News Archive for March 17, 2011
Governor announces $750,000 for Stoughton Trailers in Evansville
By STAN STRICKER - Thursday, March 17, 2011
Governor says money will aid in expansion and creation of jobs
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School worker opens checkbook for district
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, March 17, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Times are tough for Janesville public schools. The budget is short. Layoffs loom. Bryan Cox took note of the problem and decided to do something. He wrote a check to the school district for $1,200.
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Edgerton youths taking part in 30-hour-famine project
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Thursday, March 17, 2011
EDGERTON --
This weekend, a group of Edgerton teens will turn the 24-hours-a-day formula on its head with a 30-hour famine.
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Panel names interim chief
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Thursday, March 17, 2011
WHITEWATER --
Lt. Lisa Otterbacher will lead the Whitewater Police Department while an outside agency searches for a permanent replacement for retiring Chief Jim Coan.
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Season's last snowmobile race this weekend in Lake Geneva
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Thursday, March 17, 2011
LAKE GENEVA --
A national snowmobile racing league is running its last race of the season this week in Lake Geneva, where temperatures are expected to hover around 50 degrees.
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Shooting suspect reaches plea deal
By TED SULLIVAN - Thursday, March 17, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Attempted murder charges against a Janesville man accused of shooting two people Thanksgiving Day were dismissed Wednesday as part of a plea agreement.
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Boy charged with felony in school bomb threat
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, March 17, 2011
MILTON --
An 11-year-old boy threatened to detonate a fake bomb on a Milton school bus Wednesday because he was upset with his teachers, police said.
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Elkhorn plan aims to ensure accuracy of utility meters
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Thursday, March 17, 2011
ELKHORN --
Elkhorn Water Utility hopes to launch a new program to test the accuracy and reliability of its 4,402 electric meters.
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Boys tournament begins Thursday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 17, 2011
MADISON --
Appleton East High School is headed to the boys WIAA state basketball tournament tournament—in thrilling fashion.
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Man pleads guilty to felony theft
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 17, 2011
ELKHORN --
Brian Davis, 20, of Marengo, Ill., pleaded guilty in a Walworth County court to felony retail theft on accusations that he stole heartburn medication from Wal-Mart stores in Delavan and Rockford, Ill.
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Peterson is top Warriors reserve
By JOHN BARRY - Thursday, March 17, 2011
LAKE MILLS --
Life at Lakeside Lutheran High School has been pretty good for Briton Peterson. The Janesville resident doesn’t mind the early wake-up calls, or the daily 70-mile commute.
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Woman gets year in robbery trial
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 17, 2011
ELKHORN --
Shelby Kaelber, 21, of Kenosha has pleaded guilty to being an accomplice to armed robbery on accusations that she bought the BB gun used in the Aug. 31 holdup of the First Bank Center in Bloomfield Township.
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Public record for March 17, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 17, 2011
Large crowd gathers for soldier's return
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Thursday, March 17, 2011
WALWORTH --
Kenton Stamm could barely hide his excitement awaiting his father's return Wednesday following a yearlong deployment to Iraq.
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Lake Lawn Resort offer at $9.3 million
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, March 17, 2011
DELAVAN --
A small group of local investors tonight will ask the Delavan City Council for help to buy and reopen Lake Lawn Resort.
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Lakeside, Belmont have similar MOs
By JOHN BARRY - Thursday, March 17, 2011
LAKE MILLS --
The similarities are striking between Lakeside Lutheran’s boys basketball team and Belmont University’s men’s team.
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In government we trust?
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, March 17, 2011
“There is no situation of concern at the nuclear plant. Everything is being carefully observed, and appropriate steps are being taken as necessary.”
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Government is clearly still not transparent enough
By GENE POLICINSKI - Thursday, March 17, 2011
WASHINGTON --
When it comes to ensuring that the public has as much access as possible to regular and classified information about public business and public policies gathered and kept by public officials, steps forward often seem to bog down—in no small part because of the sheer amount of material to be disclosed.
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Bradley ejected, Brewers beat M's 5-4
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 17, 2011
PEORIA, ARIZ. --
Milton Bradley got ejected early, and Jeremy Reed singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Mariners 5-4 Wednesday night.
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Bogut-less Bucks fall in overtime to Magic
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 17, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
Dwight Howard had 31 points and 22 rebounds to lead the Orlando Magic to a 93-89 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night that wrapped up a winning five-game road trip.
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Zanstrow sparks UW women
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 17, 2011
MADISON --
Lin Zastrow and Anya Covington gave the University of Wisconsin the edge it needed Wednesday in a 68-48 victory over Butler in a first-round women's NIT tournament game at the Kohl Center.
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Japanese choppers dump water on stricken reactor
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 17, 2011
ZAO, JAPAN --
Japan tried high-pressure water cannons, fire trucks and even helicopters that dropped batches of seawater in increasingly frantic attempts Thursday to cool an overheated nuclear complex as U.S. officials warned the situation was deteriorating.
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Death notices for March 17, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, March 17, 2011
Poor caught in a culture war
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Thursday, March 17, 2011
CHICAGO --
Planned Parenthood is at risk of being able to provide basic medical care to the poorest men and women because it offers abortion, America's lightning rod issue.
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