News Archive for August 19, 2010
Rock County joins in statewide drunk driving crackdown
By STAN STRICKER - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
Crackdown is one in a series
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Clinton Community Hisotrical Society plans old fashioned parade
By STAN STRICKER - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
Small community swells with visitors
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Eat local challenge begins
By STAN STRICKER - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
The intent is to benefit environment and local economy
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Lawmaker wants to toughen animal abuse law because of local case
By TED SULLIVAN - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
A mistreating animals case involving a Milton man accused of shooting a dog with a bow and arrow has spurred a state legislator to propose a tougher law against pet assaults.
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Sweepstakes winnings are scams
By KAYLA BUNGE - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The letter looks legitimate. It includes what looks like a real address for the bureau and what looks like an official logo of the bureau. But the claim form is very simplistic. It includes only a place for a signature.
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Peyer takes over for Janesville Craig tennis
By MIKE JOHNSON - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Bill Peyer takes over for longtime coach Camilla Owen.
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Experience boosts Janesville Parker tennis
By MIKE JOHNSON - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Parker’s trump card this season may well be experience.
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Square shifts post to Wilmot
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
DELAVAN --
Coach moves from Delavan-Darien High
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Found invoices prompt calls for finance audit
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
DELAVAN --
Bills for $97,500 are from 2008-09
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Janesville Craig earns split in girls golf meet
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Ashley Hermanns fired a personal-best 93 to lead Janesville Craig High School to a split in Big Eight Conference girls golf Wednesday at Riverside.
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Big Foot ag teachers garnering national attention
By KAYLA BUNGE - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
WALWORTH --
The agriculture education program at Big Foot High School is getting a lot of national attention because teachers Lisa Konkel and Rick Henningfeld take their classes in a different direction.
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Beloit Snappers double-up Wisconsin
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
GRAND CHUTE --
The Beloit Snappers tattooed the host Wisconsin Timber Rattlers with eight runs in the third inning en route to a 14-7 victory in Midwest League baseball Wednesday.
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Gun found, but no charges in Walworth shooting
By KAYLA BUNGE - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
WALWORTH TOWNSHIP --
Authorities have found a handgun they believe was used in an Aug. 5 shooting on the south side of Delavan Lake, but the two suspects arrested in connection with the incident have not yet been charged with the crime.
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Roger Clemens charged with perjury in steroid case
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
WASHINGTON --
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to Congress about using steroids and growth hormone.
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Dean planning new clinic at Edgerton Hospital campus
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
EDGERTON --
10,000-square-foot project could be completed by July 2011
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Public record for Aug. 19, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
Scooter driver killed in Beloit
By STEVE BENTON - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
Beloit police are investigating a fatal traffic accident reported around 5:30 Wednesday night on the city's west side.
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Bus Bingo is big in Beloit
By STEVE BENTON - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
BELOIT --
A special promotion may increase ridership on the Beloit Transit System
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Mosque debate divides Democrats, especially in NY
By BETH FOUHY - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
NEW YORK --
As vulnerable congressional Democrats weigh how to respond to President Barack Obama's statements on Muslims' right to build a mosque near ground zero, those in New York and closest to the controversy are staying silent or scrambling away.
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Ground zero for freedom
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
NEW YORK --
Some things are easy to forget when feelings are hurt
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Death notices for Aug. 19, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home
By REBECCA SANTANA - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
KHABARI CROSSING, KUWAIT --
A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the pre-dawn desert, lumbered past the barbed wire and metal gates marking the border between Iraq and Kuwait early Thursday and rolled into history.
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Will the misery end for Michigan?
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
ANN ARBOR, MICH. --
The University of Michigan has endured a lot of misery in Rich Rodriguez’s two seasons in charge.
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More, more, more: UW wants new center
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
MADISON --
Wisconsin athletic officials are asking for a $76.8 million athletic performance center in the next two-year state budget, just five years after a $109.5-million expansion of Camp Randall Stadium.
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Brewers find indirect route
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
ST. LOUIS --
No shutout for Randy Wolf. No save for John Axford. And neither seemed to mind when Trevor Hoffman finished this one.
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All about team for Favre
By JUDD ZULGAD - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS --
Brett Favre’s return to the Vikings—following more than six months of relative silence—came Wednesday at Winter Park in a long-winded news conference with a central theme.
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Time not on Favre’s side in this comeback
By DAN POMPEI - Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
CHICAGO --
Rock stars usually save their best song for the encore. But in the case of football’s biggest rock star, he might have already given his best before the cigarette lighters came out.
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