News Archive for February 25, 2011
Layoff notices stun teachers
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
DELAVAN --
Emotional tsunamis hammered local educators Thursday as many received early notices of potential layoffs for the 2011-2012 school year.
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Public workers prepare for strike, but experts disagree on lawfulness of action
By GINA DUWE, KEVIN HOFFMAN - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
School districts and unions are making plans in case strikes are in their future, but educators and law experts disagree on whether the provisions in the state budget repair bill would make public employee strikes legal.
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Beloit shrugs off pesky Parker late in game
By STAN MILAM - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
BELOIT --
It wasn’t a win, but Janesville Parker’s boys basketball team showed it can be a factor in WIAA tournament play after a respectable showing Thursday night at Barkin Arena.
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Legislators move to repeal mascots law
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
WHITEWATER --
Republican lawmakers this week introduced a bill to repeal legislation that granted the state schools superintendent authority to force school districts to change racially based nicknames.
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Sun Prairie lives up to Miller's assessment
By JOHN BARRY - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Nick Fuller scored 22 points, and Chris Hawkins added 18 to lead Sun Prairie to a 67-57 win over Craig High in a conference and regular-season finale.
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Milton gymnasts qualify for state meet
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
MOUNT HOREB --
Milton High School’s girls gymnastics team is headed to the WIAA Division 2 state tournament after finishing second at Thursday’s Mount Horeb Sectional.
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Oregon gets past Milton, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
Evan Ackers scored nine of his 14 points in the fourth quarter when Oregon pulled away for a 51-35 Badger Conference boys basketball victory over host Milton on Thursday night.
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Janesville bus money appears safe
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville's bus system probably won't lose more than $900,000 in federal money—at least for now—because the city recently signed a two-year collective bargaining agreement with its bus drivers.
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Eversoll leads McFarland, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
Kaitlynn Eversoll scored 20 points to lead McFarland past host Whitewater, 50-44, in a Rock Valley North girls basketball action Thursday.
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Memorial makes it eight straight in Big Eight, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
Another year, another Big Eight Conference title for the Madison Memorial boys basketball team.
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Evansville OKs new contract
By GINA DUWE - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
EVANSVILLE --
The Evansville teachers union and school district representatives have a record-setting agreement on a new contract.
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Burlington completes Lakes run, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
Burlington High completed its undefeated run through the Southern Lakes Conference schedule by beating visiting Delavan-Darien, 70-48, Thursday night.
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Town of Magnolia to spend up to $15,000 on case
By GINA DUWE - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
MAGNOLIA TOWNSHIP --
The Magnolia Town Board voted 2-1 on Thursday to spend up to $15,000 to litigate the town's case over a permit at Larson Acres before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Illinois man charged with mushroom growing
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
ELKHORN --
An Elgin, Ill., man was charged this week with growing hallucinogenic mushrooms in a rented Geneva Township building.
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Lakeside Lutheran scores 93 points in victory
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
Cassie Carlson and Hannah Hackbarth combined for 29 points as visiting Lakeside Lutheran breezed past host Poynette, 93-44, in Capitol North girls basketball action Thursday.
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Furseth falls in quarterfinals; Four Milton wrestlers advance to semis
By CRAIG HENQUINET - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
MADISON --
Siven Furseth quickly dressed and exited the Kohl Center floor after his shocking 11-4 loss Thursday in the quarterfinals of the 130-pound weight class at the WIAA Division 1 state wrest-ling meet.
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Public record for Feb. 25, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
Janesville school officials to review four elementary schools for closing
By TED SULLIVAN - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
The Janesville School District has enough classroom space to close one or possibly two elementary schools to save money in the looming budget shortfall, a school board member said Thursday.
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UW-Whitewater advances to WIAA tourney final
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
WHITEWATER --
UW-Whitewater used a strong second half to put away UW-La Crosse, 71-59, in a WIAC women’s basketball tournament semifinal here Friday
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Craig snaps Verona losing streak
By JOHN BARRY - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
JANESVILLE --
In a conference that features the state’s top-ranked girls basketball team, second place doesn’t seem so bad.
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Parker falls short in upset bid
By PERRY HIBNER - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
MIDDLETON --
For three quarters, the Janesville Parker girls basketball team appeared poised to knock off the top team in the Associated Press Division 1 state poll.
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Rubicon: A river in Wisconsin
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
WASHINGTON --
The magnificent turmoil now gripping statehouses in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and soon others marks an epic political moment.
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Schools boost efforts to ID fake student addresses
By KANTELE FRANKO - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
COLUMBUS, OHIO --
There's little data that tracks how many parents register students using false addresses or those of relatives in violation of state, city or school regulations, but districts from New Hampshire to Texas to California report that it's a problem.
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Packers decide to stand pat
By TOM SILVERSTEIN - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS --
After the deadline passed Thursday afternoon for NFL teams to apply the restrictive tag to their free agents, Jenkins said his chances of remaining with the Packers were slim and none.
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Marquette collects needed victory
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
HARTFORD, CONN. --
Marquette’s players have heard over and over the last couple of weeks that they needed a quality road win to enhance their NCAA tournament resume.
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Roenicke comfortable with ‘win now’ approach
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
PHOENIX --
Ron Roenicke sat down for a lengthy dinner at owner Mark Attanasio’s house in the Los Angeles area in November, unsure about exactly where he was in the hiring process.
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Wis. Assembly passes bill taking away union rights
By TODD RICHMOND - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
MADISON --
Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly took the first significant action on their plan to strip collective bargaining rights from most public workers, abruptly passing the measure early Friday morning before sleep-deprived Democrats realized what was happening.
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Latest scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
Thursday's high school boys, girls basketball
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