(Janesville, WI) Jake Magee, Gazette If all goes according to plan, millions of dollars in downtown projects—including a water fountain, pedestrian bridge and new lighting—will be complete by October 2019. MORE INFO

(Rock County, WI) – A paid internship program for (incoming) Rock County high school seniors was announced during last week’s earn-and-learn talent development showcase event. The Rock Internship Program, which is designed to accelerate personal – as well as...

(Milton, WI) Milton Courier Chico Pope, owner of the Buckhorn Supper Club in Milton, was honored as the Restaurateur of the Year by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association. The award is the industry’s top honor.  MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Gary Kohn, BTC Yesterday, leaders from Blackhawk Technical College (BTC), Rock County 5.0 and the Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board presented four “earn and learn” initiatives to more than 100 attendees. MORE INFO 

(Janesville, WI) Gary Kohn, BTC Blackhawk Technical College (BTC) nursing students are among the best in the state…AGAIN! According to the Wisconsin State Board of Nursing, BTC’s nursing students netted a composite score of 100% on the most recent National Council...

(Janesville, WI) Gazette Staff        St. William Catholic School's First Lego League team took top prize in one of four categories at the state Lego League championship at Parker High School on Sunday. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Organizers announced Tuesday that they’ve set the course for the Janesville Town Square Gran Prix, which is the city’s leg of the Tour of America’s Dairyland, a major criterium (closed-circuit) bicycle race that has 11 other legs...

(Milton, WI) Jim Dayton, Gazette Vacant, city-owned land in Milton's east-side industrial park is almost gone now that another proposed development has received city council approval. The council unanimously agreed last week to sell 8 acres to Badger Properties for...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Two new stores are set to open this week in the redeveloped former Menards off Pontiac Drive on Janesville’s north side. Tara Furst, commercial properties manager for Galway Companies, which owns the property renamed the...

(Janesville, WI) By Catherine Idzerda, Gazette Six local businesses won the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s inaugural Business Friends of Education award. Fagan Automotive, Blackhawk Community Credit Union, Riverfront Inc., South Central Wisconsin...