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Alliant Customers: No Rate Increases Through 2020
(Madison, WI) Beloit Daily News Wisconsin customers of Alliant Energy will see no increase to base electric and natural gas rates through 2020 under a verbal decision by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC). MORE INFO
Janesville Hospital Expands Orthopedic Services with New Technology, Professionals
(Janesville, WI) SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital-Janesville will begin using new technology later this month to accommodate a growing need for orthopedic services. The Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery System will make its debut in Rock County at the end of the month,...
County’s Economy Remains Robust
(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...
New Rock County Internship Program Helps Students Choose Careers
(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 Memorial Hospital Earns Heart, Stroke Treatment Honors
(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
Women’s Pro Golf Tour Coming to Janesville Country Club
(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...
Camp Invention comes to Clinton High School
(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
Wisconsin Sees Reduction in Worker’s Compensation Rate for Third Consecutive Year
(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...
At Mid-Year, Beloit’s Development Already Surpasses Totals from 2017
(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...
GM Site Redevelopment Plans Could Come this Summer
(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...