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Patient Satisfaction is Goal in Patient Suite Project
(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN Beloit Memorial Hospital is entering a new era of patient care as it nears completion of a project that will covert patient rooms to all single-patient private suites. MORE INFO
Is a Fairbanks Morse Robotic Welding Unit the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin?
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG One of Beloit’s oldest companies is trying to be cool again. There are 148 products in the initial round of voting for the “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin” competition, which is sponsored by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and Johnson...
Play Cafe Opens in Town of Beloit
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG The Stateline Area’s first play cafe is now open on East Inman Parkway. The Terra Cottage Play Cafe recently opened at 1230 E. Inman, in the area that used to be the front of the Skatin’ Station. MORE INFO
Beloit Home Price Growth now Outpacing Wisconsin, Rock County
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG On Sept. 11, the Wisconsin Policy Forum updated its Property Values and Taxes Data Tool. It tracks property values of every municipality in the state back to 1985. What the forum’s property tool shows is that in Beloit over the past 10...
Woodman’s Center Opens with Hockey, Other Activities
(Janesville, WI) Gazette Staff he city of Janesville is marking the grand opening of the Woodman’s Sports & Convention Center with a weekend of events that are open to the community. MORE INFO
Beloiter Days to Draw more than 500 College Grads back to Beloit
(Beloit, Wi) BDN Staff A relatively new event at Beloit College actually has quite a long history. This weekend is the fourth annual “Beloiter Days” at Beloit College and more than 500 alumni have registered. MORE INFO
Nuclear Medicine Advances is Focus of Meeting at NorthStar
(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN “Fifty years from now, this will be the isotope capital of the world,” said Gref Piefer, founder and CEO of SHINE Technologies. He joined NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes President and CEO Frank Scholz and other experts on Wednesday at an...
Low-key Beloit Mattress Company Continues to Find New Markets
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG It took a global pandemic to make a more than 90-year-old Beloit company an overnight sensation. “COVID was a tremendous boon for this company,” Beloit Mattress Company co-owner Ryan Poppie said of the COVID-19 pandemic that started in...
Rock County’s Partnership with Blackhawk Focused on Talent, Business Development
(Janesville, WI) Ryan Kanable, Blackhawk Technical College Blackhawk Technical College and Rock County are natural allies, working together to support workforce development throughout Rock County. The partnership between the two organizations helps drive a pipeline of...
Next Generation Seeks Zoning for Second City Housing Development
(Beloit. WI) Alex Gary, APG Homebuilder Next Generation Construction is seeking a zoning change from the city to allow it to add 44 single-family homes and 11 duplexes off of Elmwood Road near Prairie Avenue. MORE INFO