(Janesville, WI) Ashley McCallum, Gazette The city council approved Monday modifications to the city’s COVID-19 microloan program that will specifically aid restaurants as the pandemic continues through winter. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Benjamin Pierce, Gazette When Tiffany Garrison-Stanley started teaching anatomy at Blackhawk Technical College three years ago, she found herself yearning for a more student-led learning environment. With the help of planning, a fresh space and new...

(Beloit, WI) Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News Student enrollment is planned to start Feb. 1 and staff hiring and recruitment is underway at The Lincoln Academy charter school. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette When Copper Fire Tees started out of a basement last decade, the local cop and the local firefighter who owned the company had one T-shirt screen-printing machine in a residential basement. The startup company has operated for...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Hundreds of newly-built apartments in Janesville are now coming available in Janesville, and hundreds more could be on the way. MORE INFO

(Milton, WI) Kim McDarison, Milton Courier The City of Milton Common Council approved Nov. 4 a conditional use permit (CUP) and a tax incremental financing (TIF) development agreement for Catch the Wave Swim Club, Inc. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) The City of Beloit, through the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), is launching the Small Business Assistance Forgivable Loan Program and the Nano Grant Program to assist micro and small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis....

(Beloit, WI) Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News Three new retailers will soon be in downtown Beloit as Hendricks Commercial Properties announces three tenants at 406 Pleasant St., the space above truk’t street tacos at the corner of Pleasant Street and East Grand...

(Beloit, WI) Brad Allen, BDN A virtual business expo is planned for November with the hopes that it will promote support for Black business owners. Rock County Jumpstart will host its first Black Business Week Expo in a virtual event set for Nov. 23—28. MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette Chicken sandwiches are the stars of the menu at the newest chain restaurant planned for the Humes Road-Milton Avenue corridor. Blain’s Farm & Fleet owner Jane Blain Gilbertson has made a zoning request on the part of a...