(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG In January, the city of Beloit received the first of what is expected to be millions in financial returns from the future Ho-Chunk casino project on Willowbrook Road. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatenen, APG A developer who wants to tear down a warehouse at 1702 E. Racine St. and build multi-family housing on the site has another year to get the project underway. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG The Beloit City Council Monday is expected to approve a housing incentive program aimed at convincing one or perhaps two developers to launch new subdivisions in the city. MORE INFO

(Town of Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG A state commission is seeking public input on a proposed $52.8 million expansion of Alliant Energy’s West Riverside Energy Center. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatenen, APG A 156-year-old building on South Main Street is in the midst of a major transformation, as its second and third floors are converted into modern market-rate apartments. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Mason Cook, a former director of a business accelerator program at Irontek in Beloit, announced that he’s launching a venture capital fund thanks to a $2.4 million investment from Wisconsin’s Badger Fund of Funds. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Rock County Jumpstart plans to launch a pilot program in late March to teach local entrepreneurs tech skills so they can not only run their own businesses more effectively, but perhaps develop new ideas as well. MORE INFO

(Milton, WI) Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, APG A Madison developer got zoning approval Tuesday night to construct a two-story, 20-unit apartment complex behind its existing 8-unit apartment building. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Ryan Spoehr, APG The Janesville community turned out Friday to Woodman’s Plaza to hear details of an additional Woodman’s gas station being proposed at 2826 Milton Ave. MORE INFO

(Madison, WI) WEDC Small businesses throughout Wisconsin can now receive free advice and training thanks to a new partnership between the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the Universities of Wisconsin’s Office for Business and Entrepreneurship. ...