News Archive for June 14, 2011
Protesters come to Wis. Capitol for budget debate
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
MADISON --
Wisconsin lawmakers will be able to solely focus on a $66 billion plan to fund state government since the state's highest court upheld a contentious law Tuesday that takes away most public workers' collective bargaining rights, Republican leaders said.
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Bradford nears vote on center pivot manure sprayers
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
BRADFORD TOWNSHIP --
The town of Bradford is one vote away from becoming the next Rock County municipality to regulate the use of center-pivot manure sprayers, although no such pivots are proposed at this time.
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Janesville Post Office Undergoing Remodeling
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
People don't send letters like they used to
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Bullets scream across border, ricochet off of cop’s trees
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
ELKHORN --
Police say a Linn Township man was drunk when he fired a rifle across the state line, ricocheting bullets through trees within 50 feet of an Illinois police officer’s home.
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Officials believe they located a body in Minnesota Boundary Waters
By DAVID BRAZY - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
GRAND MARAIS, MINN --
Officials searching for Ty D. Sitter, 23, of Janesville have found an object they say is shaped like a body at Sitter’s last known location in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
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Albany squad damaged in accident
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
ALBANY --
One of the two Albany Police Department squad cars is headed to the body shop after an officer drove it into a tree Saturday, Chief Bob Levitt said.
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Public record for June 14, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Father, son enjoy playing on Albion team
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
EDGERTON --
For better or worse, many fathers coach their sons’ or daughters’ sports teams, but few fathers get to play competitively with their offspring.
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Emotions run high as longtime Janesville teacher, coach announces retirement
By DAVE WEDEWARD - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The heartfelt tears come with Cramer’s hard-thought decision to retire after 45 years as a teacher and coach in the Janesville School District.
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So easy to forget
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The amnesia sticks are kicking in. Already the distant past is lost to me, the recent past no more than a blur.
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Art to be sold at Rotary Gardens
By STEVE BENTON - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
ROCK COUNTY --
The gift shop at Rotary Gardens in Janesville is undergoing some changes.
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Cautious consumers could see lower prices ahead
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
WASHINGTON --
Wholesale food prices dropped last month by the most in a year. And motorists are likely to face lower gasoline prices this summer.
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Death notices for June 14, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Fickell unaware of violations at OSU
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
COLUMBUS, OHIO --
Two weeks after Jim Tressel was forced to resign because of an improper benefits scandal at Ohio State, interim football coach Luke Fickell said Monday that he didn’t know of any NCAA rules violations.
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At 55, Funk savors chance to compete in ‘hometown’ Open
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
BETHESDA, MD. --
Fred Funk felt as if he had won the U.S. Open, his voice cracking when he tried to speak, the tears flowing moments later. He didn’t earn a trophy that day, only a tee time.
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Champion Mavs back in Dallas
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
DALLAS --
The Dallas Mavericks returned home in triumph on Monday, cheered by hundreds of fans celebrating the franchise’s first NBA title and the first professional championship of any kind in the area in more than a decade.
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Tiger’s caddie on Scott’s bag for Open
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
BETHESDA, MD. --
Steve Williams, the caddie for Tiger Woods since March 1999 who has been on the bag for a record 13 majors, agreed to work for the 30-year-old Australian.
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Analysis: Mitt Romney leaves GOP debate unscathed
By CHARLES BABINGTON - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
WASHINGTON --
If Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich and other Republican presidential hopefuls feel they need to close the gap on front-runner Mitt Romney, they didn't show it at the New Hampshire debate.
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Bruins force Game 7
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
BOSTON --
The Boston Bruins put Roberto Luongo and the Stanley Cup back on the shelf.
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Wolf impressive, but Brewers offense doesn't help
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
CHICAGO --
Randy Wolf did his part for the Milwaukee Brewers. His offense didn't back him up — again.
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Palin versus the press
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
WASHINGTON --
It was probably not the intention of liberal investigative journalists to expose Sarah Palin as a figure far more sympathetic than her public image.
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