News Archive for January 8, 2013
UW-Rock could get dorm
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A consultant is recommending a residence hall be built on the UW-Rock County campus. Dean Carmen Wilson said students could start living there as soon as fall 2014.
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Pack your long johns: Jets head to Alaska
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
JANESVILLE --
What do you do in Alaska in the middle of January besides play hockey? Ask the Janesville Jets for the answer when the 23 players and two coaches for the North American Hockey League team return from an ambitious 11-day road trip to Fairbanks and Kenai River.
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Gun show shutdown might lead to lawsuit
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
EVANSVILLE --
An Evansville bar owner said he plans to file a lawsuit against the Rock County Sheriff's Office after authorities early Sunday morning shut down the last day of an annual three-day gun show.
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DDHS, Elkhorn among boys basketball winners
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
Delavan-Darien High defeated Jefferson, 63-60, Monday in nonconference boys basketball.
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Blumer's 19 points not enough
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
SUSSEX --
Morgan Blumer scored 19 points but it wasn't enough as Milton High (7-4) lost to Sussex Hamilton, 47-38, in nonconference girls basketball.
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UW-Rock County teams lose
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
WAUKESHA --
UW-Waukesha swept visiting UW-Rock County's men's and women's basketball teams Monday.
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Vintage cork collection lines the walls in Janesville businessman's office
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
JANESVILLE --
The handcrafted genius of the vintage bottle stoppers for sale at a downtown consignment shop—all 350 of them—enthralled Janesville businessman Jim Grafft.
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Public record for Jan. 8, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
Couple's pet becomes pin-up pup
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Annie, a purebred bichon frise from Janesville, has become a pin-up puppy now that she's featured in Workman Publishing's "365 Days of Puppies a Year 2013 Calendar."
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Packers' Harris sells out
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
GREEN BAY --
DuJuan Harris wasn't much of a car salesman. Didn't sell a single one, in fact, in the week he was working at a Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge dealership in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Stricker limps into second place
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
KAPALUA, HAWAII --
Steve Stricker announced at the start of The Tournament of Champions tournament that he would be going into semi-retirement this season.
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AP Source: Scott Skiles out as Bucks coach
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
Head coach Scott Skiles and the Milwaukee Bucks have decided to part ways after just over four seasons together, ending a working relationship that seemed to have been teetering on the brink for quite some time.
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Jaguar cubs born at Milwaukee zoo bring new genes
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
Two jaguar cubs are providing more than just cooing fans for Milwaukee’s zoo. The spotted brothers are introducing new genes to the endangered species’ captive population because unlike most zoo babies, their father was born in the wild.
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10 things to know for Tuesday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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'Bama bashes Notre Dame 42-14 in BCS title game
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. --
Barely taking time to celebrate their latest national championship, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide are ready to get back to work. That’s how they make it look so easy.
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Death notices for Jan. 8, 2013
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
On crying at the movies
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
WASHINGTON --
There is a reason the great stories persist in provoking our lacrimal system: the hope that life is a story, that all the suffering, vulgarity, pity and sacrifice add up to something and lead somewhere.
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