Janesville News

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Tami Babcock poses with Elvis, a 2-year-old beagle, as it wins the best of breed award at a Kettle Moraine Kennel Club show in 2008.

By GAZETTE STAFF Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 11:37 a.m. ROCK TOWNSHIP a ' Town of Beloit firefighters fought a house fire at 507 W. Sunny Lane between Beloit and Janesville on Wednesday morning.

On 06-29-09 at 4:03p.m. Janesville Police Department officers were sent to a bank robbery that just occurred at Mid America Bank located at 2317 Milton Ave.

A group is trying to help dislocated workers in the Janesville area. Kyle Geissler reports.

The Janesville City Council on Monday also: -- Rezoned the former Moose Club at 120 N. Crosby Ave.

From the morning papers around Wisconsin: a Friends gathered in Appleton Monday to remember three young people killed, police believe, by a drunk driver, according to the Post Crescent .

The Janesville, Wisconsin plant is among three facilities General Motors is considering as a production site for a new small car the automaker hopes will help return it to profitability.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says General Motors is "poised" to make a decision on where it will build a new line of small cars.

The checks help determine that store personnel at Class A licensed establishments are properly identifying customers to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage people.

The only comment he made was asking whether he could smoke a cigarette before going to jail.

Public record for June 13, 2009

Gov. Jennifer Granholm told reporters Wednesday that the state is "being as aggressive as we have ever been" to land the roughly 1,200 jobs that would come with producing small cars for the automaker.

JANESVILLE, Wis. Wisconsin has submitted a proposal to General Motors Corp. to reopen its Janesville factory to make the company's new small car.

Jim Grafft, a Janesville, WI, businessman, has recently purchased the assets of the engine division of TecumsehPower Co.

Janesville police call underage drinking an expensive problem. Deputy Police Chief Dan Davis says officers are reinforcing efforts this week to curb the problem.

Work will continue through the weekend on Wisconsin's efforts to persuade General Motors to put a new small-car manufacturing line in Janesville, state and local government officials said Friday.

The Sheboygan A's posted a Wisconsin State League doubleheader victory at Janesville on Saturday.

Jurors will be picked outside Rock County to hear the case against a man accused of killing a neighbor and her two teenage children.

Fire does $25,000 damage to Janesville home Tuesday