Janesville homicide suspect extradited to Rock County, held on $50,000 cash bond
A suspect in Janesville’s first homicide of 2020 is back in Rock County after being extradited from Tennessee. U.S. Marshalls arrested 24-year-old Corvasie Weaver on March 23, and he made his initial appearance in Rock County Court
Beloit man sentenced for role in attempted homicide
A Beloit man adds to his prison time after his probation from a previous crime was already revoked. 34-year-old Ronald Hicks pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree recklessly endangering safety as a party to a crime, and a
Rock County sees no new COVID-19 cases for first day in three weeks
Rock County’s daily COVID-19 update for Friday shows the latest evidence of the statistical flattening of the curve, locally. The public health department reported no new positive coronavirus patients over the last 24 hours, the first day
Janesville woman killed in Thursday night rollover crash
A 33-year-old Janesville woman is the only victim of single-vehicle rollover crash in the Town of La Prairie. The Rock County Sheriff’s Department said she was driving a 2005 Buick La Crosse southbound on Read Road when
Vos compares Evers’ pandemic response orders to edicts from a king
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is not happy, with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ extension of the statewide stay-at-home order. Open golf courses or not, Vos said the order extending “Safer at Home” another month is par for the
Kudos to Miss Carly as Wisconsin prison escapees are back in custody
Kudos to Miss Carly. Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea said the operator of Miss Carly’s, a non-profit serving the homeless in the community, called police when two escaped Wisconsin prison inmates showed up Friday morning, looking for
Wisconsin COVID-19 cases by county, April 17, 2020
TODAY’S COVID-19 CASES, AS REPORTED BY THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES ON APRIL 17, 2020. THESE NUMBERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
Republican legislative leaders find fault with Evers’ ‘Safer at Home’ extension
Wisconsin’s Republican legislative leaders are crying foul over Governor Tony Ever’s decision to extend the statewide Safer At Home order, and promising action. Evers on Thursday ordered acting Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm to extend
Evers joins multi-state coalition to reopen economies
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has entered an agreement with governors of six states, to coordinate plans to reopen their economies, once the COVID-19 pandemic eases, and states are better able to manage the outbreak. Evers and governors
Rock County faces sales tax revenue shortfall
The effects of COVID-19 may linger long after the economy reopens. With so many businesses shuttered and employees laid-off, Rock County sales tax revenues have evaporated. County Executive Josh Smith says priorities must first address those in