(Evansville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Rural Evansville will soon be the home of a regional food processing and storage facility that specializes in organic grains — creating what the owner calls a Midwest hub that will ready grains for the grocery store more...

(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN Beloit College has renamed its Center for Entrepreneurship in Liberal Education (CELEB) the Gustafson Center for Entrepreneurship, honoring Professor Emeritus Jerry Gustafson and a relationship with Beloit College spanning more than seven...

(Edgerton, WI) Ryan Spoehr, APG Fifty years ago, Japanese animators toured author Sterling North’s former home in Edgerton to research North’s book about a boy and his raccoon, “Rascal.” The animators’ research yielded what over the next half century would become one...

(Middleton, WI) The Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA) is excited to announce Rock County’s Internship & Externship programs as the 2026 Community and Economic Development Award (CEDA) winner in the Talent Attraction, Development, and Retention...

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG The inaugural EntreCon Midwest ended up drawing more than 230 registrants, Beloit College verified on Wednesday. The two-day event was modeled after a concept Beloit Sky Carp owner Quint Studer launched in Pensacola, Florida, in 2015. MORE...

(Evansville, WI) CHS has announced construction of a new oilseed processing facility at the east edge of the City, located at 400 County Road M. The new facility will accept soybeans by rail and truck and process soy meal and oils on site. Permitting is underway with...

(Rock County, WI) This week’s release of the Q2 Rock Ready Index highlighted the ongoing momentum that is present within the Janesville-Beloit MSA’s economy. In addition to notching another pair of consecutive quarterly records, unemployment rates held steady and job...

(Town of Rock, WI) Alex Gary, APG Alliant Energy announced it has received “verbal approval” from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for the construction of a $512 million liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in the Town of Rock in Rock County. MORE INFO

(Town of Beloit) Alex Gary, APG Beloit-based Next Generation Construction, which has been one of Beloit’s top home builders over the past 10 years, is diving deep into the apartment building business. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Tia Bethke, APG On Dec. 19, Thompson’s organization, International Boxing, will host five world championship fights inside the Woodman’s Center as part of the ‘Energy You Can Feel’ event.  MORE INFO