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ABC Supply Supports Military Members Through Program
(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, BDN U.S. Army representatives visited ABC Supply’s National Support Center on Monday to recognize the company becoming the 1,000th partner in the U.S. Army’s Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) Program. MORE INFO
WisDOT Grant to Help Fund Chocolate Factory Rail Project
(Milton, WI) Rebecca Kanable, Milton Courier Without a rail spur, Clausen Quality Chocolate (CQC) wouldn’t have been interested in investing $105 million to build a chocolate factory in Milton, said City Administrator Al Hulick. MORE INFO
SHINE Partners with Missouri Nuclear Reactor to Produce Cancer Drugs
(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette As SHINE Medical Technologies works toward building out its future nuclear medicine production facility in Janesville, it also plans to jump-start production of cancer-fighting drugs as part of a new partnership. MORE INFO
Janesville-Beloit MSA Records Another Top 10 Housing Market Ranking
(Rock County, WI) The pace and pricing of homes in the Janesville-Beloit MSA continues to gain national attention, as the area was recently recognized for making another Top 10 list. According to Realtor.com’s review of pricing and transaction data between 2017 and...
Beloit Turner Student Creates Original Video Game Featured in National Competition
(Beloit, WI) Brad Allen, BDN When it comes to building an original video game from scratch, team effort means everything. Beloit Turner High School sophomore Fernando Orbezo tapped into that team player mindset this spring and designed his own game, which was...
GOEX to grow rail Spur as Plastics Market sees Continued Surge
(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Local plastics manufacturer GOEX has been riding a wave of increased demand that company officials say has them needing more capacity for more train cars of production materials at once. Josh Gray, GOEX president, said the...
State Pension System 100% Funded
(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN Great news: Wisconsin’s public pension system, administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) with assets managed by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), is one of the best-funded pension systems in the nation....
$5K Available to Small Businesses, State of WI Opens Application Portal
(Madison, WI) The Wisconsin Tomorrow Small Business Recovery Grant program began accepting applications today; and the application portal will remain open until June 7th. Small businesses with annual revenues between $10,000 and $7 million are encouraged to apply....
Lincoln Academy Announces Partnership with Wisconsin Reading Corps
(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, BDN As The Lincoln Academy enrollment reaches 395, those with the school announced its designation as a Wisconsin Reading Corps site for the 2021-2022 school year, its mascot, colors and other programming are in the works. A program of...
Town Board Allows Kwik Trip Project, Land Trade to Move Forward
(Town of Beloit, WI) Brad Allen, BDN The Town Board approved two separate conditional use permits Monday for Kwik Trip to purchase the Paradise Guitars building at 921 E. Inman Parkway. Paradise Guitar, and the neighboring Stop N’ Go gas station will become the site...