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3/27/26 Janesville City Council Candidates

(Download a transcript of the candidate's responses HERE: )

Today's Question:     Many Janesville residents will have the proposed data center on their minds when they step into the voting booth.    There have been solid presentations on both the potential benefits and pitfalls of the project.     Please sum up your feelings – being specific – on these areas:

1) What are your biggest concerns about the proposed project to date?

2) What have you learned about data centers in general that the public may have misconceptions about at this point?

3) Discuss your thoughts on the potential tax benefits to residents which have been estimated at levels that could lower property taxes.

4) Should the Janesville project not proceed, a nearby community could approve such a project?    (If that were to happen, power consumption and rates would still be a concern as would other regional concerns .. But Janesville would be left with the existing brownfield site, no tax or revenue benefits and no added jobs.  Your thoughts on such a scenario?

 

 

3/26/26 Janesville City Council Candidates

(Download the transcripts from today's candidate responses HERE.)

Every day this week we'll examine the six council candidates' feelings on a particular area of interest to residents of Janesville.

Today's Question:As the city grows, the public infrastructure needs will grow with it and need to be maintained.   Roads, public safety, water and wastewater services, parks and many other city entities demand ever growing budgets due to inflation in wages, health insurance and materials.    What steps will you put forth to balance the needs of the city with the affordability for its' residents?

 

3/26/26 Beloit International Film Festival Kickoff

The Beloit Film Festival is underway! Today's guests will be:

Nate Sheppard and Paul Lee from LUMINOUS LIFE OF FRANKLIN BOGGS  

Film has local connection and Franklin Boggs was a professor at Beloit College and his son is a resident of Beloit.

Synopsis:  A WWII combat artist. A Fulbright scholar. A celebrated painter and muralist of the American experience. A father to seven. Franklin Boggs lived an extraordinary life—across oceans, through history, and deep into the hearts of his students. This film brings his luminous, quintessentially American story to light.

Thursday March 26, 2026

7:30 pm

Wilson Theater @Beloit College

and...

Anna Fahr - VALLEY of EXILE 

Synopsis: Two sisters arrive in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley at the onset of the Syrian war, embarking on a journey into exile that tests their loyalty to their country, their family and each other.

Thursday March 26, 2026

5:00 pm

Visit Beloit

https://beloitfilmfest.org/

 

3/25/26 Janesville City Council Candidates

Today's Question:  Milton Avenue, Beloit Avenue, Downtown and the former GM property are all areas in the midst of re-invention.   Are you comfortable the city has good plans in place regarding each of those areas?    If yes, please give us an overview including your areas of agreement or disagreement.  If not, explain how you would go about putting development plans together to give the city and its residents a vision for the future.

Download the transcript of the candidate's answers HERE. 

 

3/25/26 Beloit International Film Festival Kickoff

BIFF 2026 kicks off This evening with a single film screening at 7pm.   We'll talk today with Sabrina Krejci, acting executive director for the festival.  We'll also talk with Film makers Stephen Pickering on his film, "Normandy" and Paul Kampf, the Director of the film "Harvest"

https://beloitfilmfest.org/