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Nico Savidge
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Rock County plans to add second K-9
By NICO SAVIDGE - Saturday, May 25, 2013
JANESVILLE --
The Rock County Sheriff's Office is getting ready to welcome a new member to its K-9 team. Before it can do that, though, Sgt. Wayne Hansen says there's going to be a lot of training.
Snipers converge on Janesville for training
By NICO SAVIDGE - Saturday, May 25, 2013
JANESVILLE -- The Janesville Police Department hosted SWAT officers from three states for sharpshooter training.
Police issue warning on NERF gun war in Milton
By NICO SAVIDGE - Friday, May 24, 2013
MILTON -- The NERF war between high school students around Milton sounds like fun, Lt. John Conger admits. But shooting between moving cars and breaking into houses to win it is not a very good idea, he said.
Milton caretaker arrested on neglect charge
By NICO SAVIDGE - Friday, May 24, 2013
MILTON -- Police arrested the live-in caretaker of a Milton man Thursday after authorities said the senior was suffering from abuse and neglect in his home.
Woman guilty of stealing $800,000 from Fontana business
By NICO SAVIDGE - Thursday, May 23, 2013
ELKHORN -- More than a decade after a former Sawyer County woman’s friend started writing her forged checks from a Fontana business, a jury found the woman guilty of receiving stolen property Wednesday.
Addicts swapped stolen items for drugs: Police
By NICO SAVIDGE - Wednesday, May 22, 2013
JANESVILLE --
After breaking into a house for TVs, laptops or jewelry, some area burglars took their haul to a house on East Grand Avenue in Beloit, Janesville police Sgt. Jim Holford said.
New crop program offers produce from inmates
By NICO SAVIDGE - Saturday, May 18, 2013
JANESVILLE -- A garden run by inmates at the Rock County Jail will sell "shares" to community members. In exchange for the money, buyers will receive produce from the garden each week.
B.R. Amon & Sons of Elkhorn shutting down after 90 years
By NICO SAVIDGE - Friday, May 17, 2013
ELKHORN --
Amid rows of hulking machinery and piles of roof shingles and sand at the B.R. Amon & Sons asphalt plant, a 90-year-old Elkhorn company was selling itself off Thursday afternoon.
Starkman pleads not guilty in ax attack
By NICO SAVIDGE - Thursday, May 16, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted-murder charges stemming from an April incident in which authorities said he attacked two people with an ax.
Driver arrested in Janesville hit-and-run
By NICO SAVIDGE - Thursday, May 16, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Illinois authorities have arrested a man they believe was the driver in a Janesville hit-and-run crash that left three teens injured, the Rock County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
