Parker High School seniors received these scholarships and awards at a virtual ceremony Wednesday, May 20:
Milton High School student Emma McNally, daughter of Jeff and Tonia McNally, has been awarded the Milton 4-H Club Scholarship.
The Beloit Fire Department has named Daniel Pease as its new fire chief.
Craig High School student Kerington Sauser has received a $500 scholarship from the Rock County Genealogy Society.
Minnesota State University
The Janesville Morning Rotary Club recently honored its February students of the month.
Eppy Smith recently was named the Wisconsin Advocate of the Year and received the Relentless Badger Award from the Independent Living Council of Wisconsin for her advocacy for people with disabilities.
The Elkhorn FFA Organization received $6,100 from the Nicholas D. Sergi Foundation after a month-long fundraising campaign.
Agrace HospiceCare received a $1,100 grant from the Women’s Fund to help support local certified nursing assistants so they can continue their education.
Rock Energy has announced the recipients for its 2020 scholarship cycle. Scholarships are awarded to graduating students who live in the co-op’s service area.
Two local companies have received Energy Efficiency Excellence Awards from Focus on Energy, a statewide energy efficiency and renewable resources program.
Three new board members were elected to the Cedar Crest Board of Directors: Barbara Kelley, Sean Knott and Sarah Swantek.
The Ag Business Council of Rock County donated $7,000 to seven Rock County food banks to help struggling families during the COVID-19 health crisis.
Seven local students have been named state winners in the 2020 Mary Jo Nettesheim Memorial Literary and Illustrator Competition.
Milton Middle School has announced its third-quarter honor roll for the 2019-20 school year.
The Arbor Day Foundation has named Beloit a Tree City USA for the 32nd time.
Tina Tillery has joined SENB Bank as a mortgage loan officer.
The Janesville Police Department has promoted officer Justin Stubbendick to detective.
Palmer College of Chiropractic
The Elkhorn Area Women’s Club received the Purple Angel Award from the Dementia Friendly Community Initiative of Walworth County for participating in the Dementia Friendly 101 program.
The American String Teachers Association recently gave UW-Whitewater senior Jasmyn Kosier the Student Exemplary Service Award.
Brandon Miles and Deb O’Leary, both accounting teachers at Craig High School, were two of 32 educators to receive the 2019 Accounting Career Awareness Grant from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundation.
Orfordville Parkview Junior and Senior High School has released its third-quarter honor roll for the 2019-20 school year.
Blain Supply recently received the 2020 Corporate Award of Merit from the YWCA Rock County.
More than 220 local music students participated in the 2020 Federation Music Festival hosted by Janesville’s MacDowell Music Club at the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Janesville Woman’s Club.
Julia Klok of Lake Geneva was named to the high honors lists for the winter 2019-20 semester at this Pomfret, Connecticut, college preparatory school.
St. Lawrence University
Students compete in poster contest
The YMCA of Northern Rock County recently appointed four new board members: Larry Barton, Eric Beck, Brian Donnelly and Jim Tibbetts.
The MacDowell Music Club recently awarded 2020 Achievement Scholarships to 11 Rock County middle and high school students.
The Janesville Morning Rotary Club honored its January students of the month earlier this year. The students are:
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
