Beloit News
Downtown Beloit Association Fall Wine Walk set for Oct. 12
Clint Wolf | October 2, 2024 BELOIT — Fall strolls and fine wine will be featured during the Downtown Beloit Association Fall Wine Walk, set for 2 — 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. The Downtown Beloit Association hosts a Spring Wine Walk and a Fall Wine Walk each year when participants can stroll 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…
Community Construction Zone helps youngsters build dreams
Clint Wolf | September 30, 2024 BELOIT – Children, teens and parents will be able to explore how construction workers, plumbers and electricians do their jobs during the fourth annual Community Construction Zone set for 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. The event will be held in the parking lot area Read more…
Deviate brings unique art works to downtown Beloit
Clint Wolf | September 29, 2024 BELOIT The artist known as Mushka creates art using a toy from the 1960s Etch A Sketch. The tablet-like toy has two knobs one to draw vertical lines and one to draw horizontal lines. That is why he describes this art as a collection of one-liners. He creates complicated portraits and landscapes Read more…
These two Wisconsin hotels won Michelin Keys, the newest Michelin Guide award
Maia Pandey and Catherine Messier | September 26, 2024 If you’re looking for some of the most luxurious hotel stays in the country, you don’t need to go further than Wisconsin: two Wisconsin hotels have earned Michelin Keys in the latest distinction awarded by the Michelin Guide. The company, which is known for Read more…
DEVIATE to feature fire spinners, skin art, glass blowing and more
Zack Goodrow | September 25, 2024 BELOIT — Featuring the bold and provocative, DEVIATE is returning to downtown Beloit on Saturday, Sept. 28 at Third Street and Ironworks Drive. The interactive event including live performance artists, bands and visual art, will highlight the boundaries of contemporary art. DEVIATE will include fire spinners, acrobats, burlesque performers, Read more…
Demolition in downtown Beloit will pave way for Riverwalk, future development
John Clark | September 23, 2024 BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — Crews have begun to demolish a vacant building on East Grand Avenue which will usher in future development. According to the City, contractors began working to remove rooftop units on the building at 80-100 E. Grand, on the Rock River, on Monday ahead Read more…
Oktoberfest features music, food and hammerschlagen
Clint Wolf | September 22, 2024 BELOIT — Jill and Kelly McCafferty are well acquainted with German culture, and particularly with Oktoberfest celebrations. The McCaffertys were ready to hoist a stein with their friends Becky and Tom DeVlieger on Saturday evening on State Street during the Downtown Beloit Association Oktoberfest celebration. “We were at Read more…
Demolition to begin on downtown Beloit building, making way for Riverwalk project
Juliana Tornabene | September 20, 2024 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Work to demolish a building in downtown Beloit is set to begin as the city makes way for a public riverwalk and private redevelopment in the area. City of Beloit noted work to remove rooftop units at 80-100 East Grant Avenue will begin on Monday, Read more…
Demolition on downtown building in Beloit to begin Monday
Carey Men | September 20, 2024 BELOIT, Wis. — A new addition will soon be made to the City of Beloit. That is because the city will start the process of demolishing a building at 80-100 East Grand Ave. Contractors working on the building will start removing the rooftop units on Monday and Read more…