News Archive for August 17, 2010
Janesville police plan Rapid Deployment Training
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Exercise will also help area departments learn how to work together
Read more,
add a comment »
Realtors consider political future during meeting in Janesville
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Message is expected to be politically motivational
Read more,
add a comment »
Jurors deadlocked on all but one count in Blagojevich trial
By GAZETTE STAFF, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
After 14 days of deliberations, the jury in the Rod Blagojevich corruption could only agree on one of the 24 charges.
Read more,
add a comment »
Milton voters OK 10.5% levy increase
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
MILTON --
School board to vote on levy in October
Read more,
add a comment »
Edgerton considers new police dog
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
EDGERTON --
Edgerton’s police chief still wants to augment his department with a trained dog, but it’s not clear that cost-minded city leaders will agree.
Read more,
add a comment »
Simon at home in water
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
JANESVILLE --
When it comes to testing Simon’s athletic prowess, point her toward a big body of water, stand back and let the woman do her thing.
Read more,
add a comment »
Permanent solution for Senior Companions being discussed
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The program matched frail people 60 and older with low-income healthy seniors to help them with shopping, doctor appointments and breaking the isolation that can come with old age.
Read more,
add a comment »
Whitewater, Mount Union again look like Division III elite
By TOM MILLER - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Warhawks coach Lance Leipold mum about chances to repeat as champion
Read more,
add a comment »
Former Delavan town chairman remembered as advocate for his community
By KAYLA BUNGE - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
DELAVAN TOWNSHIP --
People who knew Wayne Polzin said he passionate about his community.
Read more,
add a comment »
New Janesville Parker golf coach full of optimism
By MIKE JOHNSON - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Ross encouraged by Vikings’ start
Read more,
add a comment »
UW-Rock County anticipating record enrollment for fall
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
JANESVILLE --
UW-Rock County is expecting to welcome a record number of students next month.
Read more,
add a comment »
LumberKings again roll past Beloit Snappers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
BELOIT --
The Clinton LumberKings feasted on Beloit Snappers’ pitching for the second straight game, rolling to a 13-3 victory in Midwest League baseball Monday night.
Read more,
add a comment »
Beloit men arrested for burglaries, thefts
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Police arrested two Beloit men early Sunday morning in connection with several thefts and burglaries on the city’s east side.
Read more,
add a comment »
Watch live: Jury returns verdict in Blagojevich corruption trial
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Jurors deliberating in the corruption case against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich have reached a verdict, according to the clerk of courts, and it will be read at 4:15 p.m. today.
Read more,
add a comment »
Public record for Aug. 17, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Mosquitoes bugging residents
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Year one of worst on record
Read more,
add a comment »
Favre watch: Quarterback on his way to Minneapolis?
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
In a repeat of last season's will-he-or-won't-he retirement drama, Vikings quarterback Brett Favre is on a plane headed to Minneapolis,
Read more,
add a comment »
16-year-old Racine driver crashes into bleachers, 6 hurt
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Six people were hurt when a wayward minivan crashed into some bleachers at a softball game in Racine.
Read more,
add a comment »
Man crushed while cleaning cement truck
By WIRE REPORTS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
KENOSHA --
A cement company employee from McHenry, Ill., died Monday when the he was crushed after being caught between the rotating drum and loading hopper.
Read more,
add a comment »
Energy Assessment sign-up deadline approaches
By STEVE BENTON - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The deadline to sign up for a low cost energy assessment in Janesville is August 31st
Read more,
add a comment »
Feds order bank with branches in Walworth County to raise capital or sell
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Burlington-based First Banking Center has been told to raise capital or sell itself to another financial institution by early October, regulators disclosed Monday.
Read more,
add a comment »
Old-style coal plants expanding
By MATTHEW BROWN - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
WYODAK, WYO. --
Utilities across the country are building dozens of old-style coal plants that will cement the industry's standing as the largest industrial source of climate-changing gases for years to come.
Read more,
add a comment »
Death notices: Gilbreth, Menke, Polzin
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Walworth County death notices for Aug. 17, 2010.
Read more,
add a comment »
Minnetonka rallies on day two, Melges remains in the lead
By DAN PLUTCHAK - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Rob Evans moved into 2nd place Monday during A scow racing at the Inland Lake Yaching Association Championship on Geneva Lake.
Read more,
add a comment »
Hearing set on Mukwonago's use of Indians nickname
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
MUKWONAGO --
The state Department of Public Instruction has set a hearing for Aug. 27 to decide if Mukwonago can keep the name Indians for its nickname.
Read more,
add a comment »
Wear wristwatch? Use e-mail? Not for Class of '14
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
MILWAUKEE --
For students entering college this fall, e-mail is too slow, phones have never had cords and the computers they played with as kids are now in museums.
Read more,
add a comment »
Police search for semi involved in fatal crash (PHOTO)
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
A Harvard man's mother is hoping the release of a surveillance photo will help them locate the semi truck they believe was involved in a crash that took her son's life.
Read more,
add a comment »
UW-Whitewater closed Friday for furlough
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
WHITEWATER --
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will be closed Friday, Aug. 20, for the first of four campus-wide furlough days for 2010-11.
Read more,
add a comment »
Brewers unable to sign first-round pick Covey
By CHRIS JENKINS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
MILWAUKEE --
The Milwaukee Brewers were unable to agree to a contact with their first-round draft pick, right-hander Dylan Covey, before Monday night's signing deadline.
Read more,
add a comment »
Whitewater captured photographer’s eye — and his heart
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Although he died in 2004, Fran Achen left the community of Whitewater with its own family photo album.
Read more,
add a comment »
Death notices for Aug. 17, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Hispanic immigrants pin high hopes on life in US
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
WASHINGTON --
An Associated Press-Univision poll of more than 1,500 Latinos finds that Hispanic immigrants, many of whom faced huge problems in their homelands, have more idealized views of the United States than Hispanics who were born in America do.
Read more,
add a comment »
Illini starting over
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
CHAMPAIGN, IL. --
Juice Williams is gone, and the guy who’s being asked to replace him in the University of Illinois football after two bad seasons was barely a blip on the roster a year ago.
Read more,
add a comment »
Whistling Straits’ bunker rules unlikely to change
By DOUG FERGUSON - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
HAVEN --
The golf world was still reeling Monday over the two-shot penalty given to Dustin Johnson on the final hole. He grounded his 4-iron in the sand to the right of the fairway, not aware he was in a bunker.
Read more,
add a comment »
No issue here: QB Rodgers sharp in opener
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
GREEN BAY --
The Green Bay Packers’ preseason-opening loss to the Cleveland Browns might have given their fans cause for concern in several areas, but the most important player seemed to be in midseason form: quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Read more,
add a comment »
Nationals, top pick Harper reach deal
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
WASHINGTON --
Top overall draft pick Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals reached an agreement on a $9.9 million, five-year contract shortly before the deadline of midnight EDT Monday night.
Read more,
add a comment »
Jets honor past players at new stadium debut
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. --
On their first day in their new home, the New York Jets honored their past.
Read more,
add a comment »
Join us on Facebook
