(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN Beloit native Jay Edwards is a man driven by a passion for helping build up area communities by supporting young entrepreneurs. The founder of Innovate Culture will host a free business networking event on Thursday in Beloit to...

(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, BDN There’s more than one way to start life after high school graduation. That’s what First National Bank and Trust teller Jesus “Manny” Jurado, the son of Jorge and Julia Jurado, said he has learned. He is working full time as a teller...

(Rock County, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Rock County is shaping up to become a global hearth for nuclear medicine, and the time when that will occur is fast approaching. In separate developments, Beloit nuclear medicine producer NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and its...

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN The Beloit City Council on Monday approved a conditional use permit tied to the redevelopment of the former Shopko building into a large, self-storage facility. MORE INFO

(Newville, WI) Frank Schultz, Gazette Sixty-two homes are planned for the Newville Trails subdivision, located on 39 acres of mostly farm fields just west of the Lake Woods subdivision, according to Rock County planning documents. MORE INFO

(Rock County, WI) Milken Institute released its 2021 Best-Performing Small Cities rankings and the Janesville-Beloit MSA was one of only six Midwestern locations to make the Top 50. At #41, the Rock County outpaced its Wisconsin counterparts – with populations between...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Kwik Trip has unveiled plans to build a 10,000-square-foot gas station and convenience store on a commercial lot at 1030 N. Wright Road, near the intersection with East Milwaukee Street. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette Cedar Crest retirement community is finally expanding after a year in which it earned city approval and waited out the coronavirus pandemic. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette Every day since last March, Lisa Wedel has been in charge of circulating a mobile library at St. Paul’s Lutheran School. Students have taken advantage of the focus on reading. The school’s first- and third-graders recently...

(Town of Bradford) Frank Schultz, Gazette Three electric utilities have joined to buy a big solar array that is planned to be built in Walworth and Rock counties starting this fall. MORE INFO