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Amazon on Track to Finish Initial Construction by End of July
(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN Amazon is “meeting and beating” construction targets for the Beloit fulfillment center project, according to Beloit Planning and Building Services Director Drew Pennington. MORE INFO
Construction Starts on Downtown Stadium in Beloit
(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN Construction is starting on a new downtown stadium for the Beloit Snappers. The construction project is expected to take a year, with the stadium expected to be ready in June of 2021. Construction was originally planned for April...
Lease, Development Deal Approved for Stadium
(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN The Beloit City Council on Monday approved a 20-year lease and development agreement with the Riverbend Stadium Authority, the entity tasked with facility and property management of the 3,500 seat ABC Supply Stadium on Shirland...
Milton Residents Bring DiMAX to Sunnyside
(Milton, WI) Kim McDarison, Milton Courier Milton residents Aaron and Rebekah Falk have purchased the former General Case manufacturing building, 201 Sunnyside Dr., and are remodeling the 10,080-square-foot space to serve as the new headquarters and help center for...
Plans shaping up for Lincoln Academy
(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, BDN Kids First Beloit announced construction will begin at The Lincoln Academy, 608 Henry St. this month and provided architectural renderings of the soon-to-be-built school. MORE INFO
Work on Beloit Library Expansion Moving Forward
(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN Construction at the Beloit Public Library (BPL) remains on schedule amid COVID-19. MORE INFO
Janesville City Council Approves Small-Business Loan Program
(Janesville, WI) Ashely McCallum, Gazette The Janesville City Council on Tuesday approved a citywide economic recovery plan, including the start of a small-business microloan program that could help businesses that were ineligible for other government help. MORE INFO
Alliant Energy to Acquire Solar Farm Development in Town of Fulton
(Town of Fulton, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Alliant Energy has announced it intends to buy a planned solar farm project in northern Rock County as the electric utility makes a major foray into solar power. In separate announcements Tuesday, Alliant and renewable energy...
Fairbanks Morse to Build Coast Guard Boat Engines
(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News Fairbanks Morse has been awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) to build and deliver the main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), the INGHAM (WMSM-917),...
Rock County to Lift Safer-at-Home Order Thursday
(Janesville, WI) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette The safer-at-home order in Rock County will end Thursday. Beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, the order will be replaced with a “phased reopening plan,” county health officer Marie-Noel Sandoval said in a press conference Tuesday....