Beloit News

Clint Wolf | July 20,2025   Centre 1 Corp., parent company of First National Bank and Trust, and Bank First Corporation, the holding company of Bank First, N.A., have announced a merger agreement. Bank First plans to acquire 100% of the common stock of Centre 1...

Blake Dietz July 15, 2025 BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — Beloit celebrated the opening of its new downtown riverwalk on Tuesday, the culmination of a project years in the making.   The riverwalk opening is just one of the many accomplishments that leaders say reflect the...

Paris Fransway July 15, 2025   BELOIT, Wis. (WMTV) - Governor Tony Evers spoke at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the downtown Beloit riverwalk extension Tuesday.   The year-long project demolished a vacant building that extended over the Rock River, opening...

Alex Gary July 10, 2025   On Saturday, when A&E debuts its new 12-episode series Betting on Beloit, it likely can count on Regina Dunkin to be watching.   "I watched the trailer. It's really good," said Dunkin, a former Beloit City Council member and...

Clint Wolf July 2, 2025   BELOIT - The new new downtown Beloit Riverwalk extension will be be featured during a ribbon cutting ceremony set for noon on Tuesday, July 15. The riverwalk completion marks the end of the year-long project at 80-100 E. Grand Avenue....

Clint Wolf June 12, 2025   Beloit residents had a new option to relax after work on Thursday with some soothing music. Thursday marked the first Downtown Late Edition concert in downtown Beloit, a new feature at First National Bank Plaza, which will be held every...

Alex Gary June 12, 2025   BELOIT – Under Beloit's councilor-city manager form of government, Beloit doesn't have an official mayor, but Julia Rodriguez sometimes feels like an "unofficial mayor." “People honk and wave at me all the time. I do feel like the...

Alex Gary June 10, 2025   BELOIT - The estimated economic impact of tourism in Wisconsin set a record for the third straight year, the Wisconsin Department of Tourism reported Tuesday. According to the state, tourist sites in 2024 welcomed 114.4 million visits,...

Alex Gary | June 5, 2025   BELOIT - The newest downtown residents at 311 and 317 State Street will begin moving in in mid-July as finishing touches are completed on the State Street Studio Apartments. Anyone interested in these apartments will have to get on a...

Zack Goodrow | June 4th, 2025 BELOIT -- Celebrating 25 years of "Finding Creativity Within," the Beloit Art Center is offering a wide variety of magnificent artistic displays this summer, while also celebrating a quarter century of art and community in downtown...