Author Archive: RVPEditor

Time to think about the many hazards of summer

Well I broke down to the neighborhood peer pressure and mowed my yard. I am not the guy that has to be the first one on the block to mow my lawn, in fact I hold out as long as possible. I also don’t mow it down to look like […]

 
 

Great Lakes Basin Rail environmental feedback, Due June 15

By Mary Ann Inman Reporter JANESVILLE – About 450 people attended the scoping meeting at Craig High School on April 14 to voice and listen to environmental concerns and try to save 545 acres of the most fertile farmland in the nation. Two hundred orange Rock against the Rail T-shirts […]

 
 

Janesville man shot, killed while turkey hunting

TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN – On Sunday, April 17 at 7 :37 a.m., Deputies and Detectives from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a male with a gunshot wound in a field near N. Lima Center Road/E. CTH A in the Town of Johnstown. Fire and EMS personnel […]

 
 

Senator Nass, Rep. Loudenbeck to speak at Clinton Arbor Day ceremony

By Art Bushue Chair, Clinton Forestry Board CLINTON – This year, Clinton will present its 18th Annual Arbor Day Observation acknowledging and celebrating the largely unknown and unappreciated benefits that our community trees provide our residents, businesses, schools, visitors, parks, natural environment and even the global ecosystem. This event was […]

 
 

Village Trustee Jeanette Troha supports library expansion

Village Trustee Jeanette Troha supports library expansion

By Mary Ann Inman Reporter CLINTON – Why do we need a library? Jeanette Troha started her letter addressed to Village President Connie Tracy with that question. Troha is a Village Trustee, a parent, and a speech language pathologist employed by the Beloit School District. Troha cited many statistics noting, […]

 
 

Fire Chief urges residents to be prepared for disasters

Are you ready for a disaster? If you have 10 minutes to grab everything you need for the next two weeks and leave your house, would you be able to? What if Turtle Creek was flooded over Hwy. 140, Carvers Rock Road, Smith Road and so on? How would you […]

 
 

Vin Scully at 88

The great baseball announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Vin Scully, has decided that he is going to hang it up at the end of this season. He is 88 years old and has been calling the Dodger’s baseball games on the radio for some67 years, so I suppose it’s […]

 
 

Large crowd turns out for annual Jim Church Invitational

Large crowd turns out for annual Jim Church Invitational

By Derek Hoesly Correspondent BRODHEAD — Many spectators surrounded the track and packed the stands for the annual Jim Church Invitational last Friday. The girls’ squad won the meet with 129 points and the boys’ team placed second with 104 points. In the 100-meter dash, Madee Harding placed third with […]

 
 

Youth Service Day 2016 biggest ever

Youth Service Day 2016 biggest ever

BRODHEAD — Over 130 volunteers showed up for the 2016 spring Youth Service Day on Saturday, April 16. This annual event, organized by educator Stephanie Tresemer of Brodhead Middle School, does so much good in just two hours. Not only students, but their parents, grandparents, friends, and siblings, are invited […]

 
 

Clinton High School golf teams swing into action

Clinton High School golf teams swing into action

CLINTON – Clinton High School’s boys golf team started the year at the newly renovated Beloit Club in a match hosted by Turner. The Cougars finished third, narrowly being edged out by Big Foot by 2 strokes. Individual scores for Clinton were:  Spencer Ostrander 44, Thad Hahn 47, Josh Wellnitz 58, […]