(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG The Beloit City Council on Tuesday approved giving a Madison-based company planning a 55-unit affordable housing development in the city an additional $1.16 million. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatenen, APG The Boys & Girls Club of Janesville hosted a special walkthrough Tuesday night for donors and community partners to see the progress on its new 35,000-square-foot building. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) BDN Staff Mastercraft Ventures, a venture capital fund based at Irontek, now has $11.5 million to invest in Wisconsin startups looking for initial venture capital investment. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatenen, APG The Janesville City Council voted unanimously Monday in favor of an agreement to construct a new electrical substation at Innovation Park on the southside. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG The number of new international students enrolling at colleges in the United States dropped by 17% this fall, according to research released in mid-November. Beloit College found itself in one of the rare situation of seeing an increase in...

(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN The Lincoln Academy is planning an expansion that will almost double the size of the charter school building and possibly double its enrollment. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) BDN Staff The Beloit Public Library is one of nearly 1,300 in the United States that will receive $10,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG The Ho-Chunk Nation’s land interests in Beloit are larger than they appear. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatenen, APG The city of Janesville’s overhaul of its zoning code took center stage at a Plan Commission meeting Monday night, as consultants from GRAEF walked commissioners through proposed updates to development standards, landscaping...

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Jason Turner, owner of Pinnon Premium Meats, likened the construction process to raising a pet. MORE INFO