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THE WEEK THAT WAS

The week that was: Sears demolition, city might buy the GM site and honoring a 1950s rural Rock County band leader

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin stand with Janesville City Manager Kevin Lahner and individuals involved in the progress of the Woodmans Sport & Convention Center for a photo during a groundbreaking ceremony outside the former Sears building at the Uptown Janesville mall on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The former Sears building will be demolished in the coming weeks to make way for the new convention center.

Sledge-hammering Sears ahead of the Woodmans Center construction, a new city plan to buy and clean up the former GM site and the narrowing via a primary of April 2 candidates for the Rock County Board made headlines in The 69蹤獲 this week. Heres what we wrote about.

Two projects of great future significance to Janesville made news this week, both in stories written by Kylie Balk-Yaatenen.

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City staff shared plans for the possible purchase last Thursday for the clean up and development of the former General Motors manufacturing facility that has been left empty for years on Janesvilles south side.

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The Janesville Fire Department responds to a fire inside the ALDI grocery store at 2901 Deerfield Drive on Wednesday evening, Feb. 21. The fire was concentrated in the refrigerated deli aisle and was extinguished about two minutes after personnel arrived on the scene.

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Diane Jacobson stops momentarily for a portrait while preparing the scorebooks for a Parker High School boys basketball game in February. Jacobson has been keeping track of the schools scorebooks for over 30 years, starting back in 1990.

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A fire at an Edgerton-area plastics company Vico Plastics caused $1.5 million in damage on Friday, Feb. 16, according to a release from the Dane County Sheriffs Office.

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Aeoden Sinclair takes a 33-0 record into Thursdays WIAA Division 1 opening 215-pound weight division match, fully expecting to become the first Milton High School three-time Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state wrestling champion.

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Betty Daniels, 95, celebrates with four of her children, Bob Daniels, Mary Zimmerman, Ruth Gregerson and John Daniels(just out of frame), left to right, following a small ceremony recently to donate the Rock County Rural Band directors a uniform worn by Frank Daniels. Frank Daniels served as the Rock County Rural Music Supervisor from 1953 to 1959, traveling to more than 100 rural area schools to teach music to students.

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A Land Acknowledgement Committee gathered recently to begin discussions on creating a land acknowledgement statement for the Rock County Historical Society.

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The Rock County Fury celebrate after a first-period goal from Emma Kligora during their sectional semifinal game against the Cap City Cougars at the Janesville Ice Arena on Tuesday.

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Janesville Parkers Paul Kim attempts a difficult layup in the first half of their home game against Middleton on Tuesday.

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Dance teacher Dijon Kirkland leads a warmup for one of her dance classes offered at Parker Arts Academy recently. The class explores many kinds of dance, including a recent study of dance to Afrobeats music, a mix of funk, jazz, and traditional African music.

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Miltons Aeoden Sinclair raises his arms after winning a 215-pound sectional championship match against Sun Prairies Jaxon Johnson during a Division 1 wrestling meet at Milton High School on Saturday. Sinclair, the top-ranked wrestler in the country at 190 pounds, is going for a third consecutive individual state championship.

Gerald McCann

Gerald McCann

Karyn Saemann is the editor of The 69蹤獲.

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