Rock County’s attorney defends process used to vet county administrator candidates
| By Big Radio News Staff | If the Rock County Board deems it so, suburban Illinois resident John Light would be the next county administrator. Rock County’s Staff Committee recommends the board approve a resolution to
WisDOT Holding Meeting On Beloit Intersection Upgrade
The community is invited to attend a public meeting being held this month by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to discuss improvements to an intersection in Beloit. WisDOT Project Manager Anthony Buerger (burger) says the intersection of
Doug Welch Honored For Preserving History
Longtime Milton historian Doug Welch is being honored by the Janesville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Welch was awarded the Historic Preservation Recognition Award over the weekend for his work in preserving history. He
Rising costs impact Children’s Museum of Rock County design work
The proposed Children’s Museum of Rock County probably won’t look exactly like those renderings that were released in 2023. Board President John Westphal says design work on the shell and core of the building have revealed that
Fire burns at South Beloit metal recycler
| Big Radio News Staff | An apparent fire breaks out at a South Beloit metal recycling facility. WIFR-TV in Rockford is reporting a column of smoke was rising from Behr Iron and Metal Recycling Center in
BS-ing With Blinky
Janesville, Beloit transit systems granted settlement money for new buses
| By Big Radio News Staff | Settlement money from Clean Air Act violations will help Janesville and Beloit update their bus fleets. Janesville will receive $580,000 from the state Department of Administration for a new bus.
Redheads
Helen Kay Robinzine
February 24, 1960 – February 2, 2025
City of Janesville wrestles with another water main break on east side
| By Big Radio News Staff | Janesville’s water mains continue to take the brunt of a freeze-and-thaw winter. The city announces its water utility is wrestling with a water main that blew out Monday at North