(Janesville, WI) Catherine Idzerda, Gazette In the last two years, Blackhawk Technical College has established more than a dozen new diploma and certificate programs in response to what local businesses say they need from future employees. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette It’s a niche market: waste oil burners that are used to heat buildings. But Rock Energy Systems, a parent company that for years has produced Lanair and Clean Burn furnaces in a plant on Capitol Circle Drive, is now the...

(Janesville, WI) Ashley McCallum, Gazette “Shift Change” is a 35-minute documentary by Bill Roach that skims the surface of the closure of GM in 2008 and captures reactions from former workers and business leaders inspired to lead the charge in turning the community...

(Janesville, WI) Catherine Idzerda, Gazette Compassionate and quality nursing care for an aging parent makes all the difference. In this case, that care led to a $50,000 donation by the JP Cullen Foundation to the Nancy B. Parker Nursing Scholars Program. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN On Thursday, the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corporation (GBEDC) closed on the real estate sale of the 80-acre parcel southeast of the Colley Road-Gateway Boulevard intersection that's being developed into a 1 million...

(Rock County, WI) According to SmartAsset’s™ fourth annual study on the best places to work in manufacturing, the Janesville-Beloit MSA ranks among the Top 25 metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S. In addition to the Janesville-Beloit MSA, the only other WI metro...

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN The Wright and Wagner Lofts project will add a 52-apartment, four-story building at the corner of Fourth Street and Grand Avenue with potential plans for two additional apartment buildings to be built on space closer to the Rock...

(Janesville, WI) Catherine Idzerda, Gazette UW-Whitewater at Rock County has signed an agreement with UW-Platteville to continue a program that has already proved successful. University officials signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday that allows students at...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Janesville metal fabricator United Alloy plans a major expansion in Texas that the company said will boost its production capacity nationwide and lead to the hiring of more than two dozen new employees here. MORE INFO

(Rock County, WI) Robin Raven, Forbes    As you plan your travel for 2020, are you longing for a place with a lot going on that won’t be crowded with tourists? Wisconsin’s Janesville and Beloit are two cities in Rock County that are up-and-coming destinations that are...