News Archive for July 9, 2009
Officials cautious on July 4 event
By KATHLEEN FOODY - Thursday, July 9, 2009
JANESVILLE -- Janesville's Odd Fellows met Wednesday night to discuss their losses and consider the future of planning Fourth of July events.
No new contract in sight for Janesville teachers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 9, 2009
JANESVILLE -- Janesville public school teachers might return to work next month without a new contract.
Carbon monoxide kills two in Janesville
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, July 9, 2009
HARMONY TOWNSHIP --
The couple who died Tuesday of carbon monoxide poisoning owned a carbon monoxide detector, but it wasn't plugged in, a Rock Count official said.
Elkhorn police using Twitter
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Thursday, July 9, 2009
ELKHORN -- The Elkhorn Police Department wants you to follow them on Twitter.
Expert to address heroin concerns
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, July 9, 2009
JANESVILLE -- A seminar by a drug-abuse expert Wednesday, July 15, in Janesville will address possible roots heroin problems.
Cardinals rally late to beat Brewers, 5-1
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, July 9, 2009
MILWAUKEE --
The St. Louis Cardinals rallied in the eighth inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 on Thursday in Milwaukee.
Delavan to talk park and rec
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, July 9, 2009
DELAVAN -- For the second time in three months, a person has resigned as the head of the Delavan Parks and Recreation Department.
Public record for July 9, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 9, 2009
People protest plea deal in child abuse case
By SHELLY BIRKELO, GINA DUWE - Thursday, July 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
More than a dozen people protested outside the Rock County Courthouse about a child-abuse case Wednesday before the accused man struck a plea agreement and was sentenced to two years of probation.
Janesville's SSI set to acquire Hazen
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, July 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
SSI Technologies of Janesville plans to acquire an Arkansas company in a deal that could add $20 million in sales and 40 to 50 local jobs.
Think "safety" when shopping at the farmers' market
By STEVE BENTON - Thursday, July 9, 2009
ROCK COUNTY -- Proper care of food purchased at your local farmers' market is important
Quick on the draw—and the overdraw
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, July 9, 2009
I’ve tiptoed only so far into Techno-Dollar World. I finally started paying some of my bills online. Which was more than enough to get me into hot water.
Death notices for July 9, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 9, 2009
SKorea on high alert for more cyber attacks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, July 9, 2009
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA --
South Korea was on high alert Thursday for more cyber attacks amid suspicions that North Korea was behind a recent wave of Web site outages in the South and in the United States.
McNair’s shocking slaying shatters another sports myth
By RICH HOFMANN - Thursday, July 9, 2009
Shock gives way to morbid fascination, which turns to rampant speculation, which is followed quickly by moralizing and all of the rest. Steve McNair, this is your death.
Trying season can’t stop Stadler
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, July 9, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. -- Elliott Sadler’s season has been about as bumpy as a lap around Daytona International Speedway.
Legion clinches division title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 9, 2009
JANESVILLE -- The Janesville American Legion baseball team swept Kenosha 4-3, 11-0, to win the Lakes Area Legion League’s American West Division regular-season title here Wednesday.
Beloit Snappers dig early hole
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 9, 2009
BELOIT -- An early uprising once again doomed the Beloit Snappers in a 6-3 loss to the visiting South Bend Silver Hawks in Midwest League baseball Wednesday.
Teams turn to all-you-can-eat menus
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, July 9, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS -- First pitch was still half an hour away and the empty plastic cups, crinkled foil wrappers and peanut shells were already piling up under the blue seats in the Metrodome’s upper deck.
Lenny ‘Nails’ Dykstra hammered by tough times
By JIM SALISBURY - Thursday, July 9, 2009
In the strongest evidence yet that his financial empire is crumbling, former Phillies star Lenny Dykstra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in a California court.
Fielder’s infield RBI single gives Brewers’ winning run against Cards
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, July 9, 2009
MILWAUKEE --
Fielder legged out a two-out, eighth inning infield single that brought home the go-ahead run and the struggling Brewers rallied to beat the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4, on Wednesday night.
United Way changes funding methods
By STAN STRICKER - Thursday, July 9, 2009
Funding now based on community needs
Know when to fold ’em
By DAVID BRODER - Thursday, July 9, 2009
WASHINGTON --
More opposite characters you could not imagine than Robert McNamara and Sarah Palin. They teach a couple important lessons about the way to handle exits from high office.
