Clint Wolf | July 25, 2024 BELOIT – There will be dancing in the streets for the 30th year in Beloit as the Downtown Beloit Association hosts its largest fundraiser of the year on Friday, Aug. 2. The 30th Annual Downtown Beloit Association Street Dance will be held in the 300 block of State Read more…
Alex Gary | July 24, 2024 BELOIT – A baker’s dozen of apartment units should hit the market this fall because of a Downtown Beloit Upper Floor Housing Grant program. In the spring, the City of Beloit awarded $363,010 in grant funds generated from Tax-Increment Financing districts to six property owners who plan to remodel Read more…
Clint Wolf | July 23, 2024 .BELOIT – Beloit City Manager Jerry Gabrielatos will host a Satellite City Hall from 10 – 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Beloit Farmers’ Market in downtown Beloit. Gabrielatos will take requests for service and chat with residents about the city. “I think it’s critical to meet people Read more…
Daily News Staff | Jul 4, 2024 BELOIT — A former School District of Beloit science teacher won a business pitch competition for her idea to create specialized bras for women who’ve had chest trauma. Deana Fahn-Johnson took the top prize of $1,000 in the gALPHA pitch competition at Irontek Tuesday night at the Read more…
Alex Gary | July 2, 2024 BELOIT – Two local small businesses will receive $10,000 each to upgrade the look of their stores thanks to grants from American Express and Main Street America. Bountiful Beloit and Chic & Unique were two of just 500 businesses across the country and 59 in Wisconsin and Illinois to Read more…
Clint Wolf | Jun 30, 2024 Updated Jun 30, 2024 BELOIT — Works of Rockford Art Guild artists and the creations of Nancy Mayhew will be featured at the Beloit Art Center in July. The First Friday Gallery Reception will be held from 5 — 7 p.m. July 5 at the Beloit Art Read more…
The project will start indoors with no impact to traffic, although a few parking spots will be blocked off. By Ally Horst | Published: Jun. 28, 2024 at 4:16 PM CDT BELOIT, Wis. (WIFR) – A vacant building in downtown Beloit will soon be demolished to make way for a public riverwalk and a Read more…
Alex Gary | Jun 27, 2024 Updated Jun 28, 2024 BELOIT — The history of the East Grand Avenue building that curiously extends over the Rock River dates back to 1892. And for more than 100 years Wisconsin state officials have wanted the building gone, according to the Beloit Historical Society records. Tom Read more…
Caroline Dade | Jun 27, 2024 BELOIT, Wis. (WKOW) — Starting next week, crews will start work to demolish a building on East Grand Avenue in downtown Beloit. The work will make way for a public riverwalk and a new building. The city said the first phase of work will be inside the building Read more…
Isabella Ferak Jun 27, 2024 BELOIT, Wis. — A project to demolish the building at 80-100 East Grand Ave. in downtown Beloit will begin its first phase next week, the City of Beloit announced Thursday. The city said the planned public-private development involves the vacant structure that protrudes over the Rock River, which Read more…
