News Archive for August 10, 2011
School board still wants to see list of cuts
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville School Board wants to see what kinds of budget cuts are possible. Eight of nine board members voted Tuesday to require the administration to come up with a list of cuts.
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City: Traffic main issue at hospital site
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville city staff is waiting for a study showing how a proposed hospital facility on the northeast side could affect traffic there.
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Covered Bridge Days adds new Wildflower Festival
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
BRODHEAD --
Someone noticed the wildflower plantings that have popped up around Brodhead and thought the city could highlight the native plantings. The idea took root and grew into the first Wildflower Festival and Wildflower Art Festival scheduled for this weekend.
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Tapson: Slow project borrowing
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
ELKHORN --
The city of Elkhorn might want to consider less borrowing for planned capital improvement projects until the economy improves, City Administrator Sam Tapson wrote in a memo.
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Hoag joins growing judicial field
By DAVID BRAZY - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
JANESVILLE --
A third candidate has entered the race for a Rock County Circuit Court bench seat, forcing a primary election.
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Snappers, Bandits gain split
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
BELOIT --
The Beloit Snappers split a doubleheader Tuesday with the visiting Quad Cities River Bandits in Midwest League baseball.
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Was man in Delavan or Ukraine?
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
ELKHORN --
Where was Gerald J. Nickels? A 2009 Walworth County criminal complaint charges Nickels with fleeing to Ukraine after selling a house that he and his fiancé had built, taking the money and leaving his fiancé behind, according to the complaint.
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Thyne promoted to assistant AD at UW-Whitewater
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
WHITEWATER --
UW-Whitewater has named an assistant athletic director and announced the hiring of new assistant coaches in men's basketball and baseball.
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Parkview to present balanced budget
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
ORFORDVILLE --
Parkview administrators will present voters with a balanced budget—the result of cutting $750,000—at Monday's annual meeting.
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Cyclones roll to tourney title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
The Janesville Cyclones added prestige to the Janesville Youth Softball and Baseball Association program by winning the Stoughton Tournament the past weekend.
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Rollover accident kills 25 pigs in Beloit
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
BELOIT --
A semitrailer truck transporting livestock rolled over Tuesday afternoon at the corner of White and Woodward avenues in Beloit, killing 25 pigs.
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Slashing suspect put in mental facility
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The man suspected of cutting his own throat before cutting the throats of the woman who lived with him and their daughter was transferred Monday to Winnebago Mental Health Institute near Oshkosh for a mental evaluation.
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New Rock County land regulations to be discussed
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Residents this month will get a chance to learn and speak publicly about changes to Rock County's land-division regulations.
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Hospitals are designed more like hotels to improve patient care
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Gone are the days of the institutional feel in hospitals. Health care facilities are being built with a hotel- or spa-like feel to create a more comfortable atmosphere for patients, staff and visitors.
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IndyCar drivers letting emotions take over on track
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
LEXINGTON, OHIO --
Consider it road rage at the major league level. IndyCar has been hit by a rash of on-track aggression not usually seen in open-wheel racing.
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Public record for Aug. 10, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
Kerry Ingredients in Beloit plans expansion
By STAN STRICKER - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
Expansion is also expected to help retain 800 existing jobs
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Golf has plenty of parity, but lacking star power
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
JOHNS CREEK, GA. --
The world’s top-ranked player faced more empty seats than actual reporters when he met with the media before the PGA Championship.
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After the downgrade: Declining blame, assigning blame
By RICK HOROWITZ - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
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Wisconsin GOP's stand could reverberate elsewhere
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
MADISON --
A stand by Wisconsin Republicans against a massive effort to oust them from power could reverberate across the country as the battle over union rights and the conservative revolution heads toward the 2012 presidential race.
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Brewers beat Cardinals 5-3 in 10 innings
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
ST. LOUIS --
Another big swing from Casey McGehee kept the Milwaukee Brewers rolling and dealt another blow to their closest pursuers in the NL Central.
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