News Archive for June 1, 2012
YWCA offers safe harbor for kids in storms
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, June 1, 2012
JANESVILLE --
When Lindsay and her two sons arrived at the YWCA shelter, her 5-year-old was stressed and acting out. Today, he is calmer. His attitude and behavior have improved.
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Janesville state track qualifiers slowed by tough sectional conditions
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
Mother Nature made a trip to the podium at this weekend’s state meet a difficult task for Janesville track and field athletes.
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Janesville Craig survives close call
By KEN VELOSKEY - Friday, June 1, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Hoag’s hit in 10th wins it for Cougars
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'No silver bullet' for sidewalk problem in Janesville
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, June 1, 2012
"Welcome to the club." That's what Elkhorn's city administrator said when discussing Janesville's sidewalk wars. Janesville surely is a charter member of the club, but other cities have joined, too.
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Competition puts artists out into nature
By GINA DUWE - Friday, June 1, 2012
EVANSVILLE --
Starting next week, you might find artists sitting at easels painting the rolling countryside near Magnolia Bluff. Or the church and schoolhouse in Cooksville. Or the brick street in downtown Evansville.
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Tremper ends Janesville Parker's soccer season
By MIKE JOHNSON - Friday, June 1, 2012
KENOSHA --
A tough season ended with a tough assignment for the Janesville Parker girls soccer team on Thursday.
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Janesville Craig soccer blanks Union Grove
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Craig blanked visiting Union Grove, 4-0, Thursday in a WIAA Division 1 girls soccer regional opener.
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Lancers dominate, ends Janesville Parker's season
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
DEFOREST --
The first two times Madison La Follette and Janesville Parker played baseball this season, the Lancers came away with two narrow victories.
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Delavan-Darien, Badger soccer teams advance
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
Kassandra Huerta’s second-half goal was the difference as Delavan-Darien defeated visiting Brown Deer, 1-0, in a WIAA Division 2 regional soccer semifinal win Thursday.
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Airport renovation cleared for takeoff
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, June 1, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Work was expected to begin today on a nearly $1.5 million renovation of the terminal building at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport.
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Parkview pitcher throws three-hitter, Fort wins
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
Rhianna Noble threw a three-hitter to lead Orfordville Parkview to a 3-1 victory over host Brodhead in a WIAA Division 3 softball regional final Thursday afternoon.
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Big Foot/Williams Bay doubles team wins
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
MADISON --
Kolnik-Lauterbach earn opening-round victory
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Is pedestrian overpass needed?
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, June 1, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Residents can discuss a proposal to build a bicycle and pedestrian overpass over Interstate 90/39 at a Thursday meeting scheduled by the city of Janesville.
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Gruver, Beloit Snappers triumph
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
DAVENPORT, IA --
Steven Gruver allowed just five hits and one run in 8 1/3 innings as the Beloit Snappers defeated the Quad Cities River Bandits, 8-1, on Thursday in Midwest League baseball.
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Jorgensen declares bid for 43rd District
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
WHITEWATER --
37th Assembly District Rep. Andy Jorgensen has announced he'll be running for re-election in the 43rd District, which has been reshaped by redistricting.
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Public record for June 1, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
Janesville Senior Center to host 2012 music festival
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, June 1, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Wisconsin Senior Games will send musicians to compete at the Janesville Senior Center on Wednesday, June 6.
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McCann, Milton cruise
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
MILTON --
Sam McCann dominated in Milton’s 7-2 Division 1 regional final win over Stoughton on Thursday.
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Clinton rallies Wisconsin Democrats before recall
By DINESH RAMDE - Friday, June 1, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Former President Bill Clinton aimed to fire up Democrats in Milwaukee on Friday, just four days before a recall election targeting Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
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Jobless rate now a leading political indicator
By JIM KUHNHENN - Friday, June 1, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The jobs numbers, issued every four weeks from a spare, windowless room in the heart of the federal bureaucracy, are setting the battle lines for the presidential election.
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Today is deadline to vote absentee
By RYAN BROEGE - Friday, June 1, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Thousands of Wisconsin residents will avoid the polls Tuesday and instead cast absentee ballots in the gubernatorial recall election.
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Compton savors 67 in opening round
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, June 1, 2012
DUBLIN, OHIO --
Stallings leads; Stricker shoots 73
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Thunder ends Spurs' streak at 20
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, June 1, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY --
The streak is over. The series may only be beginning.
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Isner loses to Mathieu is second-longest match in French Open
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, June 1, 2012
PARIS --
This, then, is who John Isner is for now: The Marathon Man of Tennis, the guy who plays and plays and plays, for hours on end, until the last set seems interminable.
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Death notices for June 1, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
Brewers beat Dodgers 6-2 to complete 4-game sweep
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 1, 2012
LOS ANGELES --
Zack Greinke felt the Milwaukee Brewers were primed for a turnaround. Now he's hoping for an even bigger surge for his team.
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Walker, Barrett spar in test debate before recall
By SCOTT BAUER - Friday, June 1, 2012
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker and his Democratic challenger, Tom Barrett, repeatedly sparred over collective bargaining rights, Wisconsin's economy and an ongoing criminal investigation into Walker's former aides during a contentious debate Thursday, their last matchup before Tuesday's recall election.
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Illinois' Pieters wins golf title
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, June 1, 2012
LOS ANGELES --
Illinois sophomore Thomas Pieters shot a final-round 71 to win the men’s NCAA Division I golf championship Thursday at Riviera Country Club.
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Joe Biden and the use of empathy
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, June 1, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Sometimes Vice President Joe Biden seems the last genuine human being in American politics. This peculiar humanness was on display just before Memorial Day, when Biden spoke to a group of mourning military family members.
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Barack Obama: Drone Warrior
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, June 1, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Barack Obama, the peacemaker, Nobel laureate, nuclear disarmer, apologizer to the world for America having lost its moral way, has become—just in time for the 2012 campaign—Zeus the Avenger, killing by lightning strike
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State might be wise to reexamine its recall law
By TODD A. BERRY - Friday, June 1, 2012
MADISON --
In this polarized environment, Wisconsin cannot have a civil discussion about how to restore stability to state government. But, eventually, we will have to consider how to end the destructive cycle of recall elections.
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