News Archive for April 14, 2011
Boston baby: Ryan set for Beantown marathon
By KEN VELOSKEY - Thursday, April 14, 2011
JANESVILLE --
On Patriot’s Day this Monday, Janesville native Tobin Ryan, 46, makes his debut in the storied Boston Marathon, a 26-mile, 385-yard run from Hopkinton to Copley Square.
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State budget cuts roll downhill
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, April 14, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Gov. Scott Walker said he gave cities the tools to deal with proposed cuts in state shared revenue, but Janesville City Manager Eric Levitt said those tools would help the city make up only about 34 percent of what Janesville would lose in state aid.
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Beloit Snappers run winning streak to five games
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 14, 2011
BELOIT --
The Beloit Snappers pounded out 14 hits, including two home runs to stop the visiting Clinton LumberKings, 10-4, for their fifth straight Midwest League baseball victory Wednesday at Pohlman Field.
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Janesville Parker softabll falls in eighth, Craig wins
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 14, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Parker High School lost a 5-4 heartbreaker to visiting Sun Prairie in eight innings Wednesday in Big Eight Conference softball.
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Dems plan unofficial state budget hearing
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, April 14, 2011
ROCK TOWNSHIP --
Democrats are holding their own state budget hearings around the state, including one at Blackhawk Technical College on Wednesday, April 20.
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Williams Bay School Board approves layoffs
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Thursday, April 14, 2011
WILLIAMS BAY --
The Williams Bay School District expects to save about $400,000 through teacher cuts and layoffs approved Monday, but administrators say more reductions are on the horizon to address the district's ballooning deficit.
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Warhawks ride pitching in sweep
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 14, 2011
UW-Whitewater’s baseball team got back on the winning track Wednesday.
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Public record for April 14, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 14, 2011
Janesville Craig golf on upswing
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 14, 2011
Janesville Craig boys golf coach Dominic Wiegel hopes a promising start will lead to a productive season for the Cougars.
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Downtown business owners weigh historic district changes
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, April 14, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Several business people expressed concern about a proposed historic overlay district in downtown Janesville, and one said he had better hurry up and get a new door installed before the district is approved.
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Sheriff's office, police department dole out awards
By TED SULLIVAN - Thursday, April 14, 2011
JANESVILLE --
When Rock County Sheriff's Deputy Joshua Molter responded to a car accident, he found a person who had been ejected from the vehicle.
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Thrashed by an olive branch
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, April 14, 2011
“No way! If he’s gonna give a budget speech, then it oughta be a budget speech—not a campaign speech!”
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Analysis: Obama tiptoes on proposed tax hikes
By CHARLES BABINGTON - Thursday, April 14, 2011
WASHINGTON --
President Obama's language was tortured and opaque when it came to one element of his own proposal: raising taxes for certain Americans, mostly high earners.
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Death notices for April 14, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, April 14, 2011
Search on for Brewers shortstops
By TOM HAUDRICOURT - Thursday, April 14, 2011
PITTSBURGH --
The Brewers are in the midst of a shortstop crisis at the top of their farm system.
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Zambrano stars with arm, bat
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, April 14, 2011
HOUSTON --
Carlos Zambrano brushed off the idea that his bad sixth inning on the mound Wednesday night was a result of being worked up after his home run in the top half of the frame.
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Badgers roll out new batch of offensive linemen
By COLIN FLY - Thursday, April 14, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
Wisconsin lost nearly 1,000 pounds and the entire left side of its award-winning offensive line in the offseason.
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Marcum takes some off fastball to stop Pirates in their tracks
By TOM HAUDRICOURT - Thursday, April 14, 2011
PITTSBURGH --
Shaun Marcum never has been known for the eye-popping velocity on his pitches, but the Milwaukee Brewers right-hander actually tried to take something off the ball Wednesday night.
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Final salute from Redd?
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, April 14, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY --
Michael Redd’s run in Milwaukee may be over after more than a decade, but not without one last happy memory.
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Eichorst hits Miami
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, April 14, 2011
CORAL GABLES, FLA. --
Miami is searching for a men’s basketball coach, raising money for some major construction initiatives and has already taken the first steps toward trying to revitalize its football program.
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No call to action
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Thursday, April 14, 2011
CHICAGO --
The decision by a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concerning Arizona's immigration law was not unanimous and the nuanced views each of the three judges expressed in the 87-page opinion illustrate the complex, political and sometimes contradictory nature of our tangle of immigration laws.
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