(Milton, WI) Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Gazette The Milton Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday night in support of Clasen Quality Chocolate’s request to add a 77,000-square-foot production building to its existing facility at 2100 Putman Parkway. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Last week on Thursday, the Rock County Board of Supervisors got the ball rolling on another improvement that likely will take a decade or more to achieve. The board approved a resolution asking Gov. Tony Evers to include funding in his...

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG On Monday, the state announced the recipients of the money and the Beloit library, which already received $500,000 from the Rock County Board in September 2023, will get $3.89 million. MORE INFO

(Milton, WI) Pam Beres, Milton Courier Katie Gallman took a leap of faith on Oct. 13, 2023, opening Elmside Goods, featuring only products made in the U.S., with many from Wisconsin and communities close to home. Now, just before her first anniversary, she took...

(Janesville, WI) Hannah Powell, APG The Mercyhealth Autism Center opened its doors on Wednesday, allowing families to come in and explore the various rooms and climb, swing, and slide on the outdoor playground. MORE INFO

(Town of Turtle) Alex Gary, APG Stainless Tank & Equipment, which started out in a garage more than 50 years ago, will begin moving into a new 404,000-square-foot manufacturing and office building this month. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Gazette Four Rock County nonprofits will share in $50 million in project grants announced Tuesday as part of a new statewide program. Gov. Tony Evers announced the statewide awards Tuesday. MORE INFO

(Beloit) WI) BDN The Beloit Public Library will receive nearly $3.9 million from the state of Wisconsin to add classrooms, computer labs and build a new interactive children’s learning space. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG On Thursday, about 150 people attended a ribbon-cutting of Northstar’s new contract development manufacturing building on its 55-acre campus off Gateway Boulevard. The visitors came from as far away as the Netherlands, Germany and Australia...

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Gazette More than 350 students from 25 southern Wisconsin high schools poured concrete, jackhammered cement slabs and learned about the construction trades Thursday at a career fair put on by JP Cullen, of Janesville. MORE INFO