(Marinette, WI) John Liesveld, APG Saturday morning, only an instant after the four Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) triggermen unleashed Newton’s Laws of Motion, a momentum driven by gravity and the tremendous culmination of history, heritage, people and...

(Milton, WI) Scott Froehlich, Gazette A warehousing company gained final approval from the city of Milton to build a commercial distribution facility in the southeast corner of the intersection of Putman Parkway and County M. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette      The city of Janesville aims to create another tax-increment financing district on its east side, this time blanketing a 46-acre chunk of city property adjacent to W.W. Grainger’s massive warehouse and call center complex off...

(Rock County, WI) Despite various national and global pressure points, the Janesville-Beloit MSA economy recorded a strong start for the first quarter of 2022. Highlights of these trends are found in today’s release of the Q1 2022 Rock Ready Index. The average...

(Rock County, WI) Rock County and Arrowhead Library System have teamed up to provide small business planning kits, available for checkout at all seven Rock County public libraries. These Small Business Chrome Kits include a Chromebook, mobile Internet hotspot, case,...

(Beloit, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN Tuesday, for the second year in a row, Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce hosted an in-person dinner and awards ceremony with more than 400 in attendance. The 95th annual event at the Eclipse Center featured awards, featured speaker...

(Janesville, WI) Harrison Freuck, APG Maci Newell is among the new wave of people interested in entering the airline industry, and Revv Aviation is her stepping stone to getting there. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette The city is giving a hotel development group a boost of up to $1.89 million in a 12-year tax-incentive deal in exchange for a 42,000-square-foot, 90-room Tru by Hilton hotel.  MORE INFO

(Marinette, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN After about two years of waiting, the Navy’s newest ship, the USS Beloit, will be christened during a ceremony on May 7 at Fincantieri Marinette Marine. Because of Beloit’s long history with the U.S. Navy, it was decided the new ship...

(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, BDN Tanner Gilles faced work loss during COVID-19. So he decided to launch a new company to connect healthcare workers to work shifts at geriatric facilities. PT Nurse is an automated shift-scheduling platform online for healthcare workers...