News Archive for February 9, 2012
Janesville company analyzing recall petitions
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Workers at a Janesville company are playing a key role in the gubernatorial recall controversy.
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Bryson sparks UW-Whitewater Warhawks
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
PLATTEVILLE --
The UW-Whitewater sophomore and Elkhorn High graduate had a career-high 21 points Wednesday night to lead the Warhawks to a 77-58 WIAC win over UW-Platteville.
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Field narrows in Edgerton School Board race
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
EDGERTON --
The Feb. 21 primary election for three seats on the Edgerton School Board has just become a nonprimary, so to speak. Think of it as a preview of the April general election.
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UW-Rock County women win, men lose
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
UW-Rock County’s women’s basketball team moved over the .500 mark Wednesday night.
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Tie delays Bloomfield results
By MARGARET PLEVAK/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
BLOOMFIELD --
A tie in the race for two board members of the newly formed village of Bloomfield, and an outstanding absentee ballot, will delay some of Tuesday's election results until the end of the week.
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Beloit men down St. Norbert in OT, women lose
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
BELOIT --
James Lazarcik had the go-ahead basket with 32 seconds left in overtime to lift Beloit to a 69-65 victory over visiting St. Norbert in Midwest Conference basketball action Thursday.
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Driver sought by police comes forward
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
Evansville police said the man who stopped two young boys Sunday afternoon came forward and feels terrible that police had to issue a notice to the public, Chief Scott McElroy said.
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Public record for Feb. 9, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
Delavan-Darien High’s Marcus Hudson wrestling with final days of practice
By JOHN BARRY - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
DELAVAN --
Marcus Hudson is 36-0 this season at 182 pounds and is ranked second in the state in Division 2. Yet the 6-foot-1, 175-pound Hudson, affectionately nicknamed Woody, is hanging up his singlet following the high school season.
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YWCA Child Care Program marks 25th anniversary
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Diana Vargas swung her legs while she waited for a learning game to pop up on the computer screen. The 5-year-old was working on letters, numbers, colors and directions.
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Janesville City Council to consider SHINE agreement
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council on Monday will consider a $9 million incentive development agreement with SHINE Medical Technologies.
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Pro: Rapidly aging weapons jeopardize national security
By MACKENZIE EAGLEN - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Washington wants to divert even more defense dollars to debt reduction—even in the face of the rapidly declining readiness of the U.S. military. This will only exacerbate the problem of how to meet the urgent need to conduct overdue maintenance on older ships, planes and vehicles.
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Con: Restoring defense cuts will only encourage our war hawks
By JOHN B. QUIGLEY - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
COLUMBUS, OHIO --
The real problem is that President Obama is treading too lightly with troop reduction. He would be well advised to take a page from the playbook of Republican presidential contender Ron Paul, who says we do not need to station troops around the world.
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To bridge religious divide, let students engage students
By CHARLES C. HAYNES - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
It’s disturbing, if not dangerous, that most schools in the United States and around the globe largely ignore religion, doing little or nothing to help students live in a world where religion and religious differences clearly matter.
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Youth concussions studied
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
ATLANTA --
Matt Bryant is pushing for legislation in Georgia that would help educate young players and their parents, coaches and others about the dangers of concussions and the need to protect student athletes from serious brain injury.
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Michigan St., Michigan earn wins
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
EAST LANSING, MICH. --
Michigan State went to its go-to player when it needed him to dash Penn State’s comeback hopes.
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New tutor for Rodgers
By TOM SILVERSTEIN, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
GREEN BAY --
If Green Bay Packers assistant coach Ben McAdoo does as good as some of his predecessors, he should make the transition from coaching tight ends to overseeing a critical part of the offense just fine.
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UW has enjoyed road success
By JEFF POTRYKUS, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS --
Despite a surprising 3-3 home record in Big Ten play, UW (18-6, 7-4) remains in the running for the Big Ten title as it begins a difficult stretch of road games at 6 p.m. today against Minnesota (17-7, 5-6).
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Golden Gophers need quality win to bolster tournament hopes
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS --
Minnesota has worked hard to overcome the season-ending injury to star Trevor Mbakwe and those four straight losses to open Big Ten play.
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Death notices for Feb. 9, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
Jorgensen's column stirs ‘us vs. them’ arguments
By REP. EVAN WYNN - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
In his column, Rep. Andy Jorgensen doesn’t mention the more than 70 bills we have passed by voice votes or the more than 40 bills we have passed in which Rep. Jorgensen has voted with Republicans.
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