Beloit's annual lighted Christmas parade is this Friday - 11/28/2008 - along Grand Avenue through downtown Beloit, starting between 5 and 6 pm. [Holidazzle...
I would oppose any expansion of the pet ordinance to include any farm animal including chickens. Chickens are the primary vector for Avain Influenza....
Mr Liggett, I am sorry to hear how uninformed your statements are, and how you feel the need to "scare" the public with your extensive "training". The fact of...
Ms. Dodge- Yes, I am sure that you would like for us to take your 'expert' opinion vs that of Mr. Liggett. First, I live in the City...I do not want farm...
Being a family of six that brings in an average of $32g a year my vote is for the chicken. I would also encourage, however, the license to do so with enclosure...
I also agree with any licensing and health checks the city would like. My quest is very similar, two grandbabies that have extreme excema. We have found if we...
I also have a family of 6 and it gets more and more expensive to make that trip to the grocery store. I have been "getting back to basics" for several years...
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I...... Well, I am tired of the I's trying to screw up OUR city... Being a single father of 5 making UNDER $29,000 per year is not easy...
... your comparisons to "screw up the city" funny at best. You did make a wonderful comment about Wright Way Farms, Denny and Susan are dear friends and our...
We don't want cows in our backyards. We want chickens. 4 chickens, no roosters. Just chickens. It won't take "a whole new level of bureaucracy" to monitor some...
"Why would a few families wanting 4 laying hens in our back yard be so much work?" Because you live in the CITY not the COUNTRY. Because in the city you have...
"You make it sound much more difficult than it really is." and you make it sound so much easier than it really is. Why can't someone have roosters? A rooster...
Alright, now I went to the Wright Way Farm and was glad to see the fruits & vegetables the option of eggs but what caught me off guard was the whole membership...
Tizzy, I am happy to see you are doing some research! I actually printed off the ordinance as printed from Madison for the council members when I asked them to...
Tizzy I just had another thought, while we were at the Mad City Chicken Tour one of the families said they would be willing to come to Beloit and hold the...
... I guess being green or eco friendly or sustainable city is not "NEW" Does anyone know what a victory garden is? During World Wars I and II, the government...
Terri: You assume that the City will automatically pass such an ordinance allowing chickens being raised. That issue has not been brought up and I would say...
... Mr. Murry, it is so nice that a council member is available to chat. Yes, I have been to the city meetings about pets and yes, I know it will be a long...
I'm kind of surprised no one has commented on Lowell Holz's apparently strong desire to leave Beloit after being here for such a short time. Since the...
Mahoolihan: Have you not been reading the newspaper lately? His resignation is irrevocable, and he will be finished working with the school district as of...
Thanks for the reply Chad. I missed that story. I'm sorry for the school district, for the teaching staff, the administrators and most of all for the kids....
I would have to agree in most part with what was last posted. Being that my mother and wife are both teachers, I have been surrounded by the educational...
There is a suspicion in some circles that the current administration will deep-six any remaining casino applications still in the hopper just before they leave...
MADISON (WKOW) -- Cub Foods today announced plans to close two locations, one in Madison and one in Beloit. The Nakoma Cub store located at 4716 Verona Road...
Feds say no to Beloit casino; fight not over, tribes say BELOIT -- The federal government on Tuesday denied a proposal to allow a casino complex in Beloit. The...