Local News – Big Radio

• Janesville City Council members: Dozens of residents applied for General Motors site panel
  Janesville City manager Kevin Lahner vets candidates this week for an advisory panel that will write a roadmap for the future of the former General Motors site. Lahner's office did not respond to Big Radio inquiries about
• UAW says it wants to get back to bargaining – if Mercy will come to table
  Striking union health care workers at Mercy East Clinic in Janesville say they're eager to get back to bargaining -- if Mercyhealth's administration will come to the table. Mercy East medical technician Nikki Raymond tells Big Radio
• Janesville man arrested for phone sex crimes involving Ohio child
  Authorities say a Janesville man is in custody after a four-month investigation showed he had been using a cell phone to expose himself to a child in Ohio. Janesville police say 36-year-old Tyler JR Minarick is in
• Law Requires Financial Literacy Course For High Schoolers In Wisconsin
  High schoolers in Wisconsin are learning how to be more fiscally responsible.  Speaking on Big Radio's Your Talk Show, Scott Niederjohn of the Badger Institute said a bill signed into law in 2023 aims to improve financial
• Fall plant sale returns to Rotary Botanical Gardens Sept. 4
  Rotary Botanical Gardens wants to help you keep your garden fresh as the seasons change. Its annual plant fall sale starts at 4 p.m. Thursday with a members-only event through 6:30 p.m. The sale is open to
• Costs for Beloit to bring trash to the Janesville landfill increasing
  For years the City of Beloit has transported its trash to the Janesville landfill for disposal. Public Works Director Bill Frisbee says the current contract is expiring this year, so a new five-year agreement is in the