Market Insights

Grass is unmowed in front of the former Pine Tree Inn at 4544 Highway 14, in the town of Harmony. The hotel on the northeast edge of Janesville had been run for the last half-decade as a sober living house, but now has been abandoned except for squatters, with mounds of trash left behind, Harmony town officials say.

Since 2019, there has been no Town Hall in the Town of Beloit. The Town Administrator and other town officials have set up offices at Fire Station 1 and town board meetings have been held at the fire station on Afton Road.

Activity in Milton’s Crossroads Business Park — from both its railroad spurs and the surrounding roadways — will get busier under a company’s plans for a new truck-to-train intermodal warehouse off County M and Putman Parkway.

A Midwest chain known for its roast beef sandwiches and cheddar fries says it plans to build three new restaurants in Janesville and Beloit, but with a twist.

Local business owner Bill Kennedy will chair the capital and endowment campaign for a proposed new, larger home for the Boys & Girls Club of Janesville, the organization has announced.

A downtown Janesville wine bar known for its upscale Italian cuisine, house red and riverfront patios and decks is getting a new next-door neighbor with a more casual vibe — and a TV.

Rock County will form an ad hoc committee to explore passenger rail development in the county.

Charter Next Generation The board of directors of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday approved awarding up to $5.6 million in performance-based tax credits to assist Charter Next Generation with it plastic film factory expansion in Milton. It’s a $270 million investments that officials said will create more than 340 jobs statewide over the next eight years.

) Charter Next Generation (CNG) will be expanding its footprint in Milton's Crossroads Business Park

A new dining and entertainment space is coming to a vacant former law office in downtown Janesville, according to a new Facebook page launched this week.