Workers begin river work for demolition

Daily News Staff Oct. 23, 2024 BELOIT – Workers have begun prepping the Rock River for the final tear down of the building at 80-100 E. Grand Ave. in downtown Beloit.   Cottage Grove–based R.G. Huston is in charge of the $6.5 million deconstruction. Workers over the past week began installing barriers on the south side Read more…

Geronimo Hospitality has plans for Beloit area

Clint Wolf Oct. 22, 2024 BELOIT — Where did Geronimo Hospitality Group get its name? What are the current projects for the Beloit-based group? When will the Henry Dorrbaker’s Pub Play venue open?   These and other questions were answered by Jesse Seykora, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Geronimo Hospitality Group, during Read more…

USS Beloit to be commissioned on Nov. 23

Alex Gary Oct. 21, 2024 BELOIT – The USS Beloit will go into active service on Nov. 23, the U.S. Navy announced Monday.   And there will be enough money to support the crew and properly celebrate, the USS Beloit Commissioning Committee announced as well.   The ship, which is the first Navy ship to Read more…

Downtown Beloit demolition picking up speed

Alex Gary | October 2, 2024   BELOIT — The view along State Street and East Grand Avenue started to change Wednesday morning as a Cottage Grove-based company began taking out chunks of the former Kerry Inc. headquarters that faces the East Grand Avenue bridge.   The bridge over the Rock River in downtown Beloit Read more…