(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Old Fashion Bakery has new owners for the first time since the Richard Nixon administration — but the taste won’t change. MORE INFO

(Beloit ,WI) Alex Gary, APG Pinnon Premium Meats, a 30-year-old full service butcher business, in December launched construction of what will be its third location in Beloit. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Tom Miller, Gazette If not for Henry F. Janes, who arrived in Rock County in 1835 and developed a trading center in the area around the Rock River, Janesville might be named Harrisville after James Harris, who arrived in the mid-1850s. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG There were some notable building projects in 2024, but they were dominated by renovations and remodels. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN A local robotics team consisting of home-schooled and public high school students, has qualified for the state robotics championship. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN ABC Supply Co., Inc. is celebrating the grand opening of its ABC Supply Learning Center, at 1300 Prince Hall Drive, Beloit. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Home building in the city and town of Beloit picked up significantly in 2024, but it still has a ways to go before it meets demand. MORE INFO

(Milton, WI) Ryan Spoehr, APG The city of Milton plans to grow the size of its business park by a “minimum of 40 acres” in the next 18 months, according to its new strategic plan. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) WCLO Beloit is poised to bring the heat on new housing starts the next few years with at least 275 new residential units already in the pipeline and more to come. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Ishan Bhasin was expecting a normal junior year at Beloit College — then he had lunch at a McDonalds in Beloit with fellow junior Mohammad Idrisi. MORE INFO