News Archive for August 8, 2012
Here comes another election
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
Confusing enough for ya? Yes, another election is upon us. Wisconsin's fall partisan primary is Tuesday, which doesn't make sense because Tuesday is still summer.
Read more,
view comments (71) »
Four candidates make their cases for 2nd District
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
MADISON --
Whoever wins the Democratic primary next week for the 2nd Congressional District likely will serve many terms in Congress, at least one of the candidates says.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
Edgerton resident offers city six acres
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
EDGERTON --
An Edgerton landowner has offered to donate six acres of wooded property to the city if the city agrees to keep it as open "green space."
Read more,
view comments (3) »
Braun ends slump with RBI double, Brewers top Reds
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Ryan Braun snapped an 0-for-18 slump with an RBI double in the eighth, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a three-game sweep with a 3-2 win Wednesday over the Cincinnati Reds.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
Town of Harmony hoping referendum will help with road repairs
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
TOWN OF HARMONY --
In the Aug. 14 primary, town of Harmony residents can vote on a referendum for a $100,000 tax levy increase that officials say would help the town catch up on road repairs that have lagged amid rising petroleum costs.
Read more,
view comments (2) »
Man sentenced in 2010 domestic abuse
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Beloit man this week was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of extended supervision for a charge stemming from a 2010 domestic abuse incident in Janesville.
Read more »
Police arrest man after hit-and-run
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man is in custody at the Rock County Jail after a hit-and-run incident Tuesday morning.
Read more »
Snappers pound out win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
BELOIT --
The Beloit Snappers pelted the visiting Wisconsin Timber Rattlers with 13 hits Tuesday to post a 10-4 rout in Midwest League baseball.
Read more,
add a comment »
Calculating drought's impact might need to wait
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A look at some cornfields in Rock County yields an obvious conclusion: The 2012 growing season is a disaster.
Read more,
view comments (6) »
National Night Out lets law enforcement, residents mingle
By RYAN BROEGE - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
National Night Out, held Tuesday night in Janesville, is an annual, nationwide event that gives law enforcement officials a chance to interact with the public under less stressful circumstances.
Read more,
view comments (9) »
Death notices for Aug. 8, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
Beverage companies pay millions to conserve water
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
WEST COLUMBIA, TEXAS --
Fifty miles outside the nation’s fourth-largest city is a massive field of waist-high grass, buzzing bees and palm-size butterflies, just waiting to be ripped up by an entrepreneur.
Read more,
view comments (4) »
Direct aim: Packers have unfinished business
By DAN POMPEI/CHICAGO TRIBUNE - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
GREEN BAY --
After a season in which 15 opponents were vanquished, some NFL teams might become self-congratulatory. Big headed, even. There has been none of that in Green Bay, however.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
Jennings, others out of Packers' preseason opener
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
GREEN BAY --
If Green Bay Packers fans are eager for a sneak peek at Charles Woodson's potentially expanded role at safety for the Green Bay Packers this season, they probably aren't going to get it Thursday night.
Read more,
add a comment »
Fiers perfect through 6, Brewers beat Reds 3-1
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke has seen enough of what pitcher Mike Fiers has done for his team this season that he is ready to start promoting him for NL Rookie of the Year.
Read more,
add a comment »
Raisman finishes Olympics in style with floor gold
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
LONDON --
Two Olympic gold medals are just fine with Gabby Douglas. Same for Aly Raisman, though that bronze was pretty sweet, too.
Read more,
add a comment »
2 US women's teams to play for Olympic beach gold
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
LONDON --
In their first Olympics, April Ross and Jennifer Kessy will play for the gold medal in an all-American beach volleyball final. In their final Olympics together, Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor are playing for something more.
Read more,
add a comment »
Run for your life
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Olympic track athlete Tahmina Kohistani of Afghanistan may not be the fastest woman in the world, but she is among the bravest.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
