News Archive for October 28, 2011
Janesville Schools seeking support for track meet
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
JANESVILLE --
One of the most hallowed events on the Janesville School District calendar doesn’t appear to be in danger, but budget-cutting means the elementary school track meet will need to find a new funding source.
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Neenah strikes early in shutout of Elkhorn, other scores
By TIM WESTER - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
Elkhorn High’s boys soccer team just couldn’t hide its inexperience during its first-ever trip to the boys WIAA Division 1 state soccer tournament.
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Evansville superintendent planning to retire
By GINA DUWE - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
EVANSVILLE --
Heidi Carvin announced plans to retire at the end of the school year, and the board will vote on approval at its Nov. 14 meeting.
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Big Foot volleyball one victory away from state berth
By JOHN BARRY - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
LAKE MILLS --
As successful as the Walworth Big Foot girls volleyball program has been under coach Jen Stelling during the regular season, the postseason has been a different story.
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Blackhawk Technical College suspends diploma testing
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Blackhawk Technical College has suspended its testing for high-school equivalency diplomas while it reviews its procedures, the college announced Thursday.
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New Nov. 4 market allows one to mingle
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
JANESVILLE --
You can still find goods from local vendors Friday, Nov. 4, as Rotary Botanical Gardens presents its new “Market Mingle” event.
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Public record for Oct. 28, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
Coats for Kids serve Janesville area families in need
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
JANESVILLE --
A total of 2,592 warm clothing items were donated to this year’s cause.
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Milton coach insists volleyball team will ‘be back here again’
By MIKE JOHNSON - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
LAKE GENEVA --
Wayne Hansen was adamant that this wasn’t merely an isolated foray for his squad amongst some of the state’s more decorated programs.
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Plan emerges for Wisconsin School for the Deaf
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
DELAVAN --
On Thursday, representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and Ayres Associates, the Madison-based engineering firm, presented the draft environmental impact assessment of the project.
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EPA orders Janesville to comply
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The city is negotiating an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after the federal agency ordered the city to comply with a component of the Clean Water Act.
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Wisconsin voted to finish second, Michigan State third in league
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
ROSEMONT, ILL. --
Thad Matta was quick to point out his toughest year as Ohio State’s coach came right after the Buckeyes’ best season under him, so his optimism was of the cautious variety.
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Bentley-led Penn State favored
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
ROSEMONT, ILL. --
Big Ten favorite Penn State returns four of five starters from last year’s team, but it’s preseason player of the year Alex Bentley who really makes the Lady Lions go.
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Badger freshman Uthoff among early candidates to help fill forward void
By JEFF POTRYKUS, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
MADISON --
If Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan wanted a neon sign hung outside the UW men’s basketball offices he’d likely choose something succinct: Opportunity available.
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Obama lost many donors from '08 presidential race
By JACK GILLUM - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
WASHINGTON --
President Barack Obama has lost millions of dollars in support from former donors in Democratic strongholds and in districts that he won narrowly four years ago, according to an Associated Press analysis.
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Authorities remove deer after it runs through window into Janesville motel
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville Police Department, local veterinarians and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Thursday removed an unwanted guest from a room at a local motel: a 170-pound whitetail deer.
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Death notices for Oct. 28, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
Cardinals stun Texas, force World Series to Game 7
By BEN WALKER - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
ST. LOUIS --
Whatever happens, whether the St. Louis Cardinals or Texas Rangers win, they'll have a hard time topping Thursday night.
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One killed in crash on I-90
By KYLE GEISSLER - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
JANESVILLE --
At least one person is dead after a crash on I-90 in Rock County overnight.
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Libyan ‘crossfire’
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
WASHINGTON --
Moammar Gaddafi's fateful decision to fight—and kill—is the prism through which to judge the cruel, undignified and savage treatment he received in his final hours. It is his refusal to forgo those final crimes, those final shelling of civilians, those final executions of prisoners that justifies his rotten death.
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Accommodation of anger
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, Oct. 28, 2011
WASHINGTON --
Most of the Republican candidates seem to prefer construction of a physical wall along our southern border—a public-works program of questionable utility that would make the great pyramids seem a minor, shovel-ready project in comparison.
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