News Archive for December 8, 2012
Delavan man pleads guilty to arson
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
ELKHORN --
A Delavan man pleaded guilty Friday to arson in connection with a Feb. 10 fire that destroyed a vacant town of Troy house.
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Power of Pinterest: Popular website organizes, energies women's lives
By GINA DUWE - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Like thousands young women, Casey Dobson of Janesville went "berserk" when she discovered the addictive Pinterest.com website.
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Levy limits could cause political shift: Official
By MARCIA NELESEN - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
State-imposed levy limits are moving Wisconsin from a representative democracy to a direct democracy, said the executive director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities.
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Proposal would add 8.5 miles of sidewalk
By MARCIA NELESEN - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council is scheduled Monday to consider a unanimous recommendation by the city’s sidewalk task force to build about 8.5 miles of sidewalk in 2013.
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Council might consider referendum on city services
By MARCIA NELESEN - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Two Janesville City Council members want to ask residents on the April ballot whether the council should reduce services or be allowed to raise taxes.
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Heroin dealer gets five-year sentence
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
ELKHORN --
An Illinois woman convicted of reckless homicide by selling heroin to a Walworth County man who died of an overdose will spend five years in prison.
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Man gets 15 years for sex with young girl
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
ELKHORN --
A Genoa City man received a five-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to having sex with a young girl he knows.
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Kettle campaign passes 30 percent of goal
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
As of Dec. 4, $99,486 in donations have been made to the Salvation Army’s holiday campaign.
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Booze-N-Belt campaign begins Dec. 14
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Rock County law enforcement will have extra patrols on duty Friday, Dec. 14, to watch for motorists who are not wearing seat belts or are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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Whitewater man pleads not guilty to list of charges
By STAN MILAM - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
ELKHORN --
A Whitewater man accused of the attempted murder of two juvenile girls, child sexual assault and false imprisonment pleaded not guilty Friday to those and other charges filed against him.
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Public record for Dec. 8, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
Plan would add 8.5 miles of sidewalk in Janesville
By MARCIA NELESEN - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council is scheduled Monday to consider a unanimous recommendation by the city's sidewalk task force to build about 8.5 miles of sidewalk in 2013.
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UPDATE: Janesville police release name of woman killed in apparent homicide
By NEIL JOHNSON - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Police say a Janesville woman found dead in the fourth ward was at the home of her estranged husband. According to a news release from Janesville police report that they found Tracy L. Moyer, 46, dead of an apparent homicide early today in the 300 block of West Racine Street.
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Same-sex marriage cases get Supreme Court review
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
The Supreme Court is taking a potentially historic look at same-sex marriage by agreeing to hear two cases that challenge governments' different treatment of gay Americans.
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