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When the sleek, steel hull of the 387-foot USS Beloit moored flush against the lakefront pier of Milwaukee’s Veterans Park on November 23, 2024, thousands of exuberant visitors were there to greet her.The vibe was deeply respectful. A proud and patriotic celebration of the first ever commissioned warship to bear...Continue Reading

BELOIT — The Beloit City Council was presented with three prestigious engineering and public works awards recognizing the Riverwalk extension project that was completed in the summer of 2025.Representatives from Batterman presented the awards, which included:• The American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin (ACEC-Wisconsin) Engineering Excellence Best of State...Continue Reading

BELOIT — Beloit College, the state’s oldest continuously operating institute of higher learning, welcomed its largest incoming class of students in 10 years this week.On Wednesday, domestic students could begin moving onto campus in preparation for the first day of class on Monday, Aug. 24. This fall, the college is...Continue Reading

TOWN OF BELOIT — A Dallas-based medical real estate company wants to build a 36-bed rehabilitation hospital on East Inman Parkway.The Town of Beloit Board of Supervisors meeting agenda for Monday includes a resolution to sell 6.51 acres at 1800 E. Inman Parkway to MedCore Partners for $100,010 so that...Continue Reading

BELOIT — Eight sailors from the USS Beloit, including Commander Jason DeJesus, will be in Beloit for a Labor Day weekend of activities, including pickleball and a Sky Carp baseball game.The USS Beloit, the first naval warship named after Beloit, took six years to build, cost nearly $500 million, and...Continue Reading

BELOIT — In hopes of enticing more riders and additional partners to share costs, beginning next Monday the City of Beloit is shifting the southern most point where riders can catch the Beloit- Janesville Express.On Aug. 17, the southern most point of the more than 30-year-old bus route that connects...Continue Reading

TOWN OF BELOIT — A New Mexico company scheduled an Aug. 19 groundbreaking ceremony to officially begin work on a 36-bed, $30 million rehabilitation hospital on East Inman Parkway and Prairie Avenue.Dallas-based Medcore Partners is building the hospital for ClearkSky Health, which is based in New Mexico. The rehabilitation hospital...Continue Reading

BELOIT - Voters will have the chance to vote for candidates running for Wisconsin Governor, as well as other offices, during Tuesday’s primary election.Voters will be able to go to the polls to cast their ballots from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11.Click the link for more information: Governor, congress...Continue Reading

BELOIT - Construction will begin Monday on the Colley Road reconstruction project between Willowbrook Road and the Interstate 39/90 bridge.The project is expected to be completed in late fall 2026.Colley Road will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday, Aug. 10. Drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes. Access to...Continue Reading

BELOIT - The next Downtown Late Edition live music event will be held from 5 - 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, featuring the Back to Back Trio.The live music event will be held at Bank First Plaza at the corner of State Street and East Grand Avenue in downtown Beloit.Click...Continue Reading

BELOIT — The Beloit City Council has approved selling three vacant lots for $1 to a Habitat for Humanity chapter out of Waukesha in what will be the global nonprofit’s first housing projects in the City of Beloit since 2008.It’s a significant leap into the Beloit housing pond for the...Continue Reading

BELOIT — Four Beloit advocacy groups are hoping the city’s newest ice cream shop will draw the area’s newest residents to its newest idea.On Wednesday, the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corp., the Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce, Visit Beloit and the Downtown Beloit Association are hosting an inaugural New Resident...Continue Reading

SOUTH BELOIT — Street improvement work is expected to begin in only a few weeks in the Misty Meadows subdivision, as well as in areas near South Park Avenue, Wheeler Avenue and Hemenway Place.City Administrator Sonya Hoppes said street improvement work could begin as soon as the second week of...Continue Reading

BELOIT — The head of the City of Beloit and Police and Fire Commission wants to check in on how the consolidation of the city and town fire departments is coming along.On Monday, the commission’s agenda includes “President Dorothy Harrell would like to discuss the consolidation of Fire and EMS...Continue Reading

BELOIT — A Wisconsin company is considering building a “spec warehouse” on 15.5 acres in the Gateway Business Park.On Wednesday, the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corp. is scheduled to review “the possible sale” of property at 1500, 1550 and 1590 Apex Drive.The GBEDC thought they had those properties sold earlier...Continue Reading

JANESVILLE — A Disaster Recovery Center to assist residents, businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by the April storms has opened at the Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Resource Center at 1717 Center Ave.Assistance is available for all eligible storm-related damage resulting from the severe weather between April 13 and April 23...Continue Reading

There also is a need, and an opportunity, for residents to volunteer before the event and during the event. Volunteers will be needed to help stuff backpacks the day before the health fair, and help with other duties.The health fair is being presented by Community Action Inc. and the School...Continue Reading

BELOIT — The Lincoln Academy (TLA) has received a five-year charter contract from the University of Wisconsin Office of Educational Opportunity (OEO), and earned grant awards from the Charter School Growth Fund and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).The five-year charter contract, the longest allowed by state statute, was...Continue Reading

BELOIT — Fairbanks Morse Defense has completed an acquisition of the Rolls-Royce Naval Handling facility in Petersborough, Ontario.The Ontario operation will now serve as Fairbanks Morse Defense’s Canadian headquarters and expand the company’s services division.“For nearly a century, Fairbanks Morse has been a proud partner of the Royal Canadian Navy...Continue Reading

CLINTON — Scot Forge, the employee-owned, Clinton-based manufacturer of custom open-die and seamless rolled ring metal forging, is donating $100,000 to Blackhawk Technical College to support the school’s Fund for the Future of Manufacturing.In return, Scot Forge received the naming rights to an area in the college’s 52,000-square-foot Innovative Manufacturing...Continue Reading

BELOIT — A mostly sluggish construction season in Beloit, except of course for the continued construction of the $705 million Ho-Chunk Casino project off Willowbrook Road, should begin to heat up by the end of the month.On Tuesday, the Beloit City Council approved two agreements for the Beloit Riverside Apartments...Continue Reading

TOWN OF BELOIT — City of Beloit-based Next Generation Construction is vastly increasing its investments in the Town of Beloit.On Wednesday night’s Town of Beloit Planning Commission meeting, committee members got a look at a preliminary plat for a 126-unit single family subdivision to be called Heritage Grove at the...Continue Reading

BELOIT — A couple of months after a deal with a West Coast company looking to build a manufacturing plant in the Gateway Business Park fell through, a new company is eyeing two parcels.On Wednesday morning, the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corp.’s executive committee will discuss in closed session a...Continue Reading

BELOIT — City of Beloit and Town of Beloit officials will consider a proposal to fully consolidate fire and emergency medical services during meetings set for early next week.The Town of Beloit Board of Supervisors will consider the proposal at its meeting Monday and the Beloit City Council will consider...Continue Reading