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01/12/2026

According to a Facebook Post, officers responded to the 1200 block of Leeson Park Road for a report of reckless or negligent discharge of a firearm just after 2:00 p.m. Sunday.

Beloit Police are investigating a report of a shooting at Leeson Park. According to a Facebook Post, officers responded to the 1200 block of Leeson Park Road for a report of reckless or negligent discharge of a

01/12/2026

The Bryan Steil-authored Stop Insider Trading Act would bar members of Congress, their spouses and their dependent children from buying individual stocks.

U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil unveils a bill he’s been talking about for a while now. Steil’s Stop Insider Trading Act would bar members of Congress, their spouses and their dependent children from buying individual stocks. “We already

01/12/2026

According to a Facebook post, officers were dispatched to the 800 block of Milwaukee Road shortly after 8:30 p.m. for a welfare check.

Beloit Police are investigating after a man was apparently found dead Sunday night. According to a Facebook post, officers were dispatched to the 800 block of Milwaukee Road shortly after 8:30 p.m. for a welfare check. First

01/11/2026

Superintendent Mark Holzman says it shouldn't come as any surprise as the $150 million operation referendum voters passed in 2024 was only for two years.

The Janesville Board of Education will likely have talk of an operation referendum on their agendas this year. Superintendent Mark Holzman says it shouldn't come as any surprise as the $150 million operation referendum voters passed in

01/10/2026

Don't have Prime? Catch all the playoff action tonight on WCLO 1230 AM and 92.7 FM! Coverage starts at 5p! Packers broadcast can be heard on WJVL 99.9 FM.

01/10/2026

Out of the two dozen people who spoke during a recent public hearing the Beloit City Council held for rezoning the property, half spoke in favor of the project, and the other half spoke against.

Plans to double the size of the Lincoln Academy in Beloit are drawing both praise and criticism from members of the public. Out of the two dozen people who spoke during a recent public hearing the Beloit

01/10/2026

Fire officials say fire broke out Thursday in a farmhouse in the 3200 block of County M, heavily damaging the home. A family apparently had recently bought the home and was rehabbing it, but had not yet moved in when the blaze broke out. No one was hurt.

Lakeside Fire-Rescue officials give details of the third building fire in the Edgerton area in the last week. Fire officials say fire broke out Thursday in a farmhouse in the 3200 block of County M, heavily damaging

01/10/2026

Would-have-been candidate Dan Neal tells Big Radio he officially dropped out of the race Friday afternoon after the clerk's office confirmed he'd been erroneously cleared for the April city council ballot by a miscalculation of city boundary lines that run near his town of Janesville house. Neal calls it "an honest mistake." He says he doesn't blame anyone involved in the clerk's vetting process.

Janesville city council candidate Dan Neal has dropped out of Janesville’s city council race after he and the city clerk’s office realized he lives less than 100 feet outside Janesville city limits. The now would-be candidate Dan

01/08/2026

The Rock County Crime Prevention Funding Board will be in charge of steering the money in the county's crime prevention fund, which the county board created last year at the suggestion of District Attorney Jason Sanders.

Rock County's Crime Prevention Funding Board will meet for the first time at noon Friday. The panel will be in charge of steering the money in the county's crime prevention fund, which the county board created last

01/08/2026

Michael Hoffman is charged in Rock County Court with attempting to flee an officer, second-degree recklessly endangering safety, and operating a vehicle without the owner's consent.

A 36-year-old DeKalb, Illinois man is accused of leading the State Patrol on a high-speed chase through Janesville in a stolen vehicle back in July. Michael Hoffman is charged in Rock County Court with attempting to flee

01/08/2026

An April 2nd sentencing date is set for the Evansville couple police say filmed themselves having s*x with a young teen teen who killed herself.

An April 2nd sentencing date is set for an Evansville couple police say filmed themselves having s*x with a young teen teen who later killed herself. 21-year-old Alyssa Ahrens plead guilty Thursday morning to child s*xual exploitation