(Janesville, WI) Alex Gary, APG Beloit Memorial High School senior Manny Vargas loves to learn — about certain things in certain ways. Vargas was one of 19 students celebrated by the Stateline Manufacturing Alliance Thursday morning at Blackhawk Technical College...

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG A year after announcing a partnership with Edgewood College of Madison and Beloit Health System that will allow Beloit College to give its students a chance to earn nursing degrees, the college has its first cohort of nursing students. MORE...

(Janesville, WI( Gazette Construction on the Children’s Museum of Rock County will get underway next month in downtown Janesville, the nonprofit organization behind the museum announced Tuesday. MORE INFO

(Edgerton, WI) Hanna Powell, APG Edgerton Hospital and Health Services on Monday marked its second consecutive selection as a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital in the United States, for best practices in patient satisfaction. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatenen, APG The 35,000-square-foot new building on S. Jackson St. will be a place of learning and developing future community leaders, speakers said. “We’re breaking ground on a greater future for our youth and our community,” Boys &...

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary , APG The Beloit City Council on Monday is expected to approve a resolution giving a $1 million development incentive to Next Generation Construction to build 138 homes in the city. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaantenen, APG The owner of a local consulting firm is shaking up Janesville’s business scene by founding the city’s first co-working space, offering entrepreneurs and remote workers a much-needed home base. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG The Caldwell Group held its first training session this week in the former Regal-Beloit Corp. training center, the first of many as the newest company now based in Beloit settles in to its new corporate home. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Gazette Staff The Children’s Museum of Rock County has named Kent Anderson as its first executive director. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Gazette Staff The YMCA of Northern Rock County is looking to modernize its Milton and Janesville facilities, secure the organization’s long-term sustainability and “expand key programs for the people of Northern Rock County for years to come.” MORE...