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JANESVILLE “This is part of the state test. You don’t make this, you go home,” barked firefighting instructor Paul Yakowenko to a class of recruits from Blackhawk Technical College last week. Yakowenko was teaching a basic technique: passing through a 16-inch gap between two studs in a burning house in full gear, including a mask and air tank. The training at the Janesville Fire Department’s training center was part of a course called Firefighter 1. The state requires 60 hou...

Emergency crews are responding to a plane crash near Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Rock County.

Blackhawk Technical College will host Wisconsin

Bobbi Bishofberger is the lone woman teaching welding at Blackhawk Technical College. She hopes more women will be attracted to the trades.

Editor’s Note: Kicks presents 20Q, a feature that introduces readers to people involved in the area’s arts and entertainment community. Compiled by kicks Editor Greg Little, each piece will include a short bio, photo and answers to questions that provide insight into not only that person’s artistic interests but also his or her unique personality. Kerry Knutson Cook a good burger, they’ll come back for more. Treat them as good friends, and they’ll never leave your side....

Submitted photo  The Amazon fulfillment center in Beloit and the Dollar General distribution center in Janesville are two examples of the growing warehousing and distribution sector of the local economy.   JANESVILLE As local private and municipal economic development officials peer into the crystal ball of a new year, they say one new prospect is coming into view in 2021: More warehousing, distribution and supply-chain jobs could be headed to Janesville. During a conference call with chambe...

The Wisconsin National Guard will help the Rock County Public Health Department give COVID-19 vaccinations to the remainder of the county’s Phase 1A priority group. An appointment-only vaccination site for people in the Phase 1A group will run from Jan. 26 to 29 at Blackhawk Technical College, 6004 S. County G, Janesville. A second clinic will be set up weeks later to give the necessary second doses to those who participate, according to a news release. The site’s 900 doses will be gi...