Janesville City Manger butts heads with Downtown Business Improvement District
Janesville’s Downtown Business Improvement District and the City Manager don’t seem to be seeing eye to eye. The conflict is over who should receive the citizen appointments to the BID board. At the City Council meeting Monday
People can get ready for the Fourth of July
With the Fourth of July Parade just two months away, people wishing to join can fill out newly available registration forms. Milton Fourth of July Festival and Parade’s Chair and Coordinator Derek Henze says it’ll be a well-anticipated
Beloit motel robbery suspect waives preliminary hearing
The second of two Beloit men accused of robbing a Beloit motel is bound over for trial. In Rock County Court Monday afternoon, 34-year-old Cory Kiser waived his right to a preliminary hearing on a charge of
The Ice Arena will temporarily close for annual maintenance
Local residents won’t be able to go to the Janesville Ice Arena starting Saturday as the old ice gets replaced with the new. Supervisor Bill Scherer says they have to take the ice out and redo the painting,
Janesville selects a new Director of Public Works
The newly selected individual to be the next Janesville Public Works Director is City Engineer Mike Payne. City Manager Assistant Erin Davis says they’re excited for Payne being promoted to the position. Davis says Payne has been with the
Road rage stabbing suspect waives preliminary hearing
The 28-year-old Janesville man accused of stabbing another driver in the head last month in connection with a road rage incident is bound over for trial. In Rock County Court Monday morning Damien S. Walls waived his
People can help migratory birds
This year’s theme for World Migratory Bird Day is Dim the Lights for Birds at Night. Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge Secretary Cindy Skrukrud says they have materials and educational information about how people can help birds
Take a Kid Fishing Derby is this summer
Blackhawk Musky Club, It’s A Keeper Bait & Tackle, and Janesville Recreation Division are holding the 40th annual Take a Kid Fishing Derby this summer. Recreation Programmer Sara Helgeson says they hope people continue utilizing the city’s parks. Helgeson
Robert Street Bridge receives reconstruction
People may want to expect reconstruction to happen on Fort Atkinson’s Robert Street Bridge on or after May 23. City Manager Rebecca Houseman LeMire says Main Street will be re-striped to four lanes of traffic with two lanes
Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport updating one of the runways
One of the runways at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport is getting a little T-L-C. Director Greg Cullen says Rock Road Companies is replacing the top four inches of asphalt on runway 4-2-2. Cullen says that particular