Big decisions await Beloit School Board at March 3 meeting
Next week’s meeting of the Beloit board of education is shaping up to be a consequential one. The only item in the agenda for a special board meeting Tuesday night was more discussion and possible action on
Another day of testimony in Beloit man’s homicide trial
Testimony continues Thursday in the homicide trial for a 32-year-old Beloit man. In court Wednesday the victim’s girlfriend testified about how her story to police changed because she was afraid of retaliation from Dennis Banks Jr or
City of Janesville set to demolish Zoxx Social Club this week
A tavern that ran 64 years next to Janesville’s former General Motors plant will fall to the ground this week. The city of Janesville is set as early as Thursday to begin demolishing Zoxx Social Club —
Milton Area Chamber of Commerce hosts Easter Egg Scramble
The Milton Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Easter Egg Scramble at Schilberg Park truly is a community event. Executive Director Deb Williamson says it take a lot of volunteers to fill 10,000 eggs with candy and prizes.
Florida man headed to prison for beating up his child’s mother in Beloit
A 52-year-old Florida man who plead guilty to multiple felony domestic violence offenses just minutes before his jury trial was set to begin in December is sentenced in Rock County Court. The Rock County District Attorney’s Office
No tickets a bad look for the WIAA
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Beloit man accused of shooting girlfriend during argument
Cash bond is set at $10,000 for a 44-year-old Beloit man accused of shooting his girlfriend during an argument last week. Willie Bland is charged in Rock County Court with first degree reckless injury with use of
Beloit couple who kept gun parts and drug paraphernalia in kid’s room get signature bonds
A pair of Rock County criminal complaints shed more light on an accidental shooting last week in Beloit where two people were charged with child neglect. Beloit Police were called to the 1900 block of House Street
Beloit man charged with punching 6-year-old in face
A 33-year-old Beloit man is accused of accidentally punching a six-year-old in the face while swinging at the child’s mother. Robert Jewel Ellifritz is charged in Rock County Court with physical abuse of a child, bail jumping,
Nancy Lee Ziegler
July 11, 1959 – February 20, 2026