News Archive for December 26, 2012
Edgerton business park deal falls through
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
EDGERTON --
Although it doesn't appear that the city officially killed the deal, sources say there's no way the city will move forward with a land purchase that would have added 50 acres to the north side business park.
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Snowmen serve as tribute to school shooting victims
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
AFTON --
It's been on all our minds. It was on Jessica Dimas' mind Thursday night. She was shoveling her way out of the season's first serious snowfall when she started thinking about the children killed recently in Newtown, Conn.
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Bump in home construction requests spurs cautious optimism
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Permits to build single-family homes in Janesville more than doubled in 2012, and local officials hope that means the worst is behind the local home construction industry.
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Public record for Dec. 26, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
'It's magic': Meal brings cheer to diners, volunteers
By ANN MARIE AMES - Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Some might say the meal was the result of hard work and organization. Others might suggest that it was generosity and love that made it happen. Marge Sell had another word to describe the annual Christmas dinner hosted Tuesday by ECHO.
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Things better left unsaid
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
WASHINGTON --
A few phrases would be better left unsaid in 2013.
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Packers' Cobb to stay as kick returner
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
GREEN BAY --
Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy says leading receiver Randall Cobb is too valuable to take off of kick returns for safety reasons.
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Obama cuts vacation short as 'fiscal cliff' looms
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
HONOLULU --
With a yearend deadline looming before the economy goes over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama is cutting short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening.
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10 Things to Know for Wednesday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
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