(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

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, BDN The Ho-Chunk Nation's Beloit casino and resort project took a major step forward Wednesday as Gov. Tony Evers concurred with a federal decision to move land designated for the project into trust status, paving the way for one of the...

(Milton, WI) Rebecca Kanable, Milton Courier Milton residents are in for a treat – a DQ treat. American Dairy Queen Corporation (ADQ) has announced its new DQ Grill & Chill restaurant is set to open on March 29. The restaurant is located at 1167 Gateway Drive...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Though the new store is small—3,000 square feet of retrofitted space in a former gas station—it’s the first full-service fresh food grocery to come to the south side since Pick ‘n Save shuttered its Center Avenue supermarket in...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette In April, Courtney Perakis is bringing back a slice of old-timey sweetness with The Sugar Exchange, a new candy shop and classic ice cream and soda parlor at 119 N. Main St. MORE INFO