Author Archive: RVPEditor

Lady Cards blast Evansville 75-40

Lady  Cards blast Evansville 75-40

By Derek Hoelsy Correspondent BRODHEAD – Lady Cardinal girls basketball team (13-2 overall, 9-1 Rock Valley Conference) had no problem beating Evansville 75-40. The Rock Valley crossover contest was held last Thursday. Brodhead set the tone, jumping out to an 8-0 lead three minutes into the game. The Cards’ deadly […]

 
 

Chamber marks 2015 accomplishments, looks to 2016

Chamber marks 2015 accomplishments, looks to 2016

By Tony Ends Editor BRODHEAD – Chamber of Commerce members drew together for their 68th annual meeting and banquet last week. President Michele Benesh welcomed the capacity crowd to the main dining room at Fib’s North on Exchange Street. The board honored outgoing board members Shirley Liska, for her service […]

 
 

City presses for West 3rd Avenue railroad crossing repair

By Tony Ends Editor BRODHEAD – Motorists will have to take it easy for awhile crossing the West 3rd Avenue railroad tracks west of the fire and police stations. City attorneys, following Common Council action last week, are pressing harder on Wisconsin and Southern Railroad to speed up repair. Public […]

 
 

Clinton students demonstrate generosity, goodwill during holidays

Clinton students demonstrate generosity, goodwill during holidays

The student councils at Clinton Middle School and Clinton High School sponsored food and toy drives to benefit needy families and organizations in the area. Students and staff at Clinton Middle School collected and donated over 350 food items to the Clinton Community Outreach. Students at Clinton High School also […]

 
 

Janesville man in critical condition after rearending school bus

ROCK COUNTY – On Tuesday, Jan 5 at 3:36 p.m., Deputies from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a car vs. school bus crash on W. USH 14 approximately .6 of a mile west of N. Fox Road in Center Township. Fire/EMS personnel from the Village […]

 
 

Tanks made in China come to rest in Beloit

Tanks made in China come to rest in Beloit

By Tony Ends Independent Register Editor BELOIT – A pair of 210,000-lb. fermenting tanks made their way out of the west along State Highway 11 Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20. Taking up both sides of the two-lane highway, they crawled along at about 10 mph, in an entourage of support vehicles […]

 
 

Searching for photos of Robert Jensen, owl paintings

Searching for photos of Robert Jensen, owl paintings

By Mary Ann Inman Reporter Robert Jensen passed away about a year and a half ago, but his memory lives on through many cards, books and paintings he created over the years. His artistic, one-of-a-kind, stylized artwork made his cards very special for sick children, elderly, and others celebrating events. […]

 
 

Cards lack just one key play in loss to McFarland

By Derek Hoesly Correspondent BRODHEAD- In a classic battle Brodhead (3-2 overall, 1-2 Rock Valley) let one slip away as McFarland overcame a 10-point deficit with four minutes left to beat Brodhead, 90-85, in double overtime in a Rock Valley crossover matchup Thursday, Dec. 17. The Cardinals came out red-hot […]

 
 

Massive tanks made in China come to rest in Beloit

By Tony Ends Editor BRODHEAD – A pair of 210,000-lb. fermenting tanks made their way out of the west along State Highway 11 Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20. Taking up both sides of the two-lane highway, they crawled along at about 10 mph, in an entourage of support vehicles and police, […]

 
 

Will 2016 mark death of town board powers?

By Tony Ends Editor MADISON – A proposal that cripples Wisconsin’s most democratically controlled government body is poised for a hearing in the first weeks of 2016. Assembly Bill 582 has nine elected supporters in the 99-member state house of representatives, three in the 33-member state senate. It is before […]