News Archive for September 13, 2011
Milton School District OKs Daland buy
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
MILTON --
The Milton School Board is moving forward with plans to buy the former Daland Fine Arts Center, leaving on the table a competing offer by the city to instead sell the school district the Shaw Municipal Building.
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Attendance nosedives at annual AirFest event
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Attendance at the 10th annual Southern Wisconsin AirFest took a steep dive this year.
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DDHS officials to parents: Talk to us
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
DELAVAN --
At Monday's Delavan-Darien School Board meeting, district officials outlined plans to improve communication and relationships with parents and staff.
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Group asks to buy city parcel
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council was prepared Monday night to swap land to create public and private parking across from One Parker Place, but one of the owners said he and his partners would consider their alternatives.
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Parkview debates closing two elementary schools
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
ORFORDVILLE --
Members of the community and the Parkview School Board can agree the district needs to centralize its three elementary schools.
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Local pro wrestling league making an impressive comeback
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Jake Sailing and his teen buddies made up a wrestling league and called it the Professional Wrestling Only Outdoors Federation (PWOOF), which they shortened to the Janesville Wrestling Alliance.
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Teachers reject Janesville School Board's offer
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville teachers union has said no to the school board's latest effort to exact economic concessions. The Janesville Education Association's Representative Assembly on Monday voted not to reopen its contract.
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Public record for Sept. 13, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
RECAP gardeners set open house
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
JANESVILLE --
On Monday, inmates in the Rock County Jail RECAP program will host an open house to show off the fruits of their labors.
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Mercy Health System officials answer questions about proposed clinic
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
Neighborhood meeting held August 11th
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Keeping it pure
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
We’re the Purity Police. The Tea Party Purity Police. If you want to move into the White House, or into the governor’s mansion, you need us. If you want to stay in the Senate, or in the House of Representatives, you need us.
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McCarthy impressed with Newton’s debut
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
McCarthy managed to catch enough of the Packers’ upcoming opponent, the Carolina Panthers, to glean this much information: Rookie quarterback Cam Newton was impressive.
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Romo shoulders blame for loss
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
IRVING, TEXAS --
Teammates quick to support Dallas QB
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Wisconsin takes on team coached by former UW defensive coordinator
By JEFF POTRYKUS - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
MADISON --
On Saturday afternoon, Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema and Northern Illinois’ Dave Doeren will hold a family reunion on the shores of Lake Michigan.
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Stretch run: Schedule should benefit Brewers
By TOM HAUDRICOURT - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
Of the 14 games remaining on the Milwaukee Brewers’ schedule, none will come against teams with winning records.
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Djokovic rules again
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
NEW YORK --
Having dropped a set against defending champion Rafael Nadal, Djokovic’s grip on the U.S. Open final appeared to be starting to slip away and, worse, his body was breaking down.
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Death notices for Sept. 13, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
Poll: Americans feel safe, but Congress shouldn't
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
WASHINGTON --
Congress may be in the doghouse with the American public, but the broader government — especially the military — gets high marks for keeping the nation safe and secure, a new poll suggests.
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Obama failing the Lincoln test
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
WASHINGTON --
It is a familiar rhetorical tactic—an attempt to checkmate your opponent by moving his own king. During Ronald Reagan's 1980 Republican convention speech, he quoted Franklin Roosevelt on the need to "eliminate unnecessary functions of government." Countless Republicans have offered up John F. Kennedy on the efficacy of tax cuts. But invoking Lincoln at the seance is always risky. He is not a tame spirit.
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