Orfordville Parkview Junior and Senior High School has announced its first-quarter honor roll for the 2018-19 school year.
Local Walworth County 4-H members received achievement awards for their participation, project work, leadership and community service during a Nov. 4 ceremony in Elkhorn.
Crystal Gross, a third- to fifth-grade teacher at Van Buren Elementary School in Janesville, received a $544.02 donation from Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food restaurant chain, as part of its Limeades for Learning Program.
The Janesville Noon Rotary Club has announced its October Students of the Month.
Oakhill Christian School announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the fall semester of the 2018-19 school year.
State Rep. Don Vruwink, D-Milton, has been named a 2018 Property Taxpayer Champion by Wisconsin Property Taxpayers Inc.
State Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, has received the 2017-18 Friend of the Towns Award from the Wisconsin Towns Association.
State Rep. Don Vruwink, D-Milton, received recognition for his support of technology in education from the Wisconsin Education Technology Leaders Association.
Janesville Police Chief Dave Moore received the Crime Fighter Award at the International Chiefs of Police Conference in Orlando, Florida, in recognition of his investment in at-risk youth.
Douglas Thiering of Milton recently was sworn in as a deputy at the Dane County Sheriff’s Office.
The 10th annual Hospice Breakfast served by Skip’s Friendly Village raised $32,001 on Aug. 26.
Sylvia Servin has received Azura Memory Care of Beloit’s Core Value Award.
The Rock County Conservationists recently donated $500 to the Welty Environmental Center for its monthly Even Start Family Literacy Program.
State Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, has received the Friend of Grocers Award from the Wisconsin Grocers Association.
The Knights of Columbus Council 9230 raised $655 at a Sept. 15 euchre tournament fundraiser at St. William Catholic Church, Janesville. The money will be used to help a 13-year-old girl with a serious medical condition, according to a news release.
Emily Gruenewald, a Monroe native, has been appointed vice president of development at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison.
Dawn Lemirand-Poepping of Beloit Memorial High School received the 2018 Yale Educator Award as part of the Yale Educator Recognition Program.
CASA of Rock County recently received a community impact grant from the Stateline Community Foundation.
The Janesville Police Department added two officers to its ranks Aug. 20.
The Rock County Sheriff’s Office has promoted two employees and hired a deputy.
These local students graduated in the spring 2018 semester:
Sylvia Servin has received Azura Memory Care of Beloit’s Core Value Award.
Janesville church welcomes pastor
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Rock County recently received a $2,500 grant from the Stateline Community Foundation.
Neleah G. Bobolz of Janesville has been made a junior member of the American Angus Association.
David Perkins is the new administrator at Delavan Christian School. He previously worked for Rainbow Acres in Camp Verde, Arizona, before moving to Delavan in 2016.
These local students earned degrees from UW-Madison in the spring 2018 semester:
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Several Janesville and Milton students earned awards in the 2018 Mary Jo Nettesheim Memorial Literary Competition, sponsored by Sigma State of Delta Kappa Gamma.
Agrace Hospice and Palliative Care in Janesville appointed Karen Christianson, Judith Martinez, Terry Murawski and Bill Schendt to its foundation board.
Steve Petrillo has been hired as vice president and mortgage lender at PremierBank, serving Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties.
