News Archive for July 18, 2010
McCann's slam lifts Braves past Brewers, 11-6
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sunday, July 18, 2010
ATLANTA --
The Atlanta Braves ended a rare two-game home losing streak by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 11-6 on Sunday.
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'Children will be slipping through the cracks'
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Sunday, July 18, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Court Appointed Special Advocates, a nonprofit program of Family Services of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, won’t be able to meet even part of the local need because National CASA Association funding ended June 30.
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Gap in funding leaves local CASA program at risk
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Sunday, July 18, 2010
JANESVILLE --
CASA of Rock County received $162,000 from the national organization over the past five years, but it did not receive grant money for its 2010-11 fiscal year that started July 1.
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Kvapil reflects on penalty that put his new team behind
By BRENT ENGH - Sunday, July 18, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Travis Kvapil has endured more lowlights than highlights over the first half of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup series season.
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Keeping Evansville's past in focus
By JASON SMATHERS - Sunday, July 18, 2010
EVANSVILLE --
Thanks to Ruth Ann Montgomery, Evansville residents should know practically everything they ever wanted to know about their hometown.
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Janesville 13s win district title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, July 18, 2010
Janesville defeated Middleton twice Saturday to win the Babe Ruth League 13-year-old district championship at Middleton High School.
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Legion wins twice at Plover tournament
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, July 18, 2010
PLOVER --
Janesville's American Legion baseball team got back on the winning track Saturday.
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Gladiators drop Crusaders
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, July 18, 2010
MILTON --
The Rock County Gladiators brought the curtain down on their home season in fine fashion with a 27-6 victory over the Fond du Lac Crusaders in Ironman Football League play here Saturday.
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Help sought for homeless count
By ANN MARIE AMES - Sunday, July 18, 2010
JANESVILLE --
If you've never participated in Rock County's twice-annual homeless count, a summer night might be a nice way to try it out.
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Walker leads South all-stars to win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, July 18, 2010
OSHKOSH --
Michael Walker scored two touchdowns to lead the South to a 28-6 victory over the North at UW-Oshkosh's Titan Stadium on Saturday.
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Public record for July 18, 2010
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Sunday, July 18, 2010
JANESVILLE --
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Janesville women enjoying cross-country volunteer tour
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Sunday, July 18, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Sarah Hamilton and Kate Terry are participating in Bike & Build, an organization that sends troops of cyclists on coast-to-coast rides each summer. They stop along the way to help build affordable housing.
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Ice arena supporters continue to seek two sheets of ice
By MARCIA NELESEN - Sunday, July 18, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The spokesman for a group raising private money to help pay for a new city ice arena said it should have two sheets of ice, not one as recommended by a city consultant.
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Janesville teenager is clear after battling testicular cancer for eight months
By JOHN BARRY - Sunday, July 18, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Every athlete dreams of setting records. Zach Whalen's record is a nightmare.
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Lake Mills woman dies in rollover accident
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, July 18, 2010
WATERTOWN, WIS. --
A 19-year-old woman from Lake Mills is dead after a one-car accident in Watertown Township early Saturday, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported.
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Hart, Fielder power Brewers past Braves, 6-3
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sunday, July 18, 2010
ATLANTA --
Corey Hart hit a three-run double and Prince Fielder homered before he was hit by a pitch for the second straight game, and the Brewers beat the Braves 6-3 on Saturday night.
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Pro-Reagan vs. anti-Bush
By DAVID BRODER - Sunday, July 18, 2010
WASHINGTON --
By labeling a future Republican Congress as a Bush Congress, some think that Democrats can beat the opposition back this fall. But maybe all the Republicans have to do is to reject the Bush label and bring up Ronald Reagan for an encore.
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Good golly Ms. Molly
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Sunday, July 18, 2010
WASHINGTON --
Those pesky, humor-challenged jihadists are at it again. A group of radical Muslims, whose promises to sacrifice their souls can't be kept soon enough, apparently won't be satisfied until happy people everywhere are dead. In yet another sequel in the series, another cartoonist fatwa has been issued.
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