Janesville News

Hunter Bakke, 14, of Janesville poses with the 8-pound bass he caught recently at Lions Beach in Janesville.

Levitt, 45, was chief executive of Janesville, Wis. He was hired last month as Simi Valley's city manager at an annual base salary of $200,000, $60,000 a year more than at his previous job.

Glen Loyd lives in Madison and spends many days with family in Rock County. He is a former public information officer for Wisconsin Consumer Protection, publishes a weekly consumer protection blog and is a regular guest on radio consumer protection programs.

Details: Area quilters will display more than 200 quilts. The show features vendors, food and music by the Rock County Dulcimer Club.

Both of those expelled forever were high school students. One was accused of "engaging in sexual activity at school." The other was accused of bringing a weapon to school.

Emeterio Acosta, 22, of 208 N. Franklin St. was arrested Wednesday morning by Rockford police, according to a news release.

The 400 block of South River Street is blocked off as a crew from RT Fox Contractors of Edgerton repairs sewer lines.

A Janesville man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted-murder charges stemming from an April incident in which authorities said he attacked two people with an ax.

A report on WCLO this morning tells of ongoing efforts by the city of Janesville to combat the emerald ash borer, which over the next few years likely will kill every untreated ash tree-except for the unaffected mountain ash-in Janesville.

Approved the 2013-14 contract with AFSCME Local 938, representing 510 secretaries, clerks, aides and custodial, maintenance and food-service workers.

That is the kind of person Janesville would benefit from having as the new city manager-a combination of the two previous managers, said Dan Cunningham, representing Forward Janesville during a meeting open to the public Tuesday.

Janesville's Matt Combs opened the scoring, taking a feed from Eric LeFave 2:11 into the match.

Not surprisingly, Rep. Paul Ryan thinks the nation's economy would have been in a much better shape by now had November's presidential election ended differently.

Early Sunday morning a driver and three teen passengers rolled in their sedan under an interstate overpass on County Highway O near Janesville.

ROBERT J. MITCHELL JR., 37, of 11944 E. Creek Road, town of Bradford, at 12:02 a.m. Saturday at his residence on a charge of felony theft.

A Wisconsin man who was convicted in the 2010 slayings of a Rockford couple has been sentenced to life in prison.

Many people in Janesville considered the Ground Round a decent family restaurant.

The Janesville Police Department announces the hiring of two new police officers starting May 13, 2013.

POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS reported at 8 a.m. Monday, May 6, at the Rock River Charter School, 31 W. Milwaukee St., Janesville.

By Ryan Whisner Union regional editor Job seekers in the Jefferson County are finding more opportunities to be trained in programs that allow them to enter the workforce quickly, thanks to the expanded Madison Area Technical College campus in Fort Atkinson.