
Steil did not respond to questions Wednesday about Republican criticisms of one of their own, Rep. Liz Cheney, who has been critical of former…
The city and school district of Edgerton, along with local businesses, are using the trunks of dead ash trees to make lumber.
The Elkhorn City Council on Monday night agreed to sell its soon-to-be former City Hall to the Walworth County Historical Society for $1, citi…
The city of Janesville Plan Commission on Monday approved another Kwik Trip for Janesville.
Following Rock County Board resolutions last year aimed at combating systemic racism, the county’s largest department on June 1 will add an eq…
The Janesville School Board on Tuesday voted to allow more spectators at some athletics contests.
The state Department of Workforce Development has awarded a grant to the Delavan-Darien School District.
Officials on Thursday discussed how Janesville might get on the path to cleaner air and a sustainable future.
The Public Service Commission took testimony Thursday on a proposed solar farm in Walworth and Rock counties.
The Milton Joint Fire Commission shared status updates Wednesday on the ongoing talks between various municipal governments about the future o…
Construction on the entrance to Janesville City Hall is expected to resume in May, two years after the project kicked off.
Beloit's new police chief says he's planning a few internal changes to help reduce crime and strengthen community ties with residents.
The Janesville City Council on Tuesday elected Doug Marklein as its new president and Paul Benson as its vice president.
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.