Beloit News
Riverwalk featured at ribbon cutting
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....
Downtown Late Edition offers music after work
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...
Keeping downtown beautiful just part of Rodriguez’s job
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...
Beloit played a part in record Wisconsin tourism year
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,...
Newest downtown apartments almost done, fully leased
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...
Beloit Art Center celebrates quarter century
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...
Grand Avenue bridge to be closed through end of June
Alex Gay June 3rd, 2025 BELOIT — City of Beloit officials have scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony for July 15 to show off the completed section of Riverwalk that will connect ABC Supply Stadium through Riverside Park. Drivers, though, will continue to have to...
Fridays in the Park kicks off in downtown Beloit
BELOIT - The sound of cool jazz music and the smell of spicy Jamaican chicken were in the air Friday as the Downtown Beloit Association kicked off it weekly Fridays in the Park lunch events. Also, there soon will be more music offered in downtown Beloit as...
Loom Home + Gifts opens in downtown Beloit
The boutique, opened by Amie McDonald, offers a selection of home accents, kitchen essentials, handcrafted ceramics, handbags and jewelry. The business also features many products made by local artisans. “I’m also super, super proud, I carry a lot of...
‘Fridays in the Park’ concert series returns to Beloit
The summer concert series features different local entertainment and restaurants from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every week at First National Bank Plaza. New this year is Downtown Night Edition. From 5 to 7 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, June through...