News Archive for December 9, 2009
Options are few to keep pipes, people warm during power outages
By STACY VOGEL - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Power outages and extreme cold could make for dangerous situations tonight and Thursday.
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Projects cut to balance Janesville schools budget
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville School Board on Tuesday stayed away from money earmarked for teacher pay and instead voted to delay four maintenance projects.
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Students plan educational rap program Friday at JPAC
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Local teachers are using hip-hop music to lead at-risk teens away from negative influences.
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Edgerton Home Health to stop services
By STACY VOGEL - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
EDGERTON --
Declining patient loads and reimbursement rates have combined to spell the end of Edgerton Home Health, a branch of Edgerton Care Center.
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Delavan-Darien girls basketball look for third straight title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
After winning a conference championship in 1985, Delavan-Darien High School's girls basketball program went 23 years without another one.
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Lake Geneva man sought in connection with robbery
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
LAKE GENEVA --
Police are continuing their search for a man who robbed a Lake Geneva pharmacy Monday afternoon.
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Craig gymnasts anxious to get going
By JOHN BARRY - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
The high school girls gymnastics season gets under way Saturday for Janesville Craig.
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Elkhorn man loses funeral director's license
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
ELKHORN --
An Elkhorn man has surrendered his license to act as a funeral director after a state order that resolved pending disciplinary action against him.
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FTs boost Westosha boys
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
Westosha Central High School sank 27 free throws en route to defeating visiting Lake Geneva Badger, 65-61, in a Southern Lakes boys basketball opener Tuesday night.
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Williams Bay girls breeze to win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
Becca Hobbs scored 25 points to pace Williams Bay to a 43-14 victory over visiting Milwaukee South in nonconference girls basketball Monday.
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Grief grips East Troy; residents find support in each other
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
EAST TROY --
East Troy is a community in mourning. Within about a month, five East Troy natives died unexpectedly.
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State suspends Beloit nurse's license
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
BELOIT --
State officials have indefinitely suspended the license of a Beloit woman to practice as a registered nurse.
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Public record for Dec. 9, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
Beloit's early surge buries Craig boys
By STAN MILAM - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
BELOIT --
A couple of hundred hardy fans showed up Tuesday night at Barkin Arena in the midst of the season's first major snowstorm see a Big Eight boys basketball game when a track meet broke out.
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Ice arena plan could mean new location for fire station No. 1
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
City staff would recommend moving fire station No. 1 to a new building at the site of the city ice arena if a private group raises enough money to build a new ice arena on the city’s south side.
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Rock County snowmobile trails blocked by standing corn
By STEVE BENTON - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
ROCK COUNTY --
Rock County Snowmobile Alliance officials are working to reroute snowmobile trails blocked by standing corn in farm fields
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Gold rush: Nasty weather a boon for some
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
They call it white gold. Auto body shop owners make money from snow this time of year
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Winter says hello to Janesville area
By TED SULLIVAN - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Snowstorm causes wrecks, warnings and cancellations
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Death notices for Dec. 9, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
Obama using grab-bag approach to fight recession
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
WASHINGTON --
President Barack Obama, battling the worst downturn since FDR's time, has put together a grab-bag program that borrows a little from Roosevelt but much more closely resembles the approach taken by recent presidents of both parties, who have leaned heavily on tax cuts to spur job creation.
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Rondo carries Celtics past Bucks
By JIMMY GOLE - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
BOSTON --
The Celtics point guard had 13 assists and nine rebounds on Tuesday night, then scored all of his 11 points in the fourth quarter as Boston pulled away to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 98-89 and win their eighth straight game.
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Santorum’s resurrection
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
WASHINGTON --
En route to South Carolina on Tuesday to stump for gubernatorial candidate and Republican Rep. Gresham Barrett, Rick Santorum wasn’t being cagey, just practical. Whether the former Pennsylvania senator can raise the millions needed for a presidential bid remains to be seen.
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