Rock County News

Gazette staff JANESVILLE--The Rock County 4-H Fair has diversified its all-country entertainment lineup this year with a crossover country-pop sensation who is sure to delight area teens and tweens.

Officers are continuing to investigate a shots fired incident that happened Tuesday night in the 1900 block of South Wisconsin Avenue, according to a town of Beloit Police Department news release.

ALEXANDER W. LEWIS, 17, of 1710 W. Luther Road, Janesville, at 5:50 p.m. Saturday at his residence on charges of maintaining a drug trafficking place, possession of psilocybin mushrooms and possession of drug paraphernalia, after police executed a search warrant as part of a drug investigation.

ORFORDVILLE Highway 11 between Orfordville and Footville is closed because power poles are leaning at a 45-degree angle across the road, according to Rock County Communication Center shift supervisor Mark Elland.

Another fast moving thunderstorm with high winds and hail is expected to pass through the county before 9:45 p.m. Earlier today, the National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan issued a thunderstorm warning for and hazardous weather outlook for most of southern Wisconsin throughout the evening.

Kitten tails wildflowers have begun to bloom at Magnolia Bluff County Park. Proposed improvements to a trail in the park could hurt the habitat of the the threatened plant.

The U.S. Senate has OK'd the Marketplace Fairness Act, and President Barack Obama has said he supports it.

MILTON Two Milton teens have been crowned king and queen of the 2013 Rock County 4-H Fair.

Ami Christophersen reacts to a story during the Commencement Address by Ray Cross, Ph.D., Chancellor of the UW Colleges and UW Extension, at the UW Rock County Commencement on Friday.

A vehicle turns around at the intersection of County KK while traveling south on County M on Thursday.

A Clinton man could face attempted homicide charges in Rock County after police say he disarmed an officer and tried to shoot the officer at point blank range.

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.

A man is in custody for attempting to kill a police officer with the officer's own gun during a struggle this evening in the village of Clinton, police said.

Creek Road Bridge in the town of Bradford is being closed for repairs, the Rock County Public Works Department has announced.

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

As Daniel Bellard's time in a Madison hospital approaches 100 days, however, one sheriff's office official said the county does not think it should be held responsible for a bill that could total more than $1 million.

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

One of the first bills I voted for last session, as a new legislator, was the creation of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

Worker skills needed in Wisconsin are parochial. How an employer does things here might differ greatly from a company in the Fox Valley.