Local Education News
BELOIT – Beloit School District Superintendent Willie Garrison has proposed changes to the school board’s public comment policy, including limiting public comments to just the board’s second meeting of each month.
Former Superintendent Dan Keyser, who has since left for the same position in the Stoughton School District, enacted the coverage for teachers and attributed it to the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2022.
The Beloit School District is exploring updating the commons of Aldrich Intermediate School at a cost of approximately $22,700.
BELOIT — The Beloit Memorial Jazz Orchestra brought home several awards after competing at the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Festival in New York City last week, including top soloist, Outstanding Pep Section, several individual outstanding awards and two honorable mentions.
BELOIT — The Beloit Memorial High School Jazz Orchestra will perform this week at one of the most prestigious high school music concerts in the U.S.
More than 80 students received scholarships during the Stateline Community Foundation Scholarship night held Thursday at the Beloit Club.
BELOIT - Beloit College Associate Professor Kate Linnenberg has received the 2022-23 James R. Underkofler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Beloit College’s highest honor for teaching.
ORFORDVILLE — Students named to the Parkview Junior/Senior High School third quarter honor roll are:
The Beloit City Wide Youth Softball League, adding another section for ages 14-17 and expecting 400 plus kids, is seeking coaches.
Students named to the honor roll for the third term at Beloit Memorial High School are:
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — REV Group, Inc. (REVG) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $14.2 million.
Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting warnings for…
The Illinois Department of Public Health says an outbreak of salmonella infections in the Chicago area has been linked to ground beef. Health …
U.S. cancer centers say a growing shortage of common treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying some care. The National …
MADISON — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Wednesday that if no deal is reached this week on a massive bill increasing state aid to l…
Wisconsin’s parole commission would be forced to post its decisions online about who has been granted and denied parole under a Republican-aut…
A federal judge is signaling he won't stop a Wisconsin tribe from blocking roads on its reservation, at least for now. The Lac Du Flambeau Ban…
The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a package of bills designed to help improve the system of issuing professional licenses to everyone from t…
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature has stopped Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration from requiring seventh graders to be va…
Wisconsin residents looking for work would face stricter qualification requirements to receive unemployment benefits under a package of Republ…
CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mixed Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Jul. lost 1.75 cents at $6.1975 a b…
Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting warnings for…
The Illinois Department of Public Health says an outbreak of salmonella infections in the Chicago area has been linked to ground beef. Health …
Major League Baseball has postponed games in New York and Philadelphia on Wednesday night because of poor air quality caused by smoke from Can…
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed the state’s $50.4 billion fiscal year 2024 budget into law, hailing it for being balanced and its “transf…
A company operating a northern Indiana printing plant has told state officials it will close, eliminating jobs for about 525 workers in Septem…
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Wheat for Jul. was down 11 cents at $6.1675 a bushel; Jul. corn fell 3.75 cents at $6.0425 a bushel, Jul. oats lost 2.50 cents at 3.4425 a bus…