News Archive for May 16, 2008
Whitewater softball team falls in NCAA series opener
By JOHN MONTGOMERY/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Friday, May 16, 2008
SALEM, VA. -- Cortland State drops Warhakws in last inning, 5-4
O’Leary to seek re-election
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, May 16, 2008
JANESVILLE -- Rock County District Attorney David O'Leary will seek a seventh term in November.
Rotary Gardens to hold annual plant sale Saturday
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, May 16, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Rotary Gardens' annual plant sale runs Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is a fund-raiser for the gardens and the Rock Prairie Master Gardener program.
Postponement forces Brewers into doubleheader
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, May 16, 2008
BOSTON -- Milwaukee faces day-night matchup with Red Sox
Craig soccer team ties Wauwatosa East
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 16, 2008
JANESVILLE -- Fashing, Benson give Cougars a 2-0 halftime in 3-3 game
Parker nets soccer win over Westosha
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 16, 2008
SALEM -- Vikings complete regular season with 14 victories
Saudis see no reason to raise oil production now
By JENNIFER LOVEN - Friday, May 16, 2008
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA --
Saudi Arabian leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until their customers demand it, apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices.
Workers say union no longer effective
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, May 16, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Penny Lundgren, who has worked at Woodman’s in Janesville for more than 29 years, said employees don’t get much in exchange for their union dues.
Walworth County Jail literacy program has potential to prevent inmates' return to jail
By KAYLA BUNGE - Friday, May 16, 2008
ELKHORN --
This summer, the Walworth County Literacy Council is launching a program designed to give inmates skills to succeed after their release from jail.
Staskal case back in limbo
By MIKE DUPRE' - Friday, May 16, 2008
JANESVILLE -- The adult group home in Madison that was to be Staskal’s new home in a matter of weeks, has backed out of a conditional-release plan approved Tuesday by Rock County Judge Michael Byron.
Man to be tried in dad’s death
By KAYLA BUNGE - Friday, May 16, 2008
ELKHORN --
The 27-year-old Lake Geneva man accused of beating his father, who later died, has been bound over for trial.
Death notices for May 16, 2008
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 16, 2008
Woman dies after car accident
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 16, 2008
AZTALAN TOWNSHIP -- A Jefferson woman died Thursday and a Lake Mills woman faces charges after a May 8 accident.
Janesville Figure Skating Club to host Saturday skating event
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, May 16, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Like many Olympic figure skating medalists, skaters get their starts at local clubs, which host events that advance skaters in their quests to become the best.
Council considers borrowing $15 million
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, May 16, 2008
JANESVILLE --
The city proposes to borrow almost $15 million to pay for various projects, including the first portion of a million-dollar program to buy land around the wastewater treatment plant as a buffer for residences and $500,000 for the Youth Sports Complex.
Can Parkview keep outbound students?
By GINA DUWE - Friday, May 16, 2008
ORFORDVILLE -- When school opens next fall, the Parkview district could see a loss of 81 students.
Aqua Jays' insurance company sued over fall
By MIKE DUPRE' - Friday, May 16, 2008
JANESVILLE -- Bradley J. Springbrum of Janesville fell down an elevator shaft in October while carting soda around a warehouse used by Janesville’s Rock Aqua Jays water-ski club as Fright Factory, the club’s fund-raising haunted house.
Notices sent out to wrong addresses
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 16, 2008
JANESVILLE -- Thousands of city residents can ignore delinquent water notices sent to the wrong addresses.
View of bridge could improve
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, May 16, 2008
TURTLE TOWNSHIP --
In a letter to the Rock County Parks Committee, Dan and Pam DeLong have offered to donate up to $10,000 to clear trash trees between County J and the bridge and to build a memorial on the site.
Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling
By LISA LEFF - Friday, May 16, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. --
Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state.
Red-hot Cougars win again
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 16, 2008
The Janesville Craig baseball team bangs out 13 hits to beat Madison East, 9-1, in Big Eight baseball on Thursday. The Cougars (11-8, 8-7) have won five of their last six games and own a five-game Big Eight winning streak.
Edgerton starts fast in WIAA regional softball
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 16, 2008
The Edgeton Crimson Tide (15-3) scored in every inning except the first to bury the sixth-seeded Delavan-Darien, 10-0, in a six-inning WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal game Thursday.
Peace won't come until Arabs accept a Jewish state
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, May 16, 2008
WASHINGTON --
Palestinian dispossession is a direct result of the Arab rejection, then and now, of a Jewish state of any size on any part of the vast lands the Arabs claim as their exclusive patrimony. That was the cause of the war 60 years ago that, in turn, caused the refugee problem. And it remains the cause of war today.
Democrats offer thrills ‘n’ chills
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Friday, May 16, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama and John Edwards make an attractive picture—Ultra Brite coverboys of youth and glamour united against old men (and women) who worship the status quo. Fraternal twins of yin and yang, one is the healer, the other a fighter.
