Today I am joined by Alex Gary, Gary is a reporter for the Beloit Daily News in Beloit, Wisconsin.
The discussion begins with Gary mentioning that Beloit is looking to fill its vacant City Manager position, with multiple people looking to take over the job.
Gary then discusses a large education story in Beloit, with the city's largest school district looking to trim its budget. Gary also mentions challenges that open enrollment present to Wisconsin public schools.
While discussing budgets, Gary and I then talked about a proposal that would combine the town and city of Beloit's fire departments into one entity. Currently, interim fire chiefs also run both departments.
Next, Gary mentions a story out of Beloit that is becoming a popular talking piece across rural and small cities in the Midwest, data centers. There is a current proposal on the table for the city of Beloit to examine land for a proposed data center.
Lastly we round out the conversation with a discussion about a new casino, hotel and convention center that has been top of mind for many Beloit residents since the mid 1990s.
For the full context, and conversation, on Beloit news listen in the link above.
Alex Gary is a reporter for the Beloit Daily News. You can find Alex's work on beloitdailynews.com
