News Archive for July 30, 2012
For many area kids, fair is about meeting, catching up with friends
By RYAN BROEGE - Monday, July 30, 2012
JANESVILLE --
For many exhibitors, the Rock County 4-H Fair is a highlight of the summer.
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Progress continues on Highway 26 road work projects
By NEIL JOHNSON - Monday, July 30, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Construction might seem never ending along Highway 26 between Janesville and Milton, but project officials say the finish line is in sight for some key features of the road expansion.
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Scuffle erupts at political rally Sunday
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Monday, July 30, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Police were called when opposing groups clashed at a rally in downtown Janesville on Sunday night.
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Police seeking details in death of UW-W student
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 30, 2012
TOWN OF WHITEWATER --
Police are seeking the public's help in the investigation of a UW-Whitewater junior found dead early Sunday at Whitewater Limestone Quarry.
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Janesville 11s win Cal Ripken title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 30, 2012
The Janesville 11-year-olds won the Major 70 Cal Ripken tournament championship Sunday in Elizabethtown, Ky.
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Albion clinches West
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 30, 2012
ALBION --
Albion worked overtime before finally edging Stoughton, 8-7, in 13 innings Sunday to clinch the West Division title of the Southeast Section in Home Talent League baseball.
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Chiefs hold off Snappers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 30, 2012
PEORIA, ILL. --
The Peoria Chiefs rolled to a 9-0 lead after three innings en route to a 10-6 victory Sunday over the Beloit Snappers in Midwest League baseball.
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Raptors fall in 14 innings
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 30, 2012
MADISON --
The Milton Junction Pub Raptors suffered an 8-7 loss to Madison Laurel Tavern in 14 innings Sunday in Rock River League baseball.
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Attendance slide ends for Rock County 4-H Fair
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, July 30, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A popular country music artist, some "retro" entertainment and a recently developed immunity to hot weather could be three factors that ended what had been a four-year downward slide for attendance at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Garden project plans weekly vegetable sale
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, July 30, 2012
Three women sat cross-legged on the blacktop in the July heat. One sorted a 5-gallon bucket of freshly laundered work gloves. The other two peeled the skins from white onions. They made it look like fun.
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Van Galder wins third city title after controversial finish
By MIKE JOHNSON - Monday, July 30, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The 18th hole in the Championship Flight of the Janesville Men's City Tournament on Sunday would've made for a beautiful 30-minute television drama.
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Romney comments at fundraiser outrage Palestinians
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 30, 2012
JERUSALEM --
Mitt Romney told Jewish donors Monday that their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the Palestinians, outraging Palestinian leaders who called his comments racist and out of touch.
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Death notices for July 30, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 30, 2012
When tragedy becomes all about me
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Monday, July 30, 2012
CHICAGO --
Thank goodness the London Olympics have taken over our nation's mosquito-like attention span, because as of late last week, I had reached my limit for tolerating the manufactured drama surrounding the Aurora, Colo., shootings.
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American swimmers settle for silver in relay
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 30, 2012
LONDON --
Payback. This time, it was France chasing down the United States—and Ryan Lochte, no less—to win another riveting relay at the Olympics.
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Johnson motors to fourth Brickyard 400 victory
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 30, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS --
Jimmie Johnson fondly recalls watching the Indianapolis 500 as a kid in California, rearranging the couch cushions so he could pretend he was sitting in a race car.
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Democrats revive Senate finance panel
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, July 30, 2012
Milwaukee Democratic Sen. Lena Taylor has become co-chairwoman of the powerful Joint Finance Committee and says she hopes to work with Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Assembly Republicans on job creation, health care and drought-related issues this fall. But Taylor also plans to convene the Senate Finance Committee if Republicans won’t let the full Finance Committee do anything more than pay bills in the next three months.
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