(Orfordville, WI) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette Gary Phillips broke out in a grin and shook his head when asked if he imagined downtown Orfordville would grow the way it has in the last five years. MORE INFO

(Rock County, WI) According to Realtor.com’s October 2019 Housing Trends Report, the Janesville-Beloit MSA was rated the 7th hottest housing market in the U.S. Five of the top 10 markets recognized by this report were Midwestern cities.  The report’s hottest markets...

(Town of LaPrairie) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette A proposed large-scale chicken and egg farm in the town of La Prairie passed a crucial checkpoint Wednesday. MORE INFO

(Edgerton, WI) Kim McDarison, Adams Publishing Group Three Edgerton area hotels will begin charging a 5% room tax Jan. 1 to help pay for area tourism promotion. The city of Edgerton and the towns of Fulton and Albion agreed Oct. 1 to form the Edgerton Tourism Zone....

(Janesville, WI) Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News Rock County has lots of new real estate development underway, steady unemployment numbers and increased sales tax collections, according to the Rock Ready Index third quarter report. MORE INFO

(Rock County, WI) According to the quarterly release of the Rock Ready Index, the economy of the Janesville-Beloit MSA continued its positive growth trends. Highlights from the Q3 2019 report are provided below. Unemployment rates held firm during the quarter, as the...

(Janesville, WI) Ashley McCallum, Gazette Agricultural manufacturers may now ask the city for permission to build migrant worker housing facilities. The first business to make such a request, Seneca Foods, is well on its way to building barracks for the 250 to 300...

(Janesville, WI) Catherine Idzerda, Gazette Kate Olson went to UW-Madison to study civil engineering and construction management. After graduation, she pursued her profession for more than two years before deciding to train to become a carpenter. On Thursday, Olson...

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News Online retail giant Amazon is coming to Beloit, and stakeholders want to see initial construction start next week on an expansive distribution center in Beloit's Gateway Business Park. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Manufacturing Days is a once-a-year, two-day immersion BTC uses to try to kindle high school student interest in manufacturing careers and the potential of job training and learning manufacturing skills through enrollment at BTC....