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The Castle to Feature Microbrew Event Space in 2026
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG The Castle at 501 Prospect St. will have a separate small event space complete with a microbrew called the Moonlight Brewery that will introduce new recipes with each lunar cycle. MORE INFO
Sports, Community, Size – Students come to Beloit College for Variety of Reasons
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Students have been trickling into campus at Beloit College for a couple of weeks. The wave of new faces illustrated again why a thriving college is so important to small- or mid-size cities. The college brings people to the city who...
Rock County Seeks Public Input Amid Major Planning Updates
(Janesville, WI) Rock County invites residents to share their input through a series of community meetings as it launches a major update to its long-range planning documents - specifically, the County's Comprehensive Plan and its Farmland Preservation Plan. Together,...
Boys & Girls Club: $2.1 Million Federal Tax Credit will Help Fund Move
(Janesville, WI) Gazette Staff The Boys & Girls Club of Janesville has secured $2.1 million through the federal New Markets Tax Credit program to support its ongoing capital campaign and facility expansion. MORE INFO
Budding Entrepreneur Taking Risk with Pizza by the Slice Concept
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG A former firefighter who is enjoying life much more as an entrepreneur is bringing “a new twist” to the downtown Beloit bar/restaurant scene. A pizza by the slice restaurant. MORE INFO
Insurance Premiums for Worker’s Compensation Continue to Decline
(Madison, WI) Wisconsin companies on average will pay 3.2% less in worker's compensation insurance rates starting Oct. 1, 2025, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced today with the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI)....
This School Built High-End Training Sites on Campus to Prepare Students for Local Skilled Jobs
(Beloit, WI) Manufacturing and construction dominate the business needs inside Beloit, a small city of 36,000 just minutes from the Illinois border. MORE INFO
City Council Allows Transfer of Northside TID Funds to Downtown, GM Site
(Janesville,, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatenen, APG The Janesville City Council on Monday night unanimously approved a plan to share surplus funds from a successful northside tax incremental finance district with other areas of the city, where it can be applied to...
New Jersey Company Buying Beloit-based AccuLynx for $2.35 Billion
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG A publicly- traded New Jersey company is acquiring Beloit-based roofing software company AccuLynx for $2.35 billion in what is likely the largest acquisition of a Beloit company in the city’s history. MORE INFO
Hawaii-Asian Food Coming to Beloit’s State Street
(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG A Hawaiian-Asian fusion restaurant that first opened in Rockford, Illinois in December, 2023 and has a second spot opening this fall in downtown Rockford will open its third location in Beloit. MORE INFO