News Archive for January 20, 2010
Lawyers gear up for triple-murder trial
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Lawyers for the prosecution and defense continue to jockey for advantage on the eve of the long-awaited trial of James C. Koepp.
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Charity looks to 'Pancake the Quake'
By STACY VOGEL - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Matt Werner and Phill Klamm used to be wrestling buddies at UW-Whitewater. Now, the fellow teachers—Werner in Milton and Klamm in Edgerton—wrestle poverty and need through the group they co-founded, Wrestling the World.
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Edgerton nursing home, hospital could be close to agreement
By STACY VOGEL - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
EDGERTON --
Edgerton Care Center and Edgerton Hospital could be close to an agreement that would settle the care center’s future, representatives of both groups said early this week.
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Big Foot board to consider arts requirement
By KAYLA BUNGE - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
WALWORTH --
Credit addition hinges on state, federal goals
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Hobbs lifts Williams Bay Bulldogs
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Becca Hobbs was a scoring machine Tuesday night for Williams Bay’s girls basketball team.
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Newcomer to challenge Hixson in fall
By STACY VOGEL - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
CENTER TOWNSHIP --
A local man is getting a jump start on his run for the state Assembly.
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Parkview hikes Rock Valley lead
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Orfordville Parkview High School’s boys basketball team survived a scare Tuesday night to increase its Rock Valley South lead.
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Jets help North win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Team North got a boost from Janesville Jets players in the North’s 5-2 victory over Team West in the NAHL’s Top Prospects All-Star game in Detroit on Monday.
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Brodhead boys hold off Evansville
By CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
BRODHEAD --
Brodhead High’s boys basketball team (7-5, 4-3) caught its Rock Valley rival, Evansville (7-5, 5-2), napping to build a pair of eight-point leads early in the fourth quarter of a nail-biting 53-50 victory.
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Man who jumped into river dies
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
JANESVILLE --
A man who jumped from the Center Avenue Bridge died Tuesday morning at Mercy Hospital, police said.
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East Troy man accused of attempting to hire hit man to kill Walworth County officials
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
WAUKESHA --
An East Troy man was charged Tuesday with attempting to hire a hit man to kill three Walworth County officials.
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Shopping scam uses fake Woodman's letter
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau says a new shopping scam is using the name of a Janesville-based grocery store chain.
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Salvation Army reaches kettle goal
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Clients of the Janesville Salvation Army will continue to receive much-needed services now that the annual season fundraising goal of $325,000 has been met.
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Seahawks introduce Schneider as general manager
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
RENTON, WASH. --
The Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday introduced former Green Bay Packers' director of football operations John Schneider as the Seahawks' new general manager.
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Boy suspected in Edgerton bomb threat
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
EDGERTON --
A 14-year-old boy was referred to authorities Tuesday in connection with a bomb scare at Edgerton High School.
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Public record for Jan. 20, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Young and old are the most at risk to the dangers of cold, exposure
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
JANESVILLE --
An elderly woman trying to save money on her energy bill turned down the heat in her house so much she slipped into hypothermia. Her core body temperature dropped to 86 degrees, and her speech was slurred by the time she arrived at Mercy Hospital’s emergency department.
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Illegal agriculture: Just a blip or tip of the iceberg?
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Three marijuana-growing operations uncovered in one month. What’s going on?
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Beloit fire claims a life
By STAN STRICKER - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Man found laying on floor
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A food for Haiti event attracts a large number of volunteers
By STAN STRICKER - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Volunteers responded quickly
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Review of Congo war halves death toll
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
UNITED NATIONS --
The Congo conflict has been dubbed the world’s deadliest since World War II, causing 5.4 million deaths, in a widely cited study. But a research group is challenging those figures, saying proper survey techniques would cut the number in half.
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Vote delivers wake-up call for Democrats
By DAVID BRODER - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
WASHINGTON --
With Scott Brown, Republicans have regained the 41st vote that allows them to filibuster bills in the Senate.
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Brown’s victory makes statement on health reform
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
WASHINGTON --
While Martha Coakley was ignoring the tsunami gathering outside her window, Scott Brown was hanging ten on a wave of dissatisfaction—standing on street corners, hand-delivering yard signs and, yes, shaking hands in the freezing cold.
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Death notices for Jan. 20, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Johnson, Moore help Boilermakers end skid
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
CHAMPAIGN, IL. --
JaJuan Johnson scored 24 points Tuesday night and E’Twaun Moore added 16 to lead No. 13 Purdue past Illinois, 84-78.
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Desire drives Marquette’s Hayward
By SHANNON RYAN - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
MILWAUKEE --
Growing up as an off-the-radar athlete in basketball coldbed Buffalo with his single father, Lazar Hayward Jr. learned to live by the lessons his dad taught him.
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Time for next Suter to chase another Olympic medal
By TERESA M. WALKER - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
NASHVILLE, TENN. --
When the Suters gather together and talk turns to Olympic hockey, Bob has top bragging rights with his gold medal from the 1980 Miracle on Ice in Lake Placid. Brother Gary antes up with his silver from Salt Lake City in 2002. Now it's time for another Suter — Ryan, Bob's son — to join the conversation.
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Stackhouse hopes he can contribute
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
MILWAUKEE --
Jerry Stackhouse knows he’ll play regular minutes for the first time in 14 months tonight. He’s a lot less certain about what he’ll be able to accomplish with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Rex Ryan making dad proud
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Buddy Ryan enjoying Jets’ surprising run
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Democrats seek back footing after epic Mass. loss
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
BOSTON --
A year to the day after his inauguration, Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are suddenly scrambling to save his signature health care overhaul and somehow rediscover their political magic after an epic loss in the Massachusetts Senate race.
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Bills hire Gailey as head coach
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. --
Chan Gailey was hired by the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday, getting a second chance to prove himself as an NFL coach and inheriting a team that has missed the playoffs for 10 straight years.
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Latest scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Tuesday's high school boys basketball, girls basketball, boys hockey
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