Claire’s to shutter Janesville, Rockford stores as part of bigger bankruptcy moves
Jewelry and accessory seller Claire’s says it will leave the Uptown Janesville mall as the struggling retail company moves through bankruptcy. The Janesville closure is rolled into plans that Claire’s has announced that would include 300 stores
City of Milton pursuing stop signs for problem intersection, water rate increase
Stop signs and water rates are on the Milton Common Council’s agenda next week. City staff will be seeking council permission Tuesday to submit an application to the state Department of Transportation asking to put in four-way
Edgerton man charged in connection with fatal UTV crash
A 49-year-old Edgerton man is under arrest in connection with a fatal UTV crash that occurred Tuesday night in the town of Milton. Daniel Sweeney Jr. is charged in Rock County Court with homicide by intoxicated use
Jeff Arnold Finger
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‘It’s not gonna be pretty’: Rock County’s Human Services Board briefed on impact of SNAP overhaul
County officials are reckoning with the changes coming to the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP. The program is known as FoodShare in Wisconsin, and a federal reconciliation law signed by President Donald Trump earlier this