Janesville businesswoman starts congressional campaign

July 13, 2021 1:22 pm Leave a comment

A Democratic businesswoman from Janesville announced Tuesday that she is running for Congress in a bid to win the southeast Wisconsin seat currently held by Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil.

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Final utility truck made in Janesville hits auction block

May 31, 2021 7:08 am Leave a comment

The city of Janesville is auctioning a 2002 GMC dump truck that was the last-ever big truck to roll off the Janesville General Motors Assembly plant's medium-duty truck line. It's got about 65,000 miles on it, and ran about 6,500 hours, most of the time as a blacktop truck. (Neil Johnson at Janesville Gazettte)

The big, yellow GMC truck first operated as a snowplow on city of Janesville streets. Then, for years, it became an asphalt mule for city street maintenance.

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Dark stores: Janesville Mall weathers COVID-19 shutdown

May 16, 2020 6:24 am Leave a comment

The store owner of Zumiez at the Janesville Mall closes the mall's gate on April 30. (Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

When Julie Cubbage, Janesville Mall General Manager, walks her mall's concourse, she's alone with the echoes of her own footfalls against shining tile.

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Memory time: GM wood preserved in Janesville-made clocks

July 22, 2019 5:35 am Leave a comment

A finished clock with an inscription describing the history of the General Motors plant in Janesville, sits in Chris Wells' workshop on June 11. The clock is made out of materials from the former plant. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

Employees of Janesville's General Motors plant probably didn't pay much attention to the maple paneling in the building's foyer.

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Tiny homes proposed as a housing option for the homeless

January 7, 2019 6:00 am Leave a comment

A local artisan who headed up the rehabilitation of the once-threatened Oak Hill Cemetery chapel is turning to a new idea: tiny homes that could offer temporary housing to homeless people.

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In Southeast Wisconsin, it’s ‘Iron Stache’ versus ‘Ryan 2.0’

October 15, 2018 12:35 pm Leave a comment

Randy Bryce, a Wisconsin Democratic candidate for the U.S. House, answers a question on July 8 during a debate in Lake Geneva. Bryan Steil, House Speaker Paul Ryan's protege, is looking to keep Ryan's Wisconsin district in Republican hands. Ryan has held the seat for 20 years but announced in April that he would not seek re-election. Steil and Bryce will square off on Nov. 6. (Angela Major /The Janesville Gazette via AP)

The ironworker Randy Bryce spent months preparing to try to unseat House Speaker Paul Ryan in the election this November, cleverly cultivating an "Iron Stache" persona for a candidacy that was as colorful as it was unlikely.

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Janesville gets $207K wellness space

July 30, 2018 6:00 am Leave a comment

A fountain is the centerpiece of the $207,000 wellness garden recently built at Rotary Botanical Gardens at Rotary Gardens in Janesville. The garden was designed to have restorative properties and to have special accommodations for the disabled. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

For 17 years, Ruth Ann Potts had demonstrated her love of Rotary Botanical Gardens in Janesville by volunteering there.

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State chips in $500K to raze century-old Janesville GM plant

June 20, 2018 3:48 pm Leave a comment

State officials on Wednesday pledged $500,000 to the city of Janesville to help raze a General Motors factory that has languished for nearly a decade there.

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