Big money, gone
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on July 18, 2012 - 3:10 p.m.
I ran across a couple of theft reports this week that made me do double takes. --A rural Milton man reported an assault rifle and $6,000 in cash stolen from ...
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Serenity salad
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on June 29, 2012 - 3:17 p.m.
It was 8:30 p.m. Thursday by the time I hauled myself, kicking and screaming, out to the Rock County Community Garden to water my rented plot. I was surprised at ...
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"Rock County's Unsolved Murders"
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on May 25, 2012 - 10:01 a.m.
I have a rather pleasant interview scheduled for a Friday morning. I plan to meet with Beloit author Terri Garcia, who has written "Rock County's Unsolved Murders." She self-published the ...
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It's not too late to watch judge candidate forums
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on February 7, 2012 - 5:41 p.m.
A nice perk of my job is getting paid to attend debates and learn about candidates for local offices. A couple weeks ago, I listened to the six candidates for ...
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The snow looks so nice -- through the window
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on January 21, 2012 - 1:10 p.m.
I can't think of any better wintertime view than sitting at my sunny kitchen table with a good cup of coffee looking at the pretty snow -- and the neatly ...
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Let me google that for you
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on January 20, 2012 - 5:45 p.m.
Lori Graf was all out of breath Thursday when I made my nightly run to the Janesville Police Department. She’d been on the phone all night, she said, telling people ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Duck in the road!
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on January 7, 2012 - 8:58 p.m.
EVANSVILLE--An unidentified duck is blocking traffic near the Good Speed Gas 'n Go, 350 Union St., Evansville. A caller reported the duck to Rock County Communications dispatchers at 8:50 p.m. ...
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A rough start
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on January 5, 2012 - 2:50 p.m.
My job involves a lot of learning about other people's jobs. Often, I think, "I don't know how they do it." That's what I was thinking this afternoon when I ...
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Loose change
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on December 28, 2011 - 3:48 p.m.
Hardly a day goes by without a burglary report. Gazette reporters are at the Janesville Police Department 12 times a week and at the Rock County Sheriff's Office five times ...
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A jolly day on the beat
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on December 14, 2011 - 7:22 p.m.
Members of the Janesville Police Department took Janesville elementary school kids shopping Wednesday afternoon.
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On the beat with Ann Marie Ames
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on December 12, 2011 - 11:16 a.m.
Man, I hate the first blog. It looms blankly overhead for days. You know you’ve got to write it, but you just can’t possibly think of anything witty enough to ...
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