News Archive for November 15, 2012
Darien police chief, village OK separation agreement
By STAN MILAM - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
DARIEN --
For reasons that remain unclear, Hunter Gilmore, on paid administrative leave, has signed a separation agreement removing him as Darien police chief.
Read more »
Janesville Comfort Shoppe not going out of business
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville furniture store is once again dealing with confusion over similarities between its name and the name of a store in Madison.
Read more,
view comments (15) »
Rock County officials say emergency radio communications improving
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Radio communications for Rock County law enforcement and firefighters are not quite as good as they were in June, but they are better than in September and ready to meet federal mandates, Rock County Interim Communications Director Kathy Sukus says.
Read more,
view comments (2) »
Holiday food drive effort more than $30,000 behind
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
More than $30,000 is still needed for the annual Bags of Hope holiday food distribution.
Read more,
view comments (14) »
Parker basketball develops replacements
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Parker High begins the 2012-13 boys basketball season with fresh faces.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
Isotope manufacturer talks safety
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Representatives of a medical isotope manufacturer that plans to build a plant in Janesville left town encouraged by a growing interest in their project.
Read more,
view comments (6) »
Craig basketball adds muscle to lineup
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Craig High begins the 2012-13 boys basketball season stronger and leaner.
Read more,
add a comment »
Brodhead schools superintendent announces retirement
By GINA DUWE - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
BRODHEAD --
Brodhead schools Superintendent Chuck Deery has announced plans to retire at the end of the school year.
Read more,
add a comment »
Kindler repeats as first-teamer
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Eric Kindler got is foot into another All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first-team selection.
Read more,
add a comment »
Former coach faces 21 more charges
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
A former Williams Bay High School girls junior varsity basketball coach could be facing three more child sexual assault charges and 18 more counts of possession of child pornography based on evidence found on his computer, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Read more »
UW-Rock County has split results
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The UW-Rock women's and men's basketball teams had totally opposite games Wednesday night, which only turned out well for the women.
Read more,
add a comment »
USDA expects 17% corn drop
By GAZETTE STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
In Wisconsin, corn production is expected to be down 17 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In Rock County, production will be "variable," UW-Extension Agent Jim Stute said.
Read more,
view comments (4) »
Public record for Nov. 15, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
Mitt, Mormons, and the religious test that wasn’t
By CHARLES C. HAYNES - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
WASHINGTON --
After a bitter Republican primary season during which many evangelical leaders supported the “anybody but Romney” effort, prominent conservative Christian ministers lined up behind Mitt Romney for the general election.
Read more,
view comments (11) »
Packers' Dietrich-Smith gets his shot to play
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
GREEN BAY --
Evan Dietrich-Smith hears all the nice things Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy are saying about him and does what he always does. He gets back to work.
Read more,
add a comment »
Jennings, Ellis lead Bucks past Pacers, 99-85
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis scored 16 points each to help the Milwaukee Bucks cruise to a 99-85 victory over the struggling Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.
Read more,
add a comment »
No. 22 Wisconsin falls behind, loses at Florida
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FLA. --
No. 22 Wisconsin isn’t built to overcome big deficits. So when the Badgers fell behind by 19 points early in the second half at No. 10 Florida on Wednesday night, the game was essentially over.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
BP gets record fine in Gulf oil spill
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
NEW ORLEANS --
Oil giant BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history, totaling billions of dollars, for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a person familiar with the deal said Thursday.
Read more,
add a comment »
Death notices for Nov. 15, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
Advocacy is no lesson plan
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
CHICAGO --
We should be concerned when public school teachers seem to see their place in the classroom not primarily as advancing the understanding of math or science but to mold soldiers to march in the war for social justice.
Read more,
view comment (1) »
