News Archive for May 13, 2011
Janesville Parker camps taking registrations
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Registrations are being accepted for coach Joe Dye’s 18th annual Janesville Pride Football Camps at Parker High School.
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Voter ID among top issues at Janesville listening session
By GINA DUWE - Friday, May 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Lawmakers, residents talk gun, alcohol rules
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Rock track meet is wide open
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
Saturday’s conference meet, hosted by Turner High School and being held at Beloit Memorial, figures to be much more wide open, with a number of schools possibly making a run at a conference title.
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East downs Janesville Parker; Craig beats Beloit
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Errors continue to plague Janesville Parker’s softball team.
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Two unearned runs allow Memorial to slip past Janesville Craig
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
MADISON --
Two Janesville Craig errors led to two unearned runs and helped Madison Memorial defeat the visiting Cougars, 4-2, in Big Eight Conference baseball Thursday.
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Seventh-inning disaster helps Verona down Vikings
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
A disastrous seventh inning led to a disappointing loss for Janesville Parker’s baseball team here Thursday.
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Janesville homicide suspect jailed on cash bond
By TED SULLIVAN - Friday, May 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville man facing homicide charges in a double fatal crash has a history of missing court and was released from jail in January, a Rock County prosecutor said Thursday.
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Janesville Parker, Craig swept in Big Eight matches
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
Madison Memorial swept visiting Janesville Parker in Big Eight Conference boys tennis action.
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UW-Whitewater softball team loses opener
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
PELLA, IOWA --
Walks came back to haunt UW-Whitewater’s softball team here Thursday.
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Jury finds town of Beloit retaliated against employees
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, May 13, 2011
MADISON --
A jury on Thursday found that former town of Beloit Police Chief John Wilson and other town officials violated two employees’ rights after they spoke against Wilson’s behavior in the workplace.
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Prosecutor plans to continue case against former Fontana contractor
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Friday, May 13, 2011
ELKHORN --
A county prosecutor said Thursday her office intends to continue its theft case against Beth Reeves, a former Fontana-based home remodeling contractor.
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Janesville Craig soccer loses in overtime to West, Parker falls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
Rosemary Ventura’s overtime goal spoiled Janesville Craig’s hopes of an upset win over Madison West in Big Eight Conference girls soccer Thursday.
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Gonzales leads Beloit Snappers’ attack
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
GENEVA, ILL. --
The Beloit Snappers busted out in a big way Thursday night.
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Ruling upheld on elevator death
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Friday, May 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
A state appeals court Thursday upheld a $2.17 million award to the widow of a General Motors millwright who fell to his death from a cargo elevator in 2003.
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Janesville School Board expels two middle-schoolers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville School Board expelled two middle school students Tuesday.
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Wienermobile coming to Milton Fourth of July Parade
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
MILTON --
The city of Milton has announced that the annual Milton Fourth of July parade will include a special guest—the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile.
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Janesville Craig golfers lead Tri-City event
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Craig’s boys golf team takes a 10-shot lead into today’s final round of the 36-hole Tri-City Championship at Glen Erin.
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Knilans says he wants to save teachers’ jobs; Parr says he’s skeptical of plan
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, May 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
A local legislator said he hopes to save Janesville teachers’ jobs with a change to the state budget bill.
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Clinton jumps ahead of Turner on Risseeuw's three-run double
By TIM WESTER - Friday, May 13, 2011
BELOIT --
The official Rock Valley South baseball standings say first-place Clinton is one game ahead of Turner. But in reality, Clinton is about six inches ahead of Turner.
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Lake Lawn Resort could be months from full operation
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, May 13, 2011
DELAVAN --
Todd Wilkins said he plans to offer Anchor Bank more than the $9.5 million package another group of investors has on the table for Lake Lawn Resort.
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Public record for May 13, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
How bin Laden emailed without being detected by US
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, May 13, 2011
WASHINGTON --
Using intermediaries and inexpensive computer disks, Osama bin Laden managed to send emails while in hiding, without leaving a digital fingerprint for U.S. eavesdroppers to find.
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Death notices for May 13, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 13, 2011
Cajun Country braces for floodwaters from river
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Friday, May 13, 2011
BUTTE LAROSE, LA. --
To try to protect heavily populated Baton Rouge and New Orleans from the bulging Mississippi River, federal engineers are close to opening a massive spillway that would flood hundreds of thousands of acres in Louisiana Cajun country.
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Selig continues to monitor Dodgers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, May 13, 2011
NEW YORK --
With the Los Angeles Dodgers in danger of running out of cash in less than three weeks, baseball Commissioner Bud Selig wouldn’t set a timetable for approving a $3 billion television deal that would enable owner Frank McCourt to make payroll at the end of the month.
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Murphy says Packers will wait before putting No. 4 on the ring of honor
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, May 13, 2011
ASHLAND --
Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy said the team will eventually retire Brett Favre’s No. 4, but that they want to make sure he’s really retired.
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Bulls push aside Hawks with Heat waiting in wings
By K.C. JOHNSON - Friday, May 13, 2011
ATLANTA --
To say the Bulls were focused on closing out the Hawks on Thursday night at Philips Arena is like saying Tom Thibodeau enjoys watching game film.
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A founding document for a new China
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, May 13, 2011
WASHINGTON --
The detention of hundreds of church members in Beijing signals a confrontation between state and conscience that has broad implications for the future of China.
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Demagoguery 101
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, May 13, 2011
For President Obama, immigration reform is not about legislation, it's about re-election.
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