News Archive for February 22, 2011
Edgerton earns 1st title, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Edgerton High pounded visiting Turner, 69-43, and clinched the undisputed Rock Valley North girls basketball championship Monday night.
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Cullen sees way to end senators' hideout
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
State Sen. Tim Cullen of Janesville spoke from his "undisclosed location in northern Illinois" on Monday, saying he has proposed a way out of the stalemate that has kept him and other Democrats out of the Senate chamber for five days.
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McCann leads Milton to win over Wilmot, Oregon falls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Sam McCann had a career-high 29 points in leading Milton High’s boys basketball team past Wilmot, 59-51, in a nonconference game Monday night.
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Milton School District to expand child care
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
MILTON --
The Milton School District next school year plans to expand its before-school and after-school child care program to all elementary schools in the district plus Northside Intermediate.
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Committee to redraw Janesville's ward lines
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
JANESVILLE --
By October, you could be living in a different voting district or ward. Starting in April, a nine-member committee appointed by the Rock County Board will start reviewing the results of the 2010 U.S. Census.
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Evansville Farmers Market looks to expand
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
EVANSVILLE --
Organizers of the Evansville Farmers Market are excited to expand the event to Saturday mornings with twice as many vendors.
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Residents hope to save Geneva Theater
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
LAKE GENEVA --
They call it the dream. The old, run-down theater in downtown Lake Geneva isn't the sight it used to be when famous performers and American icons entertained hundreds of guests. Instead, the building sits silent, slowly wasting away.
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St. Paul’s tournament tips off Friday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
The tradition continues this weekend at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Janesville.
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Judge named to Wisconsin Army National Guard Hall of Honor
By TED SULLIVAN - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
JANESVILLE --
When Judge James Daley was in high school, he wrote and spoke about the Vietnam War for forensics competitions. He had a strong interest in Vietnam, but he wouldn't join the military out of high school.
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Birkebeiner tradition runs deep
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
WALWORTH --
Cross-country ski race remains special to Walworth’s Ryan Medo
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Teachers consider options, but events in Madison could determine choice
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville public school teachers are willing help solve their district's budget crisis, the president of their union said Monday.
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Public record for Feb. 22, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Rock County road closes due to flooding
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Flooding earlier than usual
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The progression of pain
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
WASHINGTON --
In readjusting the size and role of government, there is a natural progression of pain.
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Neither side budging in Wisconsin union fight
By SCOTT BAUER - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
MADISON --
Republican backers of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public employees are trying to move the explosive proposal closer to reality, even as Democrats remained on the run and protesters filled the halls of the Capitol for a second week.
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Death notices for Feb. 22, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Census estimates show 1 in 4 US counties are dying
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
WELCH, W.VA. --
Hit by an aging population and a poor economy, a near-record number of U.S. counties are experiencing more deaths than births in their communities, a phenomenon demographers call "natural decrease."
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Nankivil, Bruesewitz held out of practice
By JEFF POTRYKUS - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
MADISON --
Bo Ryan’s basketball team was without two key players at practice Monday, two days before Wisconsin’s critical Big Ten Conference game at Michigan.
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Carmelo saga over?
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
NEW YORK --
The New York Knicks have agreed to a trade with the Denver Nuggets for Carmelo Anthony, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Monday night.
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