News Archive for January 12, 2010
159 pot plants seized at Linn Township home
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
LINN TOWNSHIP --
Sheriff’s deputies and local police reported seizing 159 marijuana plants and about 150 grams of processed marijuana after executing a search warrant at a Linn Township home on Friday.
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Residents warned about census scams
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
ELKHORN --
Authorities are warning Walworth County residents to be cautious of scammers pretending to be census workers.
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UW-Rock County wins 3rd straight
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
MANITOWOC --
UW-Rock County ran its winning streak to three games, cruising past UW-Manitowoc, 67-42, in Wisconsin Collegiate Conference men’s basketball here Monday.
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Boundary line committee members named
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Seven residents have been appointed to a committee that will consider the possibility of closing a Janesville School District elementary school.
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Ethanol plant makes progress on action plan
By STACY VOGEL - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
MILTON --
Neighbors of the United Ethanol plant soon will get their say before a nationally known consultant.
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Lakeside tops Deerfield
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
Lakeside Lutheran rolled past Deerfield 54-40 in nonconference girls basketball to improve to 9-0 for the season.
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Janesville native announces bid for state treasurer
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Janesville native and former Rock County Board Supervisor Scott Feldt said he wants to bring stability and respect back to the state treasurer’s office in his bid for the position.
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Few file to run for vacant seats
By KAYLA BUNGE - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
Ballots in four communities in Rock and Walworth counties are going to be pretty empty.
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Elkhorn schools could use federal dollars to fund new summer school program
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
ELKHORN --
School board officials hope to use federal money for a summer school program aimed at students up to eighth grade.
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Dealerships make a deal
By JIM LEUTE - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
Both expected to benefit
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Moving on isn’t easy for Packers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
GREEN BAY --
The wild overtime loss at Arizona left Aaron Rodgers with plenty of time to dwell on the handful of mistakes he made in an otherwise stellar playoff debut.
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City council approves shorter shovel notice
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Some Janesville City Council members admonished the city to clear its own sidewalks before it requires residents to do the same.
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Public record for Jan. 12, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
Steele and Reid: Partners in Pickledom
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
Without Harry Reid, Michael Steele would be looking at another week of whispers about his rocky reign as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Which is only fair because, without Michael Steele, Harry Reid would have been looking a full week of panicky chatter about the Senate majority leader’s likely-to-be-shrinking Senate majority.
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Janesville homicide suspect pleads guilty
By TED SULLIVAN - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in the city’s Fourth Ward neighborhood pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree intentional homicide.
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Vehicle crash kills Clinton woman
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
CLINTON TOWNSHIP --
A Clinton woman died in a single-vehicle crash discovered early Monday morning.
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Death notices for Jan. 12, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
Redd out for rest of season
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
MILWAUKEE --
Guard suffers injury to same left knee
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Fort in control vs. Edgerton
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
Fort Atkinson High School used a strong second quarter to roll past visiting Edgerton, 62-52, in nonconference boys basketball Monday.
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Skiles hospitalized, misses game
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
PHOENIX --
Steve Nash had 30 points and 11 assists, helping the Phoenix Suns rally after blowing a 24-point lead and beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 105-101, on Monday night for the 22nd consecutive time at home.
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Broken wrist sidelines Badgers’ Leuer
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
MADISON --
Junior forward out indefinitely
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Labor angry over Obama-backed insurance tax
By ERICA WERNER - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
WASHINGTON --
Labor leaders are pushing hard on President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to drop a proposed new tax on high-value health insurance plans, warning of political consequences.
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Smoking stats trigger alarm bells over budget cut
By MAUREEN BUSALACCHI - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
in what appears to be a backroom deal in the last budget, lawmakers slashed funding for the state’s youth programs and adult cessation programs by two-thirds. We in the health community expected a cut. We didn’t expect lawmakers to decimate a highly successful, proven program. This will be a costly mistake. Smoking rates started climbing in other states that dramatically cut their programs.
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