News Archive for August 24, 2011
Janesville Parker’s Rhodes counts on experience
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Parker High School’s girls swim team returns 14 members, who ready to launch a successful 2011 season.
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Numbers encourage Janesville Craig swimming coach
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
State qualifier Schneider leads 36-member roster
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Janesville School District officials debating fate of $3 million leftover from 2010-11
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville School District officials expect to close the books on the 2010-11 fiscal year in better shape than budgeted, about $3 million better.
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Milton Red Hawks pull off Badger upset over Edgewood
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
MILTON --
The Red Hawks defeated the Crusaders, 165-176, to hand the Edgewood its first Badger Conference loss in 10 years.
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Verona defeats Janesville Craig in tennis
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
VERONA --
Janesville Craig High School’s girls tennis team lost 6-1 to Verona in a Big Eight Conference match Tuesday.
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Forecast for the fields: Solid harvest expected this fall
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
LIMA TOWNSHIP --
Last year, Tom Hoffmann harvested 206.10 bushels of corn per acre. As a result, Hoffmann, who farms about 1,000 acres in Lima Township, was one of the winners in the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association regional yield contest.
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Quad City offense too much for Beloit
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
DAVENPORT, IA --
The Quad Cities River Bandits pounded the Beloit Snappers, 11-3, Tuesday in Midwest League baseball.
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Historic home tour looks to the west
By DAVID BRAZY - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The 31st annual Rock County Historical Society Historic House and Garden Tour this year features homes from the Look West Neighborhood.
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LaborFest turns 21
By DAVID BRAZY - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The 21st annual LaborFest is just around the corner. The three-day event will be held at the United Auto Workers Local 95 Hall, 1795 Lafayette St., Janesville, from Saturday, Sept. 3, through Monday, Sept. 5.
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Safe sitting: Classes aim to prepare future baby sitters for almost everything
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
You're new to town and need a reliable baby sitter while you and your spouse attend a company holiday party. As new parents, you have no idea where to start.
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Amphicar is one of fewer than 4,000 ever made
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Bob Kimball's car wants to be a boat. His boat wants to be a car. A sharp eye would spot propellers tucked under the vehicle's back bumper, boat numbers stenciled along the side, a license plate on the rear and life jackets on the back seat.
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Public record for Aug. 24, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
Janesville Craig, Parker play to a scoreless tie
By JOHN BARRY - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
It was probably fitting that Tuesday’s Big Eight Conference boys soccer showdown between Janesville Craig and Janesville Parker ended in a scoreless tie.
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Pirates beat Brewers 2-0
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
PITTSBURGH --
Four pitchers for the Pittsburgh Pirates combined on a five-hitter in a 2-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.
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Marve, Henry likely to share time
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. --
Purdue University football coach Danny Hope considers his quarterback situation a luxury rather than a controversy.
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No-huddle offense moves Packers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
GREEN BAY --
The Green Bay Packers are tinkering with a no-huddle offense and if it keeps working as well as it has in the preseason, the Super Bowl champions could make it part of their plans for the regular season.
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Summit diagnosed with dementia
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
KNOXVILLE, TENN. --
Pat Summitt struggled for several months with how to tell the women’s basketball players at Tennessee, recruits and fans that she was having memory loss problems.
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Death notices for Aug. 24, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
From hiding, Gadhafi tells Libyans to free Tripoli
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
TRIPOLI, LIBYA --
A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed Wednesday to fight on "until victory or martyrdom" and called on residents of the Libyan capital and loyal tribesmen across his North African nation to free Tripoli from the "devils and traitors" who have overrun it.
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Puzzled East Coasters: An earthquake? No way
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
MINERAL, VA. --
With the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks just weeks away, people were shaken physically and emotionally and poured from high-rises like the Empire State Building in New York, sick with mental images of planes and bombs.
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Brewers use 7-run 2nd to beat Pirates 11-4
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
PITTSBURGH --
Casey McGehee homered during Milwaukee's seven-run second inning and the surging Brewers rebounded from a rare recent loss with an 11-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
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