Andrew Benson searches for unique rocks, fossils and minerals that could be added to his collection while out wading through the shallow waters of Spring Brook in Palmer Park on Wednesday afternoon. Benson was outdoors helping teach a friend what to look for when rockhounding. Rockhounding is the act of exploring nature to look for and collect rocks, crystals, minerals, gemstones, and/or fossils.
Ashton Swanson casts his fishing line into the Traxler Park lagoon while outdoors on Tuesday, May 16. Smoke in the upper atmosphere from wildfires in western Canada are causing a hazy skies above the Midwest, including all of Wisconsin.
Whitewater’s CJ Tomomitsu celebrates midair as he clears a personal best of 12 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault during the Rock Valley Conference Meet at Big Foot High School in Walworth on Saturday. Tomomitsu’s mark was good for second place in the pole vault competition. The Whippets came in second in both the boys and girls team standings behind McFarland.
Janesville Craig’s Presley Stanley pitches during the Cougars’ game against Madison Memorial on Thursday. Stanley struck out 10 Spartans but lost 1-0 in a pitcher’s duel to University of Iowa recruit Andie Jaskowiak.
Andrew Benson searches for unique rocks, fossils and minerals that could be added to his collection while out wading through the shallow waters of Spring Brook in Palmer Park on Wednesday afternoon. Benson was outdoors helping teach a friend what to look for when rockhounding. Rockhounding is the act of exploring nature to look for and collect rocks, crystals, minerals, gemstones, and/or fossils.
Ashton Swanson casts his fishing line into the Traxler Park lagoon while outdoors on Tuesday, May 16. Smoke in the upper atmosphere from wildfires in western Canada are causing a hazy skies above the Midwest, including all of Wisconsin.
Whitewater’s CJ Tomomitsu celebrates midair as he clears a personal best of 12 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault during the Rock Valley Conference Meet at Big Foot High School in Walworth on Saturday. Tomomitsu’s mark was good for second place in the pole vault competition. The Whippets came in second in both the boys and girls team standings behind McFarland.
Janesville Craig’s Presley Stanley pitches during the Cougars’ game against Madison Memorial on Thursday. Stanley struck out 10 Spartans but lost 1-0 in a pitcher’s duel to University of Iowa recruit Andie Jaskowiak.
The expansion of a walk-in substance use program for people of all genders, new development in Milton, new and renovated Beloit town hall and fire station spaces and a look ahead to early summer festivals and other fun events made news in Janesville and the surrounding area this week. Here’s what we wrote about in The Gazette over the past few days and what’s ahead.
Kylie Balk-Yaatenen reported this week on the decision by HealthNet of Rock County, in Janesville, to begin offering a walk-in substance use treatment program for men, in addition to a program it debuted in April for women.
