Local News – Big Radio

• Nature group wants city of Janesville to designate 101 Rockport Road as city park space
  A group of nature enthusiasts wants a grassy lot along the Rock River in Janesville's Fourth Ward preserved permanently as park space. The parcel -- 2 acres at 101 Rockport Road -- was being eyed for apartments
• Edgerton Hospital hosts mental health awareness event
  |Big Radio News| A local hospital works to break the stigma that comes with talking about mental health. Edgerton Hospital Senior Life Solutions Program Director Lieneke Hafeman says a special event is happening May 15th at 11:00
• Janesville Education Foundation distributes $14,000 in grants to district teachers
  The Janesville Education Foundation surprises 14 School District of Janesville teachers with thousands of dollars in grants. JEF co-chair and former district teacher Camilla Owen says the prizes totaled a little more than $14,000. They ranged from
• Brodhead man arrested on suspicion of fourth OWI in town of Avon
  A Brodhead man faces felony OWI charges after his arrest Friday afternoon. A Rock County sheriff's deputy responded to a report of a vehicle in a ditch and the driver slumped over behind the wheel near the
• Janesville police investigate thieves who tried to rob safes at two different Walgreens stores
  Authorities say thieves tried to rob store safes at two different Walgreens stores in Janesville. Janesville police have not given full details, including what time both incidents happened, but both incidents are thought to have happened sometime
• Janesville student hospitalized after being hit by vehicle while biking to school
  Janesville police say a seventh-grade student is being treated at a hospital for injuries after he was hit at a crosswalk while he was on his way to Marshall Middle School Friday morning. They're investigating it as
• Walworth County hosts clean boats, clean waters training
  |Big Radio News| Walworth County works to address growing concerns over the spread of aquatic invasive species. Land Use and Resource Management Deputy Director Mandy Bonneville says Zebra muscles are present in Geneva Lake and Quagga muscles
• Janesville sex offender poised to take plea deal in new sexual assault case
  |Big Radio News| A 36-year-old Janesville man who was sentenced to seven years in prison on two counts of third degree sexual assault in 2017 appears poised to take a plea deal in a new sexual assault