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Leadership Changes

• 🔥 City Manager Resigns: Kevin Lahner is resigning after three years as Janesville city manager, citing the need for a...

Leadership shakeup in Janesville: City Manager Kevin Lahner resigns after 3 years, citing need for a personal break from decades of high-energy...

Prolonged warmth fuels daily storm threats across southern Wisconsin through Monday, with wind, hail, and tornado risks.

• Tonight: Storms from Iowa...

• Political drama: Governor Evers' budget/tax relief bill sailed through Assembly but got voted down in late Senate session amid politics and...

Local judiciary transition: Gov. Tony Evers appoints Janesville's Sara Gehrig-Woodman to fill Branch VII vacancy left by retiring Judge Barbara...

Tragic weekend fire claims life of 69-year-old Eugene Stewart:

• Sunday ~1:40pm: Blaze starts on South Locust St apartment exterior wall, spreads...

Data Center Opposition Updates

• 🔥 Cassandra Pope Steps Down: Newly elected Janesville City Council member Cassandra Pope is stepping back as...

Dual angles on data centers: Secret developer talks continue while anti-group reorganizes.

• Turtle behind-scenes: Chairman Roger Anclam signed NDA...

Heartwarming rescue: 1,500 beagles taste freedom and sunshine for the first time after welfare groups bought them from Ridgeland Farms facility.

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Congregation homeless since April flood ripped through their 1954 home.

• $2M bare minimum to restore occupancy—no renovations included.
• Insurance...

Janesville Fire Fatalities

• 🔥 Fourth Death Since 2022: A man died in a South Locust Street house fire, marking the fourth fire-related death in...

Fire crews responded to a blaze Monday afternoon that damaged both units of a Janesville duplex, breaking out about 4:35 p.m..

• Two former employees appeared in Rock County court on misconduct charges, released on signature bonds.
• Allegedly used positions to illegally route...

Tragic pattern exposed in fatal South Locust Street house fire: man trapped upstairs, rescued via ladder, died at hospital.

• Fire origin: Started...

• Massive response: Rock County SWAT and drones deployed to South Royce Avenue after man threatened lives in home.
• Suspect details: 53-year-old...

Rock County's Newville Boat Launch is now open again after April flooding, a major win for local recreation. Closed since April 20 due to high water levels, it's safe for public use as Rock River levels recede.

Fatal Fire and Other Incidents

• 🔥 Man Dies in South Locust Street Fire: A man died from injuries after being rescued from a Sunday house fire at...

Local alert: Emergency responders handled a water rescue at Rock River's Traxler Park Monday evening.

• Dispatched at 6:06 p.m. by Rock County 911.
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Quick action saved the day in Monday's duplex blaze at 600 Tudor Dr & 4000 Brunswick Ln.

• 26 firefighters arrived ~4:30pm, dousing moderate...

Timeline of Sunday's tragic Locust St. house fire:

• Dynamic rescue: Crews pulled man from 2nd-floor window via ladder amid heavy flames.
• Initial...