(Janesville, WI) – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rock County Board of Supervisors recently approved a $1 million dollar emergency loan program. This fund, known as the Rock County COVID-19 Emergency Small Business Loan Fund (SBLF), is designed to assist...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Last week, Janesville plastic packaging manufacturer Prent Corp. learned that Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center in Janesville had a shortage of personal protective gear it needs to handle the worsening coronavirus crisis....

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette The COVID-19 crisis has mobilized Janesville fabric mill Monterey Mills to pivot quickly into producing a safety item officials say is in desperately short supply: cloth face masks. MORE INFO

(Rock County, WI) In response to COVID-19, the federal and state governments have released and/or expanded financial programming to assist businesses with their fixed costs during these unprecedented times. Additional details are provided below. The U.S. Small...

(Town of Fulton, WI) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette A 440-acre solar farm is coming to the town of Fulton after the project was approved unanimously by the town board at its meeting Tuesday. MORE INFO

(Janesville, W) Frank Schultz, Gazette Nathan Burkart and his twin brother, Alex, were staples in the Janesville children’s theater group, SpotLight on Kids, in the 1990s. Burkart is executive director of the Janesville Performing Arts Center, which didn’t exist when...

(Beloit, W) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News Blackhawk Technical College and the Beloit Public Library are growing a partnership that started in 2018. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Ashley McCallum, Gazette David Hiller believes Janesville should be a talent importer, not a talent exporter. Hiller, CEO of Advantage Land and Amwood Homes, said he often meets people who work in Janesville but live somewhere else. He wants to change...

(Janesville, WI) Ashley McCallum, Gazette A 92-unit affordable housing project has cleared all its hurdles with the city, and construction could begin as soon as next week. The city council unanimously approved a tax increment financing agreement Monday for the...