News Archive for December 4, 2012
Bielema agrees to leave Wisconsin for Arkansas
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. --
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema has agreed to become the new coach at Arkansas, taking over a program that stumbled from scandal into an awful season that had begun with hopes of challenging for a national championship.
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City wants 21% water rate hike
By KEVIN MURPHY - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
MADISON --
Janesville Water Utility's long-delayed 21 percent rate increase is scheduled for simultaneously public hearings Wednesday in the Janesville City Council chambers and at the Wisconsin Public Service Commission offices in Madison.
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Edgerton pushes for iPads in class
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
EDGERTON --
The Edgerton School District plans to waste no time getting itself up to speed with cutting-edge classroom technology.
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Milton School District to release records on Garrow's leave
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
MILTON --
The Milton School District plans to release records that will shed more light on Superintendent Mike Garrow's leave and an agreement that allows him to be paid while not working for the rest of the school year.
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Meeting to focus on County G plans
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Twiddles, traffic counts and turn signals all will be part of a meeting about the planned reconstruction and improvement of County G.
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OWI treatment court accepts 5 offenders
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Are Rock County's repeat drunken drivers getting sentences tough enough to convince them to choose treatment over a stint in jail? It's a debate that's been raging in Rock County for years.
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Five arrested during drug bust in rural Edgerton
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
TOWN OF MILTON --
A rural Edgerton woman faces charges of felony drug possession and child neglect after she, her 18-year-old son, a juvenile relative and two other adults were arrested last week.
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Evansville, Clinton girls earn victories
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
Sophomore guard Brielle Greenleaf scored 26 points to lead Evansville to a 70-50 nonconference girls basketball victory over visiting New Glarus on Monday night.
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GOP issues a new 'fiscal cliff' offer to Obama
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
WASHINGTON --
House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday.
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Mercy Manor gets new owner
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The developer who bought the former Mercy Manor in downtown Janesville said he is thinking of turning the building into condominiums.
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Public record for Dec. 4, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
Something to chew over
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
CHICAGO --
Poor Bazooka Joe, his time has come and gone. That’s the price of growing older: You have to watch old favorites fall to irrelevance.
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Obama’s overreach
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
WASHINGTON --
President Obama, prone to overestimate his own capacity at communication, is now on the verge of serious overreach in two areas.
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Tackle solution? Packers' Barclay could provide answer
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
GREEN BAY --
Undrafted rookie free agent Don Barclay may not be Green Bay’s answer at right tackle, but the Packers’ coaching staff is at least entertaining that possibility.
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RG3, Redskins closing in on Giants with 17-16 win
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
LANDOVER, MD. --
Robert Griffin III has the Redskins within a game of first place after leading a fourth-quarter rally in a 17-16 Monday night victory over the Giants.
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US reacts with joy to royal baby news
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT --
An heir to the British throne is on the way — and Americans may be as enthralled as the Brits.
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10 Things to Know for Today
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
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Hornets break out of slump, rout Bucks 102-81
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
NEW ORLEANS --
Ryan Anderson scored 22 points, Robin Lopez added 21 and the New Orleans Hornets won for only the second time in 11 games, 102-81 over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.
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