News Archive for November 16, 2012
Group debates electronic monitoring bracelet issues
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
More bracelets? Fewer bracelets? Members of Rock County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council on Thursday talked about two ways electronic monitoring bracelets are used or could be used for repeat intoxicated drivers.
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CEO hopes feds clarify rules
By STAN MILAM - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Aaron Jagdfeld cares less about who won the presidential election and more about what President Obama and Congress will do about the fiscal cliff and future fiscal policies.
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A year after losing in 2 OTs, Somerset beats Big Foot in OT
By TIM WESTER - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
MADISON --
There aren't many teams that can understand the true agony of Big Foot High's 2-point overtime loss to Somerset in the WIAA Division 4 state championship game.
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Police seeking blue van linked to Beloit home invasion
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
TOWN OF BELOIT --
Police are looking for a blue van that might have been used by robbers who attacked and robbed an elderly couple in their home Wednesday night.
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Wheelchair tournament starts today at Whitewater
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
UW-Whitewater's defending national championship men's and women's basketball teams will host a season-opening national tournament today and Saturday at Kachel Fieldhouse.
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Fundraisers aim to help man reclaim his voice
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Jim Picknell has spent years helping others. Now, it's time for the community to help him, friends said.
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Parker's Weilbrenner a first-team pick
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
Parker High senior midfielder Tyler Weilbrenner became the first Janesville player to be named to the All-Big Eight Conference boys soccer first team since Craig's Kyle Pateros in 2006 and the Vikings' first honoree in 10 years.
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State secretary outlines pro-growth budget
By STAN MILAM - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Gov. Scott Walker will present a balanced and pro-growth 2013-15 state budget to the Legislature in February, Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch told members of the Walworth County Economic Development Alliance at their annual meeting Thursday.
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UW-Whitewater opens with win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
WAUKESHA --
UW-Whitewater notched a 70-60 victory over host Carroll University in a nonconference women's basketball opener for both teams Thursday.
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Sunny and cool with a chance of deer
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Ideal deer hunting weather includes a fresh fall of snow and crisp cold—something between bone-chilling damp and lung-piercingly bitter.
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Public record for Nov. 16, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
Hostess moves to liquidate after crippling strike
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
Hostess Brands Inc. says it’s going out of business after striking workers across the country crippled its ability to make its Twinkies, Ding Dongs and other snacks.
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Packers' Williams eager for chance to shut down Johnson
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
GREEN BAY --
The temptation when playing a receiver as big, strong and scary good as Calvin Johnson is to get aggressive, try to outmuscle him and hope it throws him off his game.
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Death notices for Nov. 16, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
Social conservatives are alienating ethnic populations
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Evangelicals and conservative Catholics—some of the most loyal members of the Republican coalition—have a direct political interest in making that coalition more inclusive. Hispanic outreach alone is not sufficient. Mitt Romney’s largest problem was probably his underperformance among white working class voters. But given America’s demographic direction, the overwhelming loss of Hispanic votes will gradually complicate the Republican political task to the point of impossibility. Unless this problem is solved, the GOP will remain on a long, downward slope toward irrelevance.
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