(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson. Gazette When the Marriott TownePlace Suites, an extended-stay hotel, opens on Janesville’s northeast side next year, it could help newcomers find stopgap living arrangements as they look for new digs in town. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Angie Kablar, Blackhawk Technical College On Wednesday, May 16, leaders from Blackhawk Technical College and the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater will take part in a signing ceremony announcing the partnership between the schools’ business...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Two Janesville-based companies, Woodman’s Food Markets and Blain’s Farm & Fleet, were included in Forbes’ latest list of “America’s Best Mid-Size Employers.” MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Spending by tourists in Janesville and Rock County continued to climb over the last year, growing about 4 percent compared to spending in 2016, according to state Department of Tourism report released Friday. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News          Downtown Beloit will soon to be home to another upscale residential development. Hendricks Commercial Properties is in the process of renovating the former Kerry Ingredients plant, 200 West Grand Ave., into a...

(Rock County, WI) According to the quarterly release of the Rock Ready Index, the economy of Janesville-Beloit MSA kicked-off the new year in a positive manner – as the momentum from 2017 definitely carried over into the beginning of 2018. Highlights from the Q1...

(Janesville, WI) Jake Magee, Gazette At the corner of Milwaukee and Franklin streets, Bill Sodemann’s business, Phone Plus, sits in the heart of an area anticipating $42 million in public and private investment. City officials said the city’s investment in downtown...

(Milton, WI) Badger Property Investments (BPI) will soon break ground on a 60,000 SF build-to-suit project in Milton's Crossroads Business Park. The building will be leased by SSI Technologies, Inc., a global leader in designing and manufacturing pressure, level and...

(Evansville, WI) Ashley McCallum, Gazette Downtown Evansville’s smile has been missing a tooth for a while, Dave Olsen of local investment firm Grove Partners said Tuesday. By the end of this year, that missing tooth—site of the former Night Owl Food and Spirits—will...

(Janesville, WI) Gazette Staff SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Janesville has received the highest safety rating for the third consecutive year from the Leapfrog Group, according to a news release. MORE INFO