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UW-Rock County plans for on-campus housing

By RICK WEST - Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

Lexi Hegle, a first-year student at the University of Wisconsin-Rock County, still lives at her family home in Janesville and makes the short drive each day to campus where she is taking a variety of biology courses.

Abolitionist ties run deep at Milton House

By RICK WEST - Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

Since 1926, February has been a month designated to remember the people, places and events associated with the history of African-Americans in the United States. Historian Carter Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History that year established the second week of February as Negro History Week because it coincided with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

Even love needs a hand: ASCRC helps caregivers

By RICK WEST - Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013

JANESVILLE -- A year ago, Bob and Phyllis Schultz were carrying groceries into their Janesville home when Bob fell in the kitchen, suffering a severe finger injury. He was taken to the emergency room and two days later underwent finger surgery at St. Mary’s-Janesville Hospital. While at the hospital, Bob was tested for and positively diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia among the aging.

Is cursive writing history?

By RICK WEST - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013

ELKHORN -- When soldiers in Napoleon’s army uncovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799, it unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Who knows, in the year 2799, there might be an archeologist who goes down in the history books as the explorer who discovered a buried Palmer Method of Handwriting textbook, unlocking the secrets of a 19th and 20th century American hieroglyph known as cursive handwriting.

Janesville schools turn to police radios for instant communication

By RICK WEST - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013

JANESVILLE -- In the aftermath of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Janesville police and school officials are in the process of launching an initiative aimed at reducing response time to school emergencies by the city’s police officers.

High tech school tool

By RICK WEST - Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013

When it comes to teaching today’s students 21st century skills, it requires 21st century tools. That’s why school districts such as Milton and Edgerton have launched initiatives to put electronic devices in the hands of their students.

Christmas brings a whole new light to Rotary Gardens

By RICK WEST - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012

We all know the words to this classic Christmas song, “A beautiful sight, we’re happy tonight, walking in a winter wonderland.” For more than 15 years, this area’s winter wonderland has been as close as Rotary Botanical Gardens in Janesville.

Former Badger HS duo now play on Beloit College's court

By RICK WEST - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012

BELOIT -- This year, the 6-foot Lana will be playing in a number of back-to-back games on the same court as her brother as a first-year player for the Beloit College women’s team.

Analyzing the election results

By RICK WEST - Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012

With Election Day results beginning to settle in, we asked three local political experts to give their insight about last Tuesday’s voting.

Farmers salvaging what's left after a savage summer

By RICK WEST - Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012

You don’t have to have a degree in agriculture to know this summer’s dry, hot weather has been devastating to the region’s farmers, fruit and vegetable growers, nursery operators and landscapers.