A clinic that has helped Rock County residents with contraception, family planning and reproductive health for 46 years is closing.

Nicole Shipler said a year ago, she couldn’t have imagined sharing her story of addiction and recovery. But on Wednesday night, she detailed her experience for about 180 people at the third annual Rock for Recovery event.

Despite his own addiction to painkillers, Dr. Richard Barney used to think he was better than the addicts he treated in the emergency room. He has been sober for five years and believes he is a better person because of it.

Ben Odden, a 22-year-old Lake Geneva man, was the second of three patients to get a Micra leadless pacemaker implanted at Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center in Janesville since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it in 2016.

Both Rockford, Illinois, hospitals, one on Rockton Avenue and one slated to open in January 2019 near Riverside Boulevard and Interstate 90/39, will be named Javon Bea Hospital.

Janesville's Recreation Division issued a water quality advisory for Lions Beach on Wednesday after testing showed elevated levels of E. coli bacteria.

Patients visiting the pediatric waiting room at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Janesville will be greeted by a peacock, a seahorse, an iguana, a dog on a motorcycle and a bucket for the next few months.

Months after its move to a permanent location on the city's northwest side, GIFTS Men's Shelter and the homeless men it serves are starting to hit a stride, a GIFTS official says.

In 2010, Fred Falk raised $20,000 for a veterans memorial during the Heritage Days Rotary Run. This year, his fundraising will help bring 3-D digital mammography to Edgerton Hospital and Health Services.

SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Janesville will begin using new technology later this month to accommodate a growing need for orthopedic services.

A bat found in Rock County has tested positive for rabies, the Rock County Public Health Department says.

A red-tailed hawk found in Walworth County tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Walworth County Division of Public Health.

Funds from this year's Golf Classic and Black Dress Soiree, hosted by Women4Wellness, will go toward continuing women's health care at HealthNet of Rock County.

Fit 608 is a summer fitness challenge organized by the city of Janesville with help from the Rock County Public Health Department and SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Janesville.

E. coli bacteria levels in Rock County's lakes and rivers have dropped significantly over the past week, the Rock County Public Heath Department said Thursday.

In the last two years, half of the Mercyhealth's Family Residence program participants chose to continue working in the Mercyhealth system after graduation. That is up from previous years.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began mailing new Medicare cards to Wisconsin Medicare recipients this week, according to a news release.

The Rock County Public Health Department found high levels of E. coli bacteria at 16 locations Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is warning people about the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids after two deaths were linked to the chemical compounds in Illinois.

A three-year average shows that infant mortality rates in Rock County are on an upward trend.

Allergy experts say an unseasonably long winter is the cause of the current dreadful allergy season.

HealthNet of Rock County has earned the silver Seal of Excellence from the Wisconsin Association of Free and Charitable Clinics.

The Rock County Human Services Department will continue its opioid treatment program with help from a one-year grant from the state.

A new dental program in the Janesville schools will provide fluoride and sealant treatments to students and will connect low income children to HealthNet's free dental clinic.

Siara and Derek Schwartzlow's baby was the third at Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center—and the third in the state—to have his footprint preserved digitally.

Gov. Scott Walker touted Rock County’s trauma-informed care program Tuesday morning in Elkhorn, saying it has made strides in “understanding the stress” of physical and mental trauma on children.

The use of e-cigarettes and similar technologies is not just a nuisance but a health concern, particularly for young people, says Jason Knott, principal of Evansville High School.

Walworth County is poised to begin construction on a two-story, 77,500-square-foot health and human services building this year.

For about 18 months, Stephanie Smiley participated in a master's program run through the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security in Monterey, California. She earned a Master of Arts degree in security studies.

Rock Haven Nursing Home is hosting an open house Monday to celebrate its fifth-year anniversary.

Pull downs, chest presses and rigid lateral pulls are all in a day's work for 82-year-old Dave Peters of Janesville.

The Rock County Aging and Disability Resource Center has partnered with various local agencies on the Purple Tube Project, an initiative that helps both the families of people with memory loss and first responders.