Beloit News
Downtown experiencing bounce-back year
By Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News - December 7, 2021 BELOIT—2021 was a bounce-back year for the Downtown Beloit Association and the city’s business core following the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to DBA Executive Director Shauna...
Holidazzle brings holiday cheer to downtown
By Debra Jensen-De Hart, Special to the Beloit Daily News - December 5, 2021 BELOIT—Downtown Beloit was all aglow Friday night as merchants, vendors and patrons enjoyed an evening of unique shopping, music and more. As the Downtown Beloit Association’s...
Beloit Art Center to host many events
By Clint Wolf, Beloit Daily News - November 30, 2021 BELOIT—Beloit Art Center will be open 5—9 p.m. on Friday in conjunction with the Holidazzle event. Visitors can enjoy a cup of German Gluwein, a hot spiced wine. At 6 p.m. there will be a Gallery Talk....
Watch Your Head! Sky Carp Incoming!
By Jacob Toepfer, Beloit College Roundtable - November 27, 2021 It is official ladies and gentlemen, the turtle is no longer in its shell. After originally starting out as the Beloit Brewers in their inaugural year back in 1994, they later changed their name to...
Crowd flocks to Grand Lighted Holiday Parade in Reverse
By Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News - November 26, 2021 BELOIT—There were donkeys, dancers and dazzling lights at the Downtown Beloit Association’s (DBA) Grand Lighted Holiday Parade in Reverse held Friday evening in Beloit. The annual event kicks off...
Beloit businesses gear up for busy holiday weekend following parade
By WIFR ABC23, November 26, 2021 BELOIT, Wis. (WIFR) - This weekend kicks off the countdown to the holidays, especially as we enter parade season. That’s exactly how the city of Beloit kicked things off on Friday ahead of Small Business Saturday. Beloit...
Window Painting
By Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News, November 23, 2021 From Right: Beloit Memorial High School art students Haliey Heinrich, Maeghan Schumacher, Ven Jones and Mady Schamp paint a holiday scene in the window of the Beloit Daily News office, 444 E....
Retailers get creative to deal with product shortage as consumers shop in earnest
By Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News - November 22, 2021 BELOIT—Local business owners have spent months planning and flexing their creative muscles to deal with product shortages this holiday shopping season. With a backdrop of national supply chain disruptions,...
Rock County Rocks & Gems owner brings minerals and miracles to downtown
By Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News - November 18, 2021 BELOIT - Rock County Rocks & Gems, 312 State St., may bedazzle customers with quartz to jasper, but many believe its owner, Spring Steidl, is the real jewel of the business. Steidl, who is...
Sky Carp flock to Beloit
By Josh Flickinger, Beloit Daily News - November 15, 2021 BELOIT—The baseball team formerly known as the Beloit Snappers finally has a new identity. After a year of speculation, a name submission contest and much social media banter regarding the team’s...
