JANESVILLE 鈥 鈥淲hat are chameleons famous for?鈥 Zoozort animal educator Noelle Bezio asked more than 50 children and their families seated around a red rug at Rotary Botanical Gardens in Janesville on Sunday, celebrating Earth Day.
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Today we鈥檙e recognizing the FFA at Parker High School, that's celebrating its FFA Week April 22-26. National FFA Week was Feb. 17-24. We asked Parker FFA leaders what the organization has meant to them and what FFA's all about. Here鈥檚 what they had to say.
Today we鈥檙e recognizing the FFA at Craig High School, that celebrated its FFA Week Feb. 26-March 1. National FFA Week was Feb. 17-24. We asked Craig FFA leaders what the organization has meant to them and what FFA's all about. Here鈥檚 what they had to say.
JANESVILLE 鈥 鈥淏elle (noun) meaning a beautiful girl or woman whose charm and beauty is extraordinary,鈥 reads a sign in the dressing room at American Belle, a modern chic boutique that's about to relocate from the Milton Avenue corridor to downtown Janesville.
LAKE GENEVA 鈥 A Mercyhealth Hospital and Medical Center-Walworth anesthesiologist's 2021 cross-country bike trek is now a documentary film.
Orfordville Parkview racked up seven event wins in both the girls and boys competitions to sweep the team titles at the Don Albright Invitational in Orfordville on Saturday.
BELOIT鈥擲ure, an 8-6 loss at the hands of the South Bend Cubs in extra innings of Sunday鈥檚 series finale was a bit of a downer for the Beloit Sky Carp, especially as it was their first loss of the season at ABC Supply Stadium.
Middleton sprang for 10 hits and 13 runs to beat Janesville Parker 13-3 in five innings on Saturday in a Big Eight Conference baseball match in Middleton.
Milton split a Badger-Large Conference baseball doubleheader at home on Saturday against Waunakee. The Red Hawks won the first game 4-3 before falling 6-5 in the second.
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Authorities say a vehicle crashed into a Milwaukee County bus late Saturday, killing one person and injuring nine others. The crash happened just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Milwaukee when a car traveling south at West Wisconsin Avenue and North 35th Street crashed into a bus heading east. A…
A Milwaukee teenager has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty in a 2022 shooting that killed two other teens inside a fast-food restaurant. A Milwaukee County judge on Friday sentenced Robert D. Johnson, who pleaded guilty in January to first-degree reckless homicide as…
A Wisconsin prosecutor says she won鈥檛 bring charges against a Republican lawmaker accused of trying to evade state campaign finance laws in order to unseat the powerful speaker of the Assembly. Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper said Friday she would not be filing felony charges a…
The Republican candidate in Wisconsin鈥檚 closely watched U.S. Senate race emphasized this week that he doesn鈥檛 oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that 鈥渁lmost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote.鈥 Eric Hovde faces Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in the race that is e…
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HARTFORD, Conn. 鈥 About 45 protesters at Yale University were arrested and charged with trespassing Monday morning during a protest seeking the university to divest from weapons manufacturers that supply Israel with arms, police said.
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer.
Alex Popken was a longtime trust and safety executive at Twitter focusing on content moderation before leaving in 2023. She was the first employee there dedicated to moderating Twitter's advertising business when she started in 2013.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) 鈥 A beloved ostrich at the Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center in Kansas has died after swallowing a staff member's keys.
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A dulcimer jam session, several local theater shows and an evening of Italian wine and conversation make our editor's pick for 10 upcoming things to do in Janesville and the surrounding area.
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JANESVILLE -- The HeartArt Committee, a partnership between the Janesville Art League and the Rock County Historical Society, has a new book titled "#heartart" which chronicles the group's HeartArt project during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Many people think I鈥檓 clumsy because of the multitudinous injuries I鈥檝e sustained over the years: scratches, scrapes, sprains, cuts, contusions, bumps, burns, and broken bones.
Attention all wives: April 20 is 鈥淗usband Appreciation Day!鈥 My husband already knows how much I appreciate him. Why, just this morning, I told him, 鈥淚 appreciate you so much, my handsome stud muffin, that I plan to love you forever and ever, no matter how fat I get.鈥
鈥淎 girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.鈥 So, on April 13, 1983, the bride who uttered those wacky words of wisdom married her 8th husband!
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Structural damage along North Tolles Road early Friday morning after a confirmed tornado traveled through the area just聽northeast of Evansville, Wis., the evening before. The tornado was the first-ever reported in February in the state of Wisconsin, according to the National Weather Service.
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JANESVILLE 鈥 Exploring the negative impacts of racial stress will be the topic of conversation during the Courageous Conversations online event set for Monday, April 22 at 5:30-7 p.m.
WHITEWATER -- Irvin L. Young Memorial Library is offering a free guided journaling workshop led by local writer Katy Daixon Wimer.
JANESVILLE -- Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski will the keynote speaker on Tuesday, April 23, at a meeting of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in Janesville. God…
JANESVILLE -- Parker High School's Science National Honor Society is hosting an Ecosystem Fair, open to first and second-grade families from Madison, Washington, Van Buren, Lincoln, Wilson, Adams, and Jackson elementary schools in the Janesville School District.
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