Janesville man avoids child pornography charges in separate sentencing agreement
A Janesville man receives a prison sentence after having his parole revoked from a business theft case. 47-year-old Michael Livengood won’t serve additional time behind bars because of his earned sentence credit, but he will spend two
Proposed local sales tax could benefit Janesville
A proposal floated by the Governor in his budget address, to allow municipalities to utilize a half-percent sales tax, could benefit Janesville. City Manager Mark Freitag says Janesville is a regional shopping hub and could generate up
More COVID funding relief for UW-Whitewater students
A local college has a little more money to help students weather the pandemic. UW-Whitewater is getting more than $ 4-million through the recently authorized higher Education Emergency Relief Fund under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental
Loudenbeck authors bill to give public defenders raises
Tuesday, Senate Bill 62, authored Representative Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) and Senator Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon) passed both the State Senate and the State Assembly. The bill now heads to Governor Evers to be signed into law. Senate Bill
Downtown Janesville Businesses Improvement District announces two new grants
The Downtown Janesville Business Improvement District launches two new grants for businesses. Executive Director Emily Arthur says close to $2,500 in matching funds is available through new business and business retention grants. Arthur says the BID also
WIAC to proceed with spring sports season
Spring sport athletes in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) finally received the good news they were waiting for. The conference announced on Wednesday that spring sports competition will go on as scheduled for the 2021 spring
Underly and Kerr advance in state superintendent primary
Pecatonica Area School District superintendent Jill Underly and retired Brown Deer superintendent Deborah Kerr are the two finalists for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction. Underly and Kerr won the most votes in Tuesday’s primary which included a
Edna E. Fischbach
March 17, 1929 – February 17, 2021 https://www.daleymurphywisch.com/obituaries/Edna-Fischbach/
Biden calls for unity and increased COVID-19 spending at Milwaukee town hall
A socially distanced crowd got to ask questions of President Joe Biden last night at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee as part of a CNN town hall meeting. The appearance was President Biden’s first major political trip
Brewers report to spring training headquarters today
The Milwaukee Brewers have pitchers and catchers report to their spring training headquarters in Phoenix on Wednesday with official workouts set to begin on Thursday. Ahead of the reporting date, the Brewers added a couple of veterans.