(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatenen, After years in high-stress careers, Sifredo Sosa wanted to change course, and to build something rooted in health, family, and community. Now, the owner of Smoothie Blends, inside the Uptown Janesville mall in the former Orange...

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG The School District of Beloit Board of Education unanimously approved a $2.5 million offer from the Hendricks Family Foundation to launch a three-year pilot literacy program at one of the district’s elementary schools. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Ryan Spoehr, APG A longtime Madison- area Indian restaurant opened its doors Friday at a second location in Janesville. Swad Indian Restaurant opened Friday in the former Sam’s Pizza at 1313 Milton Ave. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Gazette Staff Janesville-based nuclear fusion company SHINE Technologies has announced a partnership with California-based biotech company NantWorks. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN Beloit College President Eric Boynton said new partnerships, new programs and new marketing approaches are needed to address the challenges faced by higher education today. MORE INFO

(Milton, WI) Pam Beres, APG Late last spring, when the bar and grill located at 229 N. Janesville Street in Milton closed, Jason and Mirenda McArdle wondered if it would ever open again. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Ryan Spoehr, APG Local business leaders got a chance to connect Thursday with members of the SMART Girls program at the Boys and Girls Club of Janesville. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Alex Gary, APG Beloit College, the 180-year-old bastion of liberal arts education, launched three new majors this semester....health sciences, marketing and finance, three fields expected to have high demand even as artificial intelligence spreads into...

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatenen, APG After weeks of writing code, working out bugs and running through programs, six students in Craig High School’s Computer Programming Club advanced to the final round of an international robotics programming competition. MORE...

(Janesville, WI) Kylie Balk Yaatanen, APG The Janesville City Council voted unanimously Monday night to advance a concept for a mixed residential housing development at 2400 Beloit Ave., authorizing city staff to begin soliciting development interest for the...