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The Rock County Board voted 24-1 to borrow for a $96 million jail that is expected to break ground this summer.
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On Thursday, the Rock County Board voted 19-1 in favor of a resolution to use the stations to promote the use of electric vehicles and shift away from gas-powered automobiles.
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Following Rock County Board resolutions last year aimed at combating systemic racism, the countys largest department on June 1 will add an equity manager to further diversity and equity work locally.
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If a county board resolution passes, about a half-dozen Rock Haven employees laid off after they declined the COVID-19 vaccine would be allowed to return to their jobs at the county-run nursing home, a Rock County official said.
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Local officials hear it officially: President Donald Trump has canceled his Janesville airport appearance after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Rock County Administrator Josh Smith said the dismissal of a federal lawsuit challenging local safer-at-home orders does not change how the county is handling the coronavirus pandemic.
County Administrator Josh Smith said Tuesday that a contracted agency nurse was one of three Rock Haven employees who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
After a Rock County board member said the local safer-at-home order to fight the spread of COVID-19 was an overreach, the county administrator said the countys health officer properly used her authority.
"The events of the last month have been unprecedented during our lifetimes," Rock County Administrator Josh Smith writes. "While times of crisis can bring about fear and anxiety, they also provide the opportunity to do extraordinary things to help others."
Rock County and the city of Janesville have started paid-on-call work programs for field workers who can't do their jobs from home.