(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN Beloit-area hotels are seeing a return to pre-pandemic revenue and guest numbers, as tourism officials say they are optimistic that visitors will continue to travel to the Stateline Area as the COVID-19 delta variant spread could...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette A demolition crew on Wednesday was tearing down the former Perkins restaurant at the center of Janesville’s busy Highways 26/14 retail corridor. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Frank Schultz, Gazette SHINE Medical Technologies continues to make progress toward becoming a fully functioning manufacturer. Friday, it hosted Janesville leaders to a grand opening of its corporate headquarters on its campus on the city’s south...

(Madison, WI) Businesses and nonprofits considering moving into a vacant Wisconsin commercial space may be eligible for a $10,000 Wisconsin Tomorrow – Main Street Bounceback Grant through a newly created program. “These grants are designed to give entrepreneurs a...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Along the concourse at Uptown Janesville there seems to be more shops opening in the small and midsize storefronts left vacant by former chain retailers. MORE INFO

(Town of Fulton) Gazette Staff Alliant Energy and a partner could start groundwork as soon as this week on a 440-acre solar project in the town of Fulton. The Madison-based electric utility announced it has assumed ownership of parcels for a 50-megawatt, solar array...

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN ABC Supply Stadium in downtown Beloit at the banks of the Rock River will help draw hundreds of thousands of more people to Beloit and South Beloit each year, officials say, as the state-of-the-art facility prepares for opening day...

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN A locally-based family business is poised to start construction on a site in the Gateway Business Park as the move will be the catalyst for employee and operations growth. Matthews Family Trucking LLC, owned by Byron Matthews,...

(Rock County, WI) The Janesville-Beloit MSA economy posted another solid quarter, as strong consumer and investor confidence continued to drive activity throughout the county. These trends are highlighted in today’s release of the Q2 2021 Rock Ready Index. The...

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN Beloit’s sustained economic development managed to weather the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with construction and building permit figures remaining on track with past years of development just at the halfway point of...