Bill Springer, owner of Iconic Fungi, talks with customer Freddie Wright on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at the Beloit Farmers Market. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)By Kevin Haas July 25, 2023 MACHESNEY PARK — Bill Springer didn’t set out to start a business when he started tinkering with growing mushrooms in his garage Read more…
News Local : WCLO, July, 17th 2023 The Beloit Farmers Market is earning a little national recognition. Downtown Beloit Executive Director Shauna El-Amin says Holidu, a search engine for vacation rentals, looked at over fifteen hundred markets from around the United States and named the Beloit market as one of the top ten Read more…
Beloit Daily News Staff, June 22, 2023 BELOIT — More than 40 community members have used their artistic talents to create butterflies for the Beloit Art Center’s Butterly Beloit fundraiser. The decorated butterflies will be auctioned and the proceeds will be used to support Beloit Community Art Programming and Scholarships. “Last year’s Read more…
By Rececca Ribley June 21, 2023 (WKOW) — Make Music Day is happening in several places in southern Wisconsin Wednesday. The day is held annually on June 21, the longest day of the year. It’s part of an international summer solstice music celebration happening in more than 1,000 cities nationwide— including Madison, Middleton, Sun Prairie and Beloit. Read more…
By Christina Lorey, June 21, 2023 Madison’s market gets all the hype. But another Badger State mainstay snuck its way onto the 2023 list of “Best Markets in America.” Holidu, a vacation search engine, decided to find out which U.S. farmers’ markets are the highest-rated. After scoring more than 1,500 farmers’ markets across all Read more…
WCLO Local News, June 14, 2023 Job seekers in Rock County can take part in a virtual job fair next week. Rock County Job Center Business Services Manager Gail Graham says while it is a virtual job fair, it’s a little unique in that it features a mobile computer lab at the Gantry Plaza Read more…
Clint Wolf Senior Reporter Jun 13, 2023 Updated Jun 19, 2023 BELOIT — A groundbreaking ceremony marking the beginning of a $10 million construction project on the Beloit College campus will be held Friday. The groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation of the Colonel Robert Morse Library and the construction of the home Read more…
Rachel Brands Jun 1, 2023 FRIDAYS IN THE PARKBELOIT — Lunch and live music are available at Fridays in the Park, a summer series hosted by Downtown Beloit. Fridays in the Park occur every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. — 1:30 p.m. at First National Bank Plaza, Corner of State St and Grand Ave, from May Read more…
Daily News Staff May 30, 2023 BELOIT — An exhibit of the photography of John Spates will be on display at the Villager Gallery and Frameworks, 429 E. Grand Ave. in the month of June. An opening reception will be held from 5 — 7 p.m. Friday and the exhibit can be Read more…
Clint Wolf Senior Reporter May 29,2023 BELOIT — Sunny weather and cool jazz greeted those who turned out for the season’s first Fridays in the Park. A large lunch-time crowd turned out at the corner of State Street and Grand Avenue to hear the Beloit Memorial High School Jazz Band, fresh from Read more…
