(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette ARISEnow and the Janesville Performing Arts Center have nearly hit a $500,000 goal in a community fundraising campaign that will fuel improvements to JPAC’s performance and youth education spaces. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Beloit Daily News The architecture firm responsible for designing the Beloit College Powerhouse redevelopment project has been recognized with a top prize at the World Architecture Festival, according to Beloit College officials. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Catherine W. Idzerda, Gazette In the past three testing periods, 100 percent of Blackhawk Technical College’s nursing students passed the nursing boards, more commonly known as the National Council Licensure Examination, or NCLEX. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News The Ho-Chunk Nation's Beloit resort-casino plan is taking a step forward. The proposed $405 million project includes a 300-room hotel, water park, conference center, entertainment space and adjacent retail development....

(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News Startup companies and small businesses will have a trendy and unique place to set up shop. In December, shipping containers will be available for rent at Irontek, 635 Third Street. MORE INFO

(Rock County, WI) According to the quarterly release of the Rock Ready Index, the Janesville-Beloit MSA economic engine is performing very well. The following trends and observations from the Q3 2018 report include: For the seventh quarter in a row, the average annual...

(Janesville, WI) NaturPak Pet, a new venture of natural food manufacturer and co-packer IPM Foods, will be expanding its operations into a new 162,000 SF building that will be located in the Janesville’s STH 11 Business Park. The company will design, manufacture,...

(Washington, D.C.) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News The USS Beloit will be named after the city for its contributions to the Navy and advancements in U.S. national security with the ongoing work at Fairbanks Morse, a company that's worked with the navy since 1938.

(Janesville, WI) Catherine Idzerda, Gazette Olivia Combs was surprised by how much she didn’t know about manufacturing. Combs, 15, was among more than 1,200 Rock County students who toured Blackhawk Technical College’s Advanced Manufacturing Center on Thursday and...

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News Over 1,100 students across Rock and Green counties, including those from Beloit Memorial and Beloit Turner high schools, spread out across 30 businesses this week for Blackhawk Technical College’s Manufacturing Days...