(Gazette staff) The Rock County Sheriff’s Office is reminding residents that dangerously cold weather is expected to hit Rock County over the next few days. The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory for Rock County starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday. Wind-chill temperatures are expected to dip as low as 20 degrees below zero late Wednesday and as low as minus 25 degrees Thursday. The sheriff’s office is reminding those who need to seek shelter from the dangerously cold weather that there are several daytime and nighttime warming centers throughout Rock County that are now operating. In a release, the sheriff’s office listed the following shelters:
OVERNIGHT SHELTERS
Janesville
— GIFTS Men’s Shelter, various locations after 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Shelter rotates locations at local churches in Janesville. Call ahead for current shelter location at 608-728-0140. Register at 608-371-3735. Shelter check-in is 6 to 9 p.m. daily.
— House of Mercy, 320 Lincoln St., 608-754-0045, Register by 6 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
Beloit
— The Sparrows Nest, 1816 Harrison Ave., 608-362-8215. Open after 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
DAYTIME AND EVENING WARMING CENTERS
Janesville
— Blackhawk Technical College, 6004 S. County G, 608-758-6900. Open 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
— GIFTS Men’s Resource Center, 1025 N. Washington St., 608-728-4941. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
— Hedberg Public Library, 316 S. Main St., 608-758-6580. Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
— Janesville Mall, 2500 Milton Ave., 608-752-7845. Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
— Janesville Senior Center, 69 S. Water St., 608-755-3040. Open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
— SSM Health St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital, 3400 E. Racine St., 608-373-8000. Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday, 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. ED waiting area only.
— Salvation Army, 514 Sutherland Ave., 608-757-8300. Open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, closed noon to 1 p.m.
Milton
— The Gathering Place, 715 Campus St., 608-868-3500. Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
— Milton Public Library, 430 E. High St., No. 100, 608-868-7462. Open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Beloit
— Grinnell Senior Center. 631 Bluff St., 608-364-2875. Open 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
— Beloit Public Library, 605 Eclipse Blvd., 608-364-2905. Open 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
— Salvation Army, 628 Broad St., 608-365-6572; 608-362-6755. Open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Clinton
— Clinton Public Library, 214 Mill St., 608-676-5569. Open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
— Clinton Senior Center, 508 Front St., 608-676-4600. Open 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Edgerton
— Edgerton Public Library, 101 Albion St., 608-884-4511. Open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Evansville
— Creekside Place Community Center, 102 Maple St., 608-882-0407. Open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
— Eager Free Public Library, 39 W. Main St., 608-882-2260. Open 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Orfordville
— Orfordville Public Library, 519 E. Beloit St., 608-879-9229. Open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
— Orfordville Village Hall, 303 E. Beloit St., 608-879-2004. Open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
