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Morning Bloom a new breakfast restaurant in the former Sweet Berry location to open
JANESVILLE— A new brunch restaurant, Morning Bloom, is preparing to open in the former Pearl of the Orient and Sweet Berry location, bringing another breakfast and brunch option to the area after Sweet Berry closed just three months after opening. The Alcohol licensing committee Tuesday morning, the committee unanimously recommended a positive approval to the city council for the restaurant's license. Bardil Ahmedi, the new restaurant owner, is opening a similar restaurant that will operate every day from 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. The building at 2701 Milton Ave. housed Pearl of the Orient from late 2022 until early 2024. Rio Brazilian Steakhouse then planned to move into space, but backed out last year. Former owner Tommy Nguyen’s mother Xinh Le owned Sweet Berry. His mom has been the landlord for a building that houses Riverside Family restaurant in Rockford, Ill. Last year, Le had the idea to open a restaurant of her own in Janesville, and the idea blossomed from there. After purchasing the building, they repainted its exterior, repaved the parking lot, cleaned inside and constructed a bakery area that will serve as a mini-café serving items such as pastries, coffee and tea. In October the restaurant abruptly
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Colony Brands to close Janesville facility in March 2027
Colony Brands plans to permanently close its Janesville operations facility by next March, consolidating its food gift packing operations at an existing facility in Sun Prairie. The Monroe-based company disclosed the planned closure of its facility at 200 W. Venture Dr., in an Oct. 30 notice filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. The closure, effective March 31, 2027, affects four regular full-time employees and 78 temporary positions. Company officials noted its temporary workforce typically experiences annual layoffs shortly before the holidays. All four full-time employees have been offered positions at its Monroe or Sun Prairie facilities, while temporary workers will also be offered transfer opportunities in 2026 or 2027. In an Oct. 29 letter to employees, the company said its other facilities have sufficient capacity to absorb the work performed in Janesville, allowing it to eliminate the costs of operating a separate location. The Janesville facility has operated for approximately five years.
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DORA had a successful 6 months of operation
JANESVILLE —As the warm season begins to shift to a chillier time, board members of Janesville’s downtown Business Improvement District say that the downtown’s Designated Outdoor Refreshment area, or DORA, was successful. The BID looks to submit the outdoor cocktail pilot program it started this year for consideration as a permanent ordinance. This May, the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that established the boundaries of the DORA, where people would be permitted to drink alcohol outdoors along downtown sidewalks. The only change made in the BID’s updated ordinance proposal was to the operational hours of the DORA, crimping its hours from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. 7 days a week, to noon-10 p.m. every day. The DORA boundaries, according to a map provided by the organizers, encompass most of the central downtown area, also known as downtown’s entertainment district. The map shows highlighted streets that would be part of the DORA area, including North and South Main streets; East and West Milwaukee streets; parts of North Franklin and South Jackson streets; and blocks of West Court and River streets along the riverfront. The DORA also encompasses the town square where the farmers market and other public events are held. At Tuesday
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4 Seasons Mini Golf, an indoor mini-golf course, opens at Uptown Janesville mall
JANESVILLE — Just outside the Kohl's store at Uptown Janesville mall, you can putt a neon-colored golf ball down a road a tortoise and hare racing, then across a glowing, frozen lake, and then over a slippery, glasslike section of carpet an animatronic dragon has "melted" with his flaming breath. It's all from the mind of Dalton Knueppel, owner and developer of 4 Seasons Mini Golf, a new indoor mini golf course that opened this month at Uptown Janesville. Knueppel's imagination was captivated and molded by his grandfather's buildout of a small mini golf course years ago. He'd always wanted to build one himself. Knueppel, a structural steel foreman who builds towers and stadiums, has never built a mini golf course; he simply likes them and he's got a disarming business model when it comes to putt-putt golf: "I have kids. I wanted to bring some entertainment and happiness to Janesville. We need a little bit of entertainment around here," Knueppel said. Knueppel said he scouted out several retail and commercial buildings seeking space, but he said it was "very difficult" to find a tenant interested in leasing for a a not-yet-designed mini golf course. Knueppel and his partner, Shauna
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Photos | Kauffman’s Country Store in Beloit
BELOIT, Wis. — Kauffman’s Country Store, 9550 W. State Road 81, is a specialty grocery store with homemade-style baked goods, seasonal treats and cooking ingredients. It’s known for its freshly baked pies, cookies, made-from-scratch breads and cinnamon rolls, as well as its variety of bulk goods and seasonal items.
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Baseball: Matt Buhrow set to lead Edgerton's baseball team as new head coach
Since 1963, Edgerton High School has had just two baseball coaches lead the team each spring. That’s about to get bumped up to three. Matt Buhrow was hired in August as Edgerton’s new head baseball coach. Buhrow had just gotten home from a trip with his wife — he visited the Detroit Tigers’, Cincinnati Reds’ and Pittsburgh Pirates’ ballparks — when Edgerton athletic director Justin Fowlkes informed him he’d be the team’s new coach. Buhrow graduated from Edgerton and played under Mike Gregory, who retired from coaching baseball this past season after 45 years. Buhrow played four years of college baseball and coached at Carroll University, Ripon College, UW-Platteville and Concordia University (Mich.). After all those stops, Gregory asked Buhrow to join Edgerton’s coaching staff ahead of the 2021 season. Buhrow said it’s exciting to be able to take the reins and continue the tradition that Edgerton baseball is. “There’s really no words to describe taking over a program after Coach Gregory,” Buhrow said. “Playing for him, we had a ton of success. To follow in those footsteps, it’s going to be difficult.” Gregory took over as the Crimson Tide’s varsity baseball coach in 1989. Ron Greene held the position