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Pay delay aids Janesville city budget
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
JANESVILLE -- Janesville’s proposed 2010 budget comes with a 1.79 percent levy increase made possible mostly because union employees agreed to delay a 3 percent cost-of-living increase.
Council to consider new sign policy at complex
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
JANESVILLE -- Under a proposal the city council will consider Monday, a brass sign on a pavilion would replace signs honoring past soccer fields donors at the Youth Sports Complex.
Janesville compost hours in flux
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
JANESVILLE --
In the middle of the season for raking and hauling leaves, a city council debate about shortening hours at the city compost site next year has left some city resident confused about when the site is open this fall.
Volleyball, bar plan will return to city council
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
JANESVILLE -- The president of Sara Investment Real Estate said Tuesday that he will bring a proposal to open a bar and attached volleyball court back to the Janesville City Council.
Business owners get in the Halloween spirit
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
JANESVILLE --
On Main Street, eyeballs bob and dragon claws swirl in glowing liquids among the apothecary jars of a mad scientist. On Milwaukee Street, a ghoulish tailgate party features a headless griller.
Council backs ice arena
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
JANESVILLE --
If all goes according to plan, a $5-million ice arena with two sheets of ice will stand on the city's south side within two years.
Ice arena talk heats up
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
JANESVILLE -- A south side industrial park is the best place to build a new ice rink, Janesville City Manager Eric Levitt has suggested.
Jets drawing needed crowds; official expects fan base to grow
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
JANESVILLE -- The Janesville Jets apparently are drawing the fans the team needs to be successful.
Brunner threatens resignation, changes his mind
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Janesville council member George Brunner, who told council President Bill Truman after Tuesday’s meeting that he was resigning, has changed his mind.
Talking trash: Janesville City Council considers changes
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council on Tuesday cut the hours at the compost site, opted to look at other options for collecting garbage to raise revenue, and decided to charge for its compost.
