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Humes Road Reconstruction Gives Way to Stretch of New Retail Development
(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette At Humes Road and Milton Avenue, traffic is flowing again, albeit in an altered pattern that might surprise those who haven’t traveled the corridor in a while, and it links into a much-upgraded busy retail spur. MORE INFO
Beloit sees Building Projects Advance
(Beloit, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN Saws are buzzing, hammers are pounding and buildings are going up in downtown Beloit, as several Hendricks Commercial Properties projects are advancing. MORE INFO
Beloit College Gets High Marks in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
(Beloit, WI) BDN Staff Beloit College moved up three spots in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of colleges offering the best value, and it ranked 11th for students’ First Year Experience. MORE INFO
Beloit Grocery Store Opens on West Side
(Beloit, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN Roman’s Supermarket opened its doors on Aug. 31 and brought an independent grocery store to Liberty Avenue. MORE INFO
Milton Closing in on Selling Last Three Industrial Lots in Business Park
(Milton, WI) Ryan Spoehr, APG The city of Milton might soon sell all the remaining land in its Crossroads Industrial Park. City Administrator Al Hulick has not given a timetable on when he believes all sales might be closed, but said “it’s probably not too far off.”...
Intermodal Rail Site at JATCO Property Could be Start of Larger Development
(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette In a public junket Wednesday on the south side, site owner Commercial Development Company and two commercial freight operators unveiled some details of a plan to convert 30 of the 122-acre JATCO acres to an intermodal freight...
Beloit Students Benefit from Hydroponic Gardens in Several Ways
(Beloit, WI) Sara Myers, APG The district currently has six gardens at Gaston, Merrill, Hackett, Todd and Converse elementary schools. The gardens currently grow lettuce, basil, parsley, dill, chives and cilantro. MORE INFO
Pride in the people: Rock County Historical Society Builds Exhibit About Those Who Worked at General Motors’ Janesville Plant
(Janesville, WI) Tom Miller, Gazette April 21, 1967 was a special day at the then Chevrolet-Fisher Body Assembly Plant in Janesville. On that day, the 100 millionth vehicle built by General Motors plants in the U.S. rolled off the assembly line here – and it will be...
Beloit’s Fairbanks Morse Defense Celebrates 150th Anniversary
(Beloit, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN Fairbanks Morse Defense is celebrating 150 years of working with the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, as well as the Beloit community this month. MORE INFO
Former GM Site’s Owner to Publicly Unveil Plans for Redevelopment of JATCO Site
(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette St. Louis brownfield redevelopment firm Commercial Development plans an open house alongside local architects Angus Young Associates and RH Batterman on Wednesday, Aug. 31, to lay out what it calls “preliminary” plans and a...