Local News – Big Radio

• Beloit Taco Takedown returns to city’s downtown – with even more tacos than before
  In Beloit, it's another takedown -- taco-style. Beloit's Taco Takedown is back for its second year at downtown's Iron Works campus on Third Street. On Aug. 16, a cavalcade of taco trucks return to the spicy food
• Janesville City Hall Parking Lot Temporarily Closing July 21 For Reconstruction
  The Janesville City Hall Parking lot will be temporarily closed beginning next week.  Communications Specialist Amanda Gilbert says starting Monday, July 21st, the lot at the corner of Jackson and Wall Streets will be closed for reconstruction
• Rock Co. Sheriff’s office busts meth operation on Janesville’s east side
  The Rock County Sheriff's Office says three people were arrested, and two are in custody, after a sheriff's drug task force raided a suspected methamphetamine operation in Janesville. The sheriff's office arrested 40-year-old Amanda Courtney, 38-year-old Hesaki
• Janesville’s Tallman Arts Festival right around the corner
  The Tallman Arts Festival will be back at the Rock County Historical Society campus at 440 N. Jackson St. in Janesville on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 2 and 3. A juried art show is the main attraction
• UAW to host rally for striking health care workers at Janesville’s Mercyhealth East clinic
  Union healthcare workers who remain on strike at Mercyhealth's East clinic in Janesville plan to hold a rally as they tilt toward a fourth week on the picket lines. UAW Local 95 confirms plans for a "solidarity
• Elderly Man Hit By Vehicle In Beloit Dies
  An elderly man who was hit by a car in the city of Beloit this week has died.  Beloit police say the crash happened Monday at the intersection of Prairie Avenue and Inman Parkway.  An initial investigation
• Renovations Coming To Beloit Library Soon
  Renovations are coming to the Beloit Public Library.  Library Marketing and Communications Coordinator Amy Mitchell says JP Cullen has been awarded the contract for Phase one of the project, which will transform more than 30-percent of the
• City of Janesville estimates residents’ water bills could climb $25 per quarter under rate hike
  The city of Janesville estimates the average resident could see their water bill climb about $25 per quarter under a pending rate hike. Finance Director David Godek says the water utility now keeps about a month of