News Archive for October 12, 2012
Janesville School Board says no to negotiations
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville School Board is saying no to a request by the district's employee unions to bargain a new contract. The teachers union president is responding with sharp words.
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Lawsuit: Sentencing error cost Janesville man his job
By KEVIN MURPHY - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
MADISON --
A Janesville man lost his job and was unlawfully jailed because the state Department of Corrections failed to note he was inaccurately sentenced, according to a federal lawsuit.
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Relations strained between city, humane society
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council OK'd hiring two part-timers to pick up abandoned and neglected animals even as members grappled with its rocky relationship with the Rock County Humane Society.
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Inman it is: Board OKs extension
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A connector route between County G and Interstate 90/39 will end up right where the Department of Transportation wanted it all along.
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Parker's Harmata triumphs at state tennis meet
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
MADISON --
Becky Harmata of Parker High passed her first test at the 2012 WIAA Division 1 girls state tennis meet Thursday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
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5 things to know about 2013 county budget proposal
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Rock County Administrator Craig Knutson introduced his proposed 2013 budget to the Rock County Board on Thursday night, and a Nov. 7 public hearing is scheduled.
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Warhawks facing Blue Devils
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
WHITEWATER --
A long Saturday morning bus trip awaits the UW-Whitewater football team, which will play at Menomonie to take on UW-Stout.
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Bomb squad called for hand grenade
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN --
Authorities took no chances Sunday after a rural resident reported he had a hand grenade he brought home from World War II.
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First Tee fund-raiser Oct. 27 at Riverside
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
A fund-raiser for the First Tee golf program in Janesville is set for Saturday, Oct. 27, at Riverside Golf Course.
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Sex offender being released Oct. 16
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
TOWN OF ROCK --
The state Department of Community Corrections announced that a sex offender will be released to the Rock Valley Community Corrections Program, 203 W. Sunny Lane south of Janesville, on Tuesday.
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UW-Whitewater doubles tennis team falls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
MOBILE, ALA. --
Top-seeded Bryon Balkin and Mitch Osborne of UW-Whitewater were eliminated from the ITA Division III Small College Championships on Thursday.
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Wisconsin taking 4-2 record to Purdue
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
MADISON --
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema is downplaying the significance of Saturday’s game at Purdue even though the game pits opponents expected to vie for the Big Ten Leaders Division title.
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Public record for Oct. 12, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
Salvaged, surplus building supplies a boon for Habitat ReSTORE shops
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
People are buying enough building materials at local Habitat for Humanity ReSTORES to pay for the construction of a Habitat house each year.
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The Big Bird counterattack
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
WASHINGTON --
No mystery about the trajectory of this race. It was static for months as President Obama held a marginal lead. Then came the conventions. The Republicans squandered Tampa; the Democrats got a 3- to 4-point bounce out of Charlotte.
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At war with no leader
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The beginning of congressional hearings on the Benghazi debacle revealed an administration with much to explain and perhaps something to hide.
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Death notices for Oct. 12, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
Posey's slam sends Giants past Reds for NLDS title
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
CINCINNATI --
Not just any comeback would get San Francisco back to playing for a pennant. It would take one of Giant proportions.
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Solo homer in ninth lifts Nationals, forces Game 5
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Jayson Werth gave the Washington Nationals a tense 2-1 victory Thursday over the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, forcing a deciding Game 5 in their NL division series.
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Orioles outlast Yankees
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
NEW YORK --
J.J. Hardy hit an RBI double in the 13th inning and Baltimore bounced back from a demoralizing loss to outlast the Yankees, 2-1, Thursday night, forcing a deciding Game 5 in the AL division series.
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Tigers, Verlander return to ALCS
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
OAKLAND, CALIF. --
Justin Verlander pitched Detroit into a second straight AL championship series with a 6-0 win against the Oakland Athletics in the decisive Game 5 of their division series Thursday night.
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Local debate viewers cheer, jeer, drink beer
By ANN MARIE AMES, NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Before the vice-presidential debate even started Thursday night, there was standing room only at a viewing party at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Janesville.
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Fact check: Slips in vice presidential debate
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Anyone who paid attention to a hearing in Congress this week knew that the administration had been implored to beef up security at the U.S. Consulate in Libya before the deadly terrorist attack there.
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Ryan asked for federal help as he championed cuts
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has sought for his constituents in Wisconsin an expansion of food stamps, stimulus money, federally guaranteed business loans, grants to invest in green technology and money under President Barack Obama’s health care reform law.
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