News Archive for May 24, 2011
Rotary Club members from Rock County applaud efforts by Bill Gates
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Rotary members believe goal of eradicating polio is near
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Development Opportunity Zone for Beloit gets hearing
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Janesville has one of only two Development Opportunity Zones in the state
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Elkhorn man competitive as ever despite paralysis
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Murderball is the politically incorrect name that participating athletes have given wheelchair rugby. It’s rough and tumble—literally.
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TIF dissolution a timely windfall for Janesville
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council voted Monday to close a tax increment financing district on the city’s east side, resulting in a timely windfall for money-strapped entities such as the Janesville School District and the city itself.
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Badger advances entire tennis team; Parker’s Knutson has bye
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
As a No. 1 seed, Janesville Parker senior Matt Knutson got a free pass to Division 1 sectional competition in WIAA boys tennis.
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Janesville Parker falls to Oconomowoc
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Vikings have 5 errors
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Whitewater sets hearing for schools cuts
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
WHITEWATER --
Residents can respond Thursday to the Whitewater School Board’s plan to cut more than half a million dollars from the 2011-12 budget.
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Red Cross offers donor initiatives
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
MADISON --
As families prepare for a three-day break over the Memorial Day weekend, the Red Cross wants them to remember that the need for blood doesn’t take a holiday.
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Cougars rally late, hand Beloit Snappers sixth straight loss
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
BELOIT --
Kane County scored five runs in the final two innings to defeat Beloit, 8-5, in a Midwest League game Monday night at Pohlman Field.
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Driver arrested in rollover accident
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
ROCK TOWNSHIP --
Woman remains in Rockford hospital
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Smith rolls in 10-mile Syttende Mai run
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Hailey Smith, a 19-year-old from Janesville, had a winning Syttende Mai.
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Probation ordered in marijuana case
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
ELKHORN --
A Genoa City man who unwittingly called police looking for his missing marijuana was sentenced Monday to two years probation.
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Ennocenti places eighth at national event
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Janesville Craig senior Sara Ennocenti placed eighth in the vault at the National High School Gymnastics Coaches Association Senior Showcase event at Fort Myers, Fla. on Friday and Saturday.
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Janesville man creates new varieties of plant
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Jeff Moore's east side yard is a testament to his passion for hostas. The yard contains hundreds, if not thousands, of the popular plants in all sizes, shapes, and colors, both in the ground and in pots.
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Janesville City Council finds money for new façade
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The former Jeffris Theater could get a facelift with help from a tax increment financing district rather than with federal money that could be used for home ownership, rent assistance or health care.
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Public record for May 24, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Craig girls, Parker boys earn regional titles
By JOHN BARRY - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
JANESVILLE --
On a picture-perfect night to compete at Monterey Stadium, Maggie Slatter and the Janesville Craig girls captured the team title with 139 points. Verona was second with 135.
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Junqueira gives up ride at Indy 500
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS --
Bruno Junqueira handled giving up his spot in the Indianapolis 500 better than one might expect. Perhaps that’s because the previous two years have prepared the Brazilian driver for the worst.
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Kanaan relieved just to be in Indy 500 field
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
MIAMI --
Tony Kanaan sees no reason to be spiteful. He’s in the Indianapolis 500, and for Kanaan, that’s more than enough after a topsy-turvy few months that saw him twice on the equivalent of auto racing’s unemployment line.
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One fly, one sledgehammer
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Ready to talk about all these new voter-I.D. laws springing up everywhere?
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Post-tornado search focuses on stores, apartments
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
JOPLIN, MO. --
Crews busted holes in concrete slabs and sifted through strewn home goods Tuesday as rescuers focused on crumpled big-box stores and apartment complexes in Joplin in a frantic search for survivors of the deadliest single U.S. tornado in about 60 years.
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Al-Qaida bomber leaves behind a fingerprint
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
WASHINGTON --
The FBI has a fingerprint and forensic evidence linking al-Qaida's top bomb maker in Yemen to a trio of explosive devices used in recent attacks on the United States.
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Thanks to Foyt, Hunter-Reay gets Indy 500 ride
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS --
An Andretti and a Foyt are teaming up to put Ryan Hunter-Reay back in the Indianapolis 500.
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Mavs rally, stun Thunder in OT
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY --
Dirk Nowitzki scored 40 points, Jason Kidd hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 40 seconds left in overtime and the Dallas Mavericks overcame a 15-point deficit in the final 5 minutes of regulation to stun the Oklahoma City Thunder, 112-105, on Monday night and take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.
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Death notices for May 24, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Hart hits 3 HRs for streaking Brewers
By COLIN FLY - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
Hart hit his first three home runs this season and drove in seven to tie both club records, lifting the surging Milwaukee Brewers past the Washington Nationals 11-3 on Monday night.
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Gates’ final war
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, May 24, 2011
WASHINGTON --
The administration and many in Congress seem to view defense as an easy target for across-the-board reductions. Outgoing Secretary Robert Gates is waging his final war against such abstraction.
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