(Janesville, WI) Kyle Balk Yaantenen, APG The Janesville Plan Commission on Monday approved a conditional use permit for a proposed Kwik Trip at McCormick Drive and Highway 26 and recommended the City Council rezone the property, advancing what city officials describe...

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG A Wisconsin company is considering building a “spec warehouse” on 15.5 acres in the Gateway Business Park. On Wednesday, the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corp. is scheduled to review “the possible sale” of property at 1500, 1550 and...

(Beloit, WI) BDN Staff The Lincoln Academy (TLA) has received a five-year charter contract from the University of Wisconsin Office of Educational Opportunity (OEO), and earned grant awards from the Charter School Growth Fund and the Wisconsin Department of Public...

(Janesville, WI) Two cohorts of educators from around Rock County gathered at Blackhawk Technical College on June 19 and June 26 to conclude their experience in the Rock Externship Program. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG On Tuesday, the Beloit City Council approved two agreements for the Beloit Riverside Apartments project, which has been two years in the making. The Town of Beloit Planning Commission got its first look at a new 126-home subdivision by Next...

(Janesville, WI) BDN Staff Scot Forge, the employee-owned, Clinton-based manufacturer of custom open-die and seamless rolled ring metal forging, is donating $100,000 to Blackhawk Technical College to support the school’s Fund for the Future of Manufacturing. MORE...

(Beloit, WI) A proposal to redevelop the former YMCA site to build 55 affordable rental units at 1865 Riverside Drive took crucial steps forward Tuesday evening. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG On Wednesday morning, the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corp.’s executive committee will discuss in closed session a potential deal for nearly 10 acres at 1301 Gateway Blvd. and 3155 Colley Road. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Gazette Staff Rock County has announced that the county is officially included in FEMA’s disaster declaration for the state of Wisconsin in the wake of historic flooding and storms that wracked wide swaths of the state in April. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN Becky Wilson has been named the manager of the Discovery PLAYce, which currently is under construction at the Beloit Public Library. MORE INFO