Mercy given green light

Construction could start as soon as today on a 24,000-square-foot medical facility that Mercy Health System plans to complete on the city’s northeast side by the end of the year. The city’s plan commission approved a conditional-use permit Monday for the first phase of what could over many years become a development of four Mercy buildings that encompass a total of 475,000 square feet. (JANESVILLE GAZETTE, 9/22)