News Archive for August 17, 2011
Evansville adds senior project to high school grad requirements
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
EVANSVILLE --
Kelsey Hoverson had planned to attend Iowa State to major in engineering after graduating from Evansville High School last spring.
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Rumors of Ryan campaign for White House remain untrue
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Paul Ryan is not considering a run for president, despite a flurry of speculation to the contrary Tuesday. That's the word from the Janesville Republican's spokesman, Kevin Seifert.
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Bradford OKs pivot regulation
By ANN MARIE AMES - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
BRADFORD TOWNSHIP --
The town of Bradford is the last among Rock County towns to regulate the use of center-pivot irrigators to empty manure-storage lagoons.
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Not the merry pranksters
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
The country is reeling from depression, recession and oppression and the president decides to take a Heartland tour in the visual equivalent of an armored hearse.
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ECHO: Cash is low, needy kids might be ill equipped
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Free school supplies might not be as plentiful for needy Janesville kids this fall. ECHO, the local agency whose main mission is providing food and shelter, has provided school supplies for 35 years.
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Janesville Parker, Craig fall in soccer openers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
Jake Olson scored two goals to lead Evansville to a 3-0 nonconference boys soccer victory at Janesville Craig Tuesday night in the season opener for both teams.
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Janesville Craig, Parker each win three tennis matches
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Craig and Janesville Parker girls tennis teams each won three matches apiece in the two-day Craig Invitational completed Tuesday.
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Brodhead sits on fire chief decision
By HOLLY ANN GAREY - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
BRODHEAD --
After getting public input on the matter Tuesday, the Brodhead City Council delayed action on whether to keep the position of full-time fire chief.
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Janesville Parker golfers tie for 2nd
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
BELOIT --
Janesville Parker’s girls golf team tied for second at Tuesday’s Beloit Scramble.
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Whitewater, county settle on TIF charges
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
WHITEWATER --
Whitewater city officials struck an intergovernmental agreement with Walworth County to receive more than $123,000 in special charges related to one of its taxing districts.
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Manhunt fails to find pair of suspects
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
ROCK TOWNSHIP --
Dense undergrowth in a wooded area of rural Rock County hampered a search for two people wanted in connection with a drug investigation. The pair are still at large.
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Zimmerman, Delsman tied at top entering final day
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
KOHLER --
There was a changing of the guard Tuesday in the second round the Wisconsin State Open golf tournament at Blackwolf Run.
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Kinder pleads not guilty to charges
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Matthew A. Kinder plead not guilty in Rock County Court on Tuesday morning to two charges related to a burglary on July 21.
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Public record for Aug. 17, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
Michigan turns to Hoke to help restore program’s winning tradition
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
ANN ARBOR, MICH. --
Quarterback Denard Robinson flourished last year in Rich Rodriguez’s spread as a sophomore.
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Does passage lead from Rock River to Tallman House?
By DAVID BRAZY - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The hunt was on Tuesday afternoon. Rumors have swirled for years about a secret tunnel leading from the Tallman House to the nearby Rock River.
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Milton stands firm on beer-sale curfew
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
MILTON --
A Milton City Council committee upheld a fledgling ordinance amendment that cuts off retail beer sales at 9 p.m., despite a plea Tuesday by a local gas station owner who says the ordinance unfairly targets him.
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Death notices for Aug. 17, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
McCoy cherishes Favre’s advice
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
BEREA, OHIO --
The Browns quarterback got Favre’s assistance—and more than he could have dreamed.
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Butrym shows he belongs with UW football
By JEFF POTRYKUS - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
MADISON --
As he prepared for his first season as Wisconsin’s head football coach, Bret Bielema had reservations about offering a scholarship to Patrick Butrym.
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White House paints GOP field with tea party brush
By CHARLES BABINGTON - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
WASHINGTON --
The rising profiles of Republican presidential candidates Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann are giving the White House a new opening: linking the entire GOP field to the tea party, whose popularity has recently sagged.
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Kotsay's bases-loaded single lifts Brewers again
By COLIN FLY - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
The Milwaukee Brewers are running away from the rest of the NL Central.
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