(Rock County, WI) According to the quarterly release of the Rock Ready Index, the economy of Janesville-Beloit MSA continues to show strong signs. Highlights from the Q2 report include the following: The average annual unemployment rate for the county and state...

(Janesville, WI) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette Katie Schildgen knows she wants to be a firefighter after interning with the Beloit Fire Department this summer. Emily Hanson, who interned with HealthNet of Rock County, a nonprofit health care provider, knows she doesn’t...

(Beloit, WI) Beloit Daily News Beloit Memorial Hospital has received the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and the Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll award.  MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) John Barry, Gazette The Janesville Country Club turns 125 next year. And what better way to help celebrate the occasion than by bringing women’s professional golf to the state’s oldest country club? Tentatively titled the Janesville Golf Classic, the...

(Clinton, WI) Gazette Staff Clinton High School, 112 Milwaukee Road, will hold a week-long Camp Invention program. The program promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.  MORE INFO

(Madison, WI) Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development The Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance Monday approved an overall 6.03% rate decrease for Worker's Compensation premiums for businesses, effective Oct. 1, 2018. This is the third consecutive year Worker's...

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News             Development and related construction is so hot in Beloit this summer the City already has surpassed last year’s total building permit value. As of July 1, Beloit has issued 623 building permits worth $26.19...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette As the new owner of the former General Motors plant continues the mammoth job of tearing down the massive complex on Janesville’s south side, ideas are starting to emerge on the site’s prospects for redevelopment. Janesville...

(Janesville, WI) Angie Kablar, Blackhawk Technical College Blackhawk Technical College’s nursing program has a lot to celebrate. In addition to the third consecutive semester of graduates achieving a 100% pass rate on the National Counsel Licensure Examination...

(Janesville, WI) Bryan Wegter, Gazette John Van Susteren looks forward to the Tour of America’s Dairyland each year. The road cycling series, the largest of its kind in the United States, attracts cyclists from across the country and world. It winds through southeast...