(Rock County, WI) According to the quarterly release of the Rock Ready Index, the Janesville-Beloit MSA economic engine is performing very well. The following trends and observations from the Q3 2018 report include: For the seventh quarter in a row, the average annual...

(Janesville, WI) NaturPak Pet, a new venture of natural food manufacturer and co-packer IPM Foods, will be expanding its operations into a new 162,000 SF building that will be located in the Janesville’s STH 11 Business Park. The company will design, manufacture,...

(Washington, D.C.) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News The USS Beloit will be named after the city for its contributions to the Navy and advancements in U.S. national security with the ongoing work at Fairbanks Morse, a company that's worked with the navy since 1938.

(Janesville, WI) Catherine Idzerda, Gazette Olivia Combs was surprised by how much she didn’t know about manufacturing. Combs, 15, was among more than 1,200 Rock County students who toured Blackhawk Technical College’s Advanced Manufacturing Center on Thursday and...

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News Over 1,100 students across Rock and Green counties, including those from Beloit Memorial and Beloit Turner high schools, spread out across 30 businesses this week for Blackhawk Technical College’s Manufacturing Days...

(Janesville, WI) Jim Dayton, Gazette SHINE Medical Technologies now has most of the permits necessary to begin construction at its south-side campus following approval Monday from the city plan commission. MORE INFO

(Milton, WI) Ashley McCallum, Gazette Ashlee Kunkel got to share exciting news on her first day as director of the Milton Public Library. She announced the facility was named the Wisconsin Library Association 2018 Library of the Year. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Blackhawk Community Credit Union unveiled its intention to build a 130,000-square-foot, four-story development that would include a General Motors ‘legacy center’ along a stretch of riverfront just north of Hedberg Public...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette UW-Whitewater officials announced Thursday a major donation the university said would pay for a new administrator who would work as a liaison between UW-Whitewater and Rock County businesses. The “substantial” donation from...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette UW-Whitewater officials announced Thursday a major donation the university said would pay for a new administrator who would work as a liaison between UW-Whitewater and Rock County businesses. The “substantial” donation from...