News Archive for July 19, 2011
Wexler sought to do best she could for Janesville
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Sylvia “Sima” Wexler, 84, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville.
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Milton could OK ordinance fines for run-down rental properties
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
MILTON --
An ordinance under review tonight by the Milton City Council would allow the city to issue landlords ordinance tickets of at least $300 for failing to maintain safe, livable conditions in residential rental properties.
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UW-Rock tuition increasing 5.5 percent
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Annual in-state tuition at UW-Rock County will increase $235 this fall because of a UW Board of Regents vote last week.
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Freshmen costs up 4.6 percent at UW-Whitewater
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
WHITEWATER --
Newcomers at UW-Whitewater will pay about $556 more than last year’s freshmen, stemming from tuition and fee increases approved last week by the UW System’s Board of Regents.
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Edgerton’s Morrison, Fort’s Wartgow open with 71s
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
MADISON --
Andrew Morrison, a junior-to-be at Edgerton High School, fired an opening-round even par 71 along with Evan Wartgow of Fort Atkinson to lead local and area golfers Monday at the State Amateur Championship at Maple Bluff Country Club.
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Summer-school musical ‘Hairspray’ extends run
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Encore performances set for Parker High School
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Beloit Snappers’ offense sizzles
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
BELOIT --
The hot weather made the Beloit Snappers’ bats sizzle Monday afternoon in a 16-3 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps in Midwest League baseball.
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Warrant issued for woman accused of stealing from Janesville company
By DAVID BRAZY - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
JANESVILLE --
An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman accused of stealing more than $900,000 from a Janesville business after she failed to show up for her initial court appearance Monday.
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Bremel tabbed to host WCLO radio show
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
JANESVILLE --
It turns out that the management of Janesville radio station WCLO didn’t need to look far to find a new host for the station’s weekday morning talk show.
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A quick tip to help the AC run a little better
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Homeowners can help themselves
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Milton woman injured in car accident dies
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
MILTON --
A woman injured in a vehicle crash while she was trying to stop her car from rolling into the street has died, the Milton Police Department reported in a press release.
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Janesville garden walking tour features less driving
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
JANESVILLE --
This year’s Rotary Botanical Gardens Home Garden Tour features eight gardens, six within walking distance of each other.
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Heat wave likely to last into weekend
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Daytime temperatures will remain in the 90s with heat indices between 100 and 110 degrees in the afternoon.
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Shady Hills keeps license
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
BRADFORD TOWNSHIP --
The owner of Shady Hills Mobile Home Park is hoping he can do a better job than the last few managers he’s hired.
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Public record for July 19, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Senior citizens who survived without air conditioning say youngsters can, too
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
ELKHORN --
Indoor and automotive air conditioning was once the stuff of science fiction for Marilyn Kingston and Jim Rasmussen.
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Unbalanced Republicans, running from reason
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Humoring them—giving the steamed-up a chance to vent—assumes that when the venting’s done, they’ll come to their senses. That the far-right wing of the Republican Party will rejoin the reality-based community and drop the ideological crusades.
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Retired players join NFL talks Tuesday in New York
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller and lawyers for retired NFL players joined labor talks with representatives of owners and current players Tuesday as signs mounted that the league's lockout might almost be over.
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Brewers ask fans what they love about Miller Park
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
The Milwaukee Brewers are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Miller Park by asking fans what they love about it.
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Keeping work crews cool
By STEVE BENTON - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville city officials keeping a close eye on outdoor work crews as temperatures soar into the 90's.
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Death notices for July 19, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Signs point to end of NFL lockout
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The NFL told club executives they could be schooled in the ins and outs of the new labor contract as early as Thursday, and the players’ association summoned its leadership for a potential vote—the strongest signs yet the lockout might be nearing an end.
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Despite loss, US has plenty of optimism
By NANCY ARMOUR - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
FRANKFURT, GERMANY --
Once the Americans get over the disappointment of coming up just short at the Women’s World Cup, they’ll find plenty of reasons for optimism.
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Mortgage 'robo-signing' goes on
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Mortgage industry employees are still signing documents they haven't read and using fake signatures more than eight months after big banks and mortgage companies promised to stop the illegal practices that led to a nationwide halt of home foreclosures.
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Brewers baffled by Collmenter again in 3-0 loss
By BOB BAUM - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
PHOENIX --
The Milwaukee Brewers have faced Arizona's Josh Collmenter twice this month. They have yet to score a run against him.
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Harry Potter and the power of myth
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, July 19, 2011
LONDON --
Neither snobs nor fundamentalists have prevented the sale of 450 million Harry Potter books, which places the series in the best-selling company of "The Book of Mormon" and the "Quotations of Chairman Mao."
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