Diversity report shows changes in School District of Beloit administration
The latest diversity report from the School District of Beloit shows a recent decrease in administrators of color, while most other district positions remained steady in percentage of minority employees in recent years. The 2019 Equal Employment
Felony charges dropped against Janesville man accused of firing gun into air
Prosecutors drop four felony charges against a Janesville man after a different man admits to the crime. 23-year-old Michael Black was originally charged with four counts of second-degree recklessly endangering safety after a victim told police he
A local substance abuse organization expands mission
Janesville Mobilizing 4 Change is adding a Sexual Violence Prevention program. Director Erin Davis says substance abuse and sexual violence are often related. Davis says people who’ve experienced sexual violence are more likely to abuse substances, and
Booze may soon be showing at a Janesville movie theater
Wildwood Theaters Movies 16 in Janesville is one step closer to getting a liquor license. The city’s Alcohol License Advisory Committee Wednesday forwarded a positive recommendation to the city council. Restrictions will include limiting the number of
State Supreme Court to rule on voter rolls purge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will have to rule on a judge’s order that could remove 234,000 people from the state’s voter rolls. The Wisconsin Court of Appeals declined to take-on the case Tuesday. The court said it’s
Beloit man sentenced in violent domestic incident
A 30-year-old Beloit man will be spending eight-years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the stabbing and bludgeoning of the mother of his child during a domestic incident. Rock County prosecutor Mason Braunschweig called
Trump’s will be only Republican name on spring presidential primary ballot
Donald Trump’s name will be the only Republican on Wisconsin’s primary ballot this spring. A committee of Republicans and Democrats met with state election officials Tuesday to decide which candidates will be listed for the April 7th
Janesville man sentenced to jail for child porn
A 25-year-old Janesville man is sentenced to 12 months in the Rock County Jail and seven years of probation on two counts of possession of child pornography. Judge Karl Hanson said he had to be careful in
Fire reported at Janesville duplex
Two families are displaced after a duplex caught fire on Janesville’s west side early Wednesday morning. The Janesville Fire department says units responded to the home on the 2600 block of Harvard Drive just before 4:00 a.m.
UPDATED: Armed domestic violence situation starts in Beloit and ends in Milwaukee
An armed domestic violence incident starts in Beloit and ends in Milwaukee. Beloit Police say officers were dispatched to a home on the 1200 block of Porter Avenue just before 1:30 Wednesday morning. The suspect had fled