DEFY Domestic Abuse Beloit receives $100,000 grant from United Way Blackhawk Region
Family Services of S. WI & N. IL, Inc. has been awarded a $100,000 grant from United Way Blackhawk Region for continued support of the domestic violence advocacy program, Defy Domestic Abuse Beloit. This funding will assist
Gorman challenges Zoril for Rock County Board seat
State Senator Mark Spreitzer’s husband Philip Gorman is apparently looking to join his spouse in politics. Philip Gorman says he plans on running against District 14 Supervisor Mike Zoril next year. Gorman says ever since Zoril was
Sober Inn opens inside Sharla’s Coffee in Milton
Lattes and Americanos aren’t the only things being served at Sharla’s Coffee in Milton on Saturday evenings. Co-Owner Sharla Walker says the Sober Inn Social Club provides mocktails inside the same space as Sharla’s Coffee from 5:00
Dolores A. Hawver
August 27, 1925 ~ October 1, 2023 (age 98)
BIFF to hold screening on PTSD 911 film
A film screening being put on by the Beloit International Film Festival is examining how first responders deal with post traumatic stress disorder. BIFF Executive Director says the documentary PTSD 911 tells the stories of these first
Keith Stowers
June 1, 1968 – October 1, 2023
Johnson, Tiffany and Fitzgerald vote ‘no’ on avoiding government shutdown
Members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation were mixed on whether or not to avoid a government shutdown. A stopgap measure to prevent that shutdown passed both the House and Senate last week and was signed by President Biden.
DHS Secretary would not mandate COVID vaccines or mask wearing
Wisconsin’s top health official says we’ve learned a lot since COVID’s early days. Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Kirtsen Johnson recently noted the toll of the pandemic. “Almost 17,000 people have died in Wisconsin from COVID since