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4 Rock County Nonprofits get $5.5 Million in State Project Grants
(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 Public Library Receiving $3.9 Million from State for Renovations
(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
Northstar has Potential to Draw lots More Talent to Beloit
(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...
What’s Possible: At Construction Career Fair, High School Students Try Out the Trades
(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
Lincoln Academy Nearly Hits Capacity
(Beloit, WI) BDN Staff The Lincoln Academy reported enrollment of 727, very nearly hitting max capacity for the school in its first year of having students from K4 through 12th grade. MORE INFO
All Together Now: KANDU Industries celebrates New, Larger Site in Milton
(Milton, WI) Ryan Spoehr, APG KANDU Industries celebrated bringing its operations under one roof on Saturday with a grand opening and ribbon cutting at its new location in Milton. MORE INFO
Beloit College Ranked Among Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges in U.S.
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG U.S. News & World Report placed Beloit College as the 95th best liberal arts college in the country in an annual ranking released this week. MORE INFO
Sixth-Generation Janesville Farming Family Expands in Beloit with $1.55 Million Land Purchase
(Town of Beloit) Alex Gary, APG A sixth-generation farming operation in Janesville bought more than 166 acres of farmland on West Finley Road for $1.55 million on Sept. 5. MORE INFO
‘I’ve Always Wanted a Gallery.’ Milton’s Dragonfly Art Gallery Celebrates Grand Opening
(Milton, WI) Pam Beres, APG A week ago Saturday, artist Wendy Rummelhoff Ramos did something she has always wanted to do: she opened an art gallery. Named after the colorful insects which have fascinated Rummelhoff Ramos for years, Dragonfly Art Gallery showcases fine...
Turkey and Duckpin Bowling? Dorrbaker’s may be Open by Thanksgiving
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Henry Dorrbaker’s, the 20,000-square-foot pub and play venue being built at the Ironworks Campus, should be open “no later than Thanksgiving.” MORE INFO