Janesville City Council approves borrowing $18.7 million
The Janesville City Council approves borrowing $18.7 million – the second largest amount in the past 10 years. Assistant to the City Manager Max Gagin says the largest portion – more than $4 million is for street
Drop in home sales blamed on limited supply
Wisconsin Realtors sold almost eleven percent fewer existing houses in April than the year before – and they blame it on a continued drop in the numbers of homes going up for sale. The Wisconsin Realtors Association
City of Janesville seeks public input on the future of the transit system
Approximately every 5 years, the City of Janesville reviews and updates its Transit Development Plan (TDP), which sets the overall direction for the Transit System for the coming half-decade. The process to develop the plan includes collection
Dems urge GOP to rethink state prevailing wage repeal
Democrats caution Republicans on repealing Wisconsin’s prevailing wage. A report from Wisconsin Contractor Coalition claims there’s been a 53 percent increase in new municipal projects being awarded to out-of-state companies. Assembly minority leader Peter Barca spoke against
Wisconsin seeks stay of order to draw new legislative maps
Wisconsin’s attorney general is asking the U.S. Supreme Court not to force the state to draw new legislative district maps for the time being. Last fall, a three-judge panel ordered the state to create new Assembly district
La Crosse falls short of World Series bid
UW-La Crosse missed out on a chance to make the NCAA D-3 College World Series field for a third straight year, falling Monday 17-3 to Concordia-Chicago in the NCAA Midwest Regional at UW-Whitewater. It means the Wisconsin
Janesville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Visitor Information Center is open for business
The Janesville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau’s (JACVB) Visitor Information Center (VIC) located in Palmer Park opened for the season, Monday, May 15, 2017. Both staff and volunteers are eager to begin the 2017 tourism season, which
Janesville police K9’s get free dog food
The Janesville Police Department’s K9 handlers are singing the praises of Solid Gold Pet Nutrition dog food. Badger Suites Pet Motel Manager Lindsey Jones helped set up a deal to provide free food for K9’s Fred and
UW-Rock County plans commencement ceremonies
College life on a two-year college campus can have its advantages. UW-Rock County Administrator Kristin Fillhouer says the small number of graduates helps make commencement intimate. Fillhouer says a lot of the faculty attend ceremonies because they
Vets Roll begins
The annual Vets Roll bus excursion, to take veterans to see their monuments in Washington D.C., is underway. Organizer Mark Finnegan tells Your Talk Show on WCLO the effort, which began in 2010, has now taken 1500