News Archive for December 13, 2011
Edgerton schools ponder referendum
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
EDGERTON --
Edgerton residents could see a school referendum on the ballot in November, Edgerton School District officials say.
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UW-Whitewater adding three majors for 2012
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
WHITEWATER --
UW-Whitewater will add three majors next year, citing student demand and an evolving job market.
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Milton School Board tables late-start proposal
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
MILTON --
The Milton School Board on Monday tabled a decision on once-a-month late-start days after two residents voiced concerns that the plan could create difficulties for families with working parents.
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UW-Rock County Rattlers win behind Condon
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
John Condon scored 19 points, including a dunk after a steal to seal UW-Rock County’s 65-59 victory Monday over UW-Baraboo in Wisconsin Collegiate Conference men’s basketball.
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Little department to provide big joy with toys for Christmas
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
DARIEN --
The Darien Police Department announced Monday that it's hosting a Christmas toy drive to help kids and families being served by the Walworth County Health and Human Services Department.
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Deerfield hands Edgerton first loss, Johnson Creek falls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
Deerfield opened the fourth quarter with a surge then fended off an Edgerton rally to down the Crimson Tide, 63-55, in a nonconference girls basketball game Monday night.
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Man accused of selling heroin is 'person of interest' in shooting
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man accused of selling heroin in March is a person of interest in a Nov. 12 shooting in Waukesha, according to a criminal complaint filed in Rock County Court.
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Beloit women lose
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
RACINE --
Beloit College trailed 50-14 at the half Monday enroute to a 79-49 loss to Carthage College in nonconference women’s basketball.
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Evansville man accused of having sex with foster child
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
An Evansville man charged with sexually assaulting a foster child is free on a signature bond.
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Coroner: Shooting was a suicide
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
A shooting in an apartment complex on Janesville's east side Friday is being considered a suicide, Rock County Coroner Jenifer Keach said.
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Evansville administrator plans to leave
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
EVANSVILLE --
The Evansville City Council tonight will hear about City Administrator Dan Wietecha's plans to resign sometime in 2012, the council president said.
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Blanchard aims to beat Mount Union and make his brother cringe (just a bit)
By TOM MILLER - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
WHITEWATER --
On Friday night, all of the Blanchards will be in Salem, Va., to watch Matt and the rest of the Warhawks play Mount Union for the NCAA Division III national title.
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Public record for Dec. 13, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
Roundabout plan dumped
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
In an about-face move, the Janesville City Council on Monday failed to approve a long-planned roundabout at the corners of Milwaukee Street and Wuthering Hills Drive.
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Positively Newt
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
We pause for a moment to contemplate what Newt Gingrich might say if he ever decided to go negative. But he’d never do that, would he? This is the New Newt! The Grandfatherly Newt! Forget who he used to be all those years ago—Knife-Fight Newt, Nuclear Newt. New Newt has sworn off taking the low road. Hasn’t he?
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Safety violations found at Head Start centers
By KIMBERLY HEFLING - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
WASHINGTON --
A machete left near an outdoor play area. Household chemicals accessible to preschoolers. Widespread failures to conduct criminal background checks of employees.
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Ramirez in, McGehee out
By TOM HAUDRICOURT, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
The Brewers were in pursuit of Ramirez before learning over the weekend that Braun faces the suspension after a positive drug test in October.
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Baldwin sparks Seahawks’ win
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
SEATTLE --
Doug Baldwin, an undrafted rookie out of Stanford, blocked a first-quarter punt that was returned by Michael Robinson 17 yards for a touchdown, then caught a 29-yard TD pass from Tarvaris Jackson in the third quarter as the Seattle Seahawks pulled away for a 30-13 win over the staggering St. Louis Rams on Monday night.
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Jennings’ outlook optimistic
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
GREEN BAY --
Receiver likely will be good for playoffs
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Braun unlikely to lose MVP honor
By DYLAN HERNANDEZ - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
LOS ANGELES --
Writers say Kemp would win in revote
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Death notices for Dec. 13, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
Gingrich's war on Shariah
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
WASHINGTON --
Newt Gingrich would be America’s first officially anti-Shariah president. And he knows exactly what Shariah really means. It is totalitarianism.
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