News Archive for December 13, 2010
Packers QB Rodgers has concussion, return unclear
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
GREEN BAY --
Even with Green Bay's playoff hopes in jeopardy, coach Mike McCarthy insists the team will err on the side of caution when evaluating Aaron Rodgers' second concussion of the season.
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Janesville focusing a new effort on brownfield sites
By MARCIA NELESEN - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Janesville is adopting a proactive approach to the so-called brownfield sites, where development is hampered because of the real or suspected contamination.
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Storm yields outages, accidents
By TED SULLIVAN - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
JANESVILLE --
People can expect a bitter freeze today after the weekend snowstorm blasted Rock and Walworth counties.
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Warriors shut out Janesville Jets
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
The Janesville Jets were shut out for the fourth time this season Sunday afternoon.
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Rising through the ranks
By TED SULLIVAN - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
JANESVILLE --
When Tom Gehl started work at the Rock County Sheriff's Office, he washed squad cars in the summer to help pay for college.
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Two principals to leave Janesville School District
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville School District will be looking for new principals to replace two who are leaving at the end of the school year.
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Property taxes won't be equivalent to investment
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
BRADFORD TOWNSHIP --
Nebraska dairy farmer Todd Tuls says he wants to invest $35 million in Rock County next year.
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Boy Scouts collect groceries to help local food pantries
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Always be prepared. It's a good motto, especially if you're scouting for food outside in December.
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Todd Tuls sees a home for big dairies in southern Wisconsin
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
BRADFORD TOWNSHIP --
Farmers, soil scientists and advocates of open space tout the Rock Prairie east of Janesville as having some of the most fertile farmland in the world.
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Public record for Dec. 13, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
Agenda online: Geneva Town board
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
The Town of Geneva board meeting begins at 7 p.m. this evening, Dec. 13, 2010 at the Geneva Town Hall.
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Agenda online: Lake Geneva City Council this evening
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
LAKE GENEVA --
The Lake Geneva City Council meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the City Hall.
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UWW football fan bus leaves Friday for Stagg Bowl
By NEWS RELEASE - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
WHITEWATER --
Warhawk football fans that want watch the team in its sixth straight Stagg Bowl - the NCAA Division III National Championship -- can travel to the game via a fan bus.
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Beloit International Film Festival planning for record number of films
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
BELOIT --
The number of venues for the 2011 Beloit International Film Festival will increase by 50 percent, according to Executive Director Rod Beaudoin.
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Community columnist: Safe, clear roads require more than a passing thought
By DAVID BRETL - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
The state has an agreement with Walworth County, and most other counties, to maintain its highways. Each county performing state work is reimbursed for the wages it pays its workers as well as for equipment used in the job.
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Iran's president fires foreign minister
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
TEHRAN, IRAN --
The sudden shake-up could reflect growing rifts between the ruling clerics and Ahmadinejad's hard-line government, which is strongly backed by the powerful Revolutionary Guard.
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Widow inspired to organize honorary blood drive
By CSI MEDIA STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
DELAVAN — Jack Stritt needed blood transfusions several times over the months and years that he was ill, first with congestive heart failure, and later, cancer. Stritt died in February.
Now a blood drive is being held in honor of Stritt and his wife, Lois. The couple lived on Delavan Lake for 42 years before moving to Geneva Township about six years ago.
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Rodgers' status unclear after concussion
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
DETROIT --
For the second time this season, Aaron Rodgers is recovering from a concussion after a Green Bay loss.
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Bucks hit challenging stretch
By CHARLES F. GARDNER - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
MILWAUKEE --
Milwaukee faces road tests vs. Western Conference
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Change of venue for Vikings
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS --
Brett Favre is getting help from the Minnesota Vikings’ medical staff, the athletic trainers and perhaps even the weather gods as he tries to keep his incredible consecutive starts record going.
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Badger women defeat Panthers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
MADISON --
Steinbauer, Zastrow lead inside domination
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Miami hires Golden
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
CORAL GABLES, FLA. --
Al Golden led a turnaround at Temple. He now has a chance to engineer another at Miami.
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Moms, dads of gang kids ordered to parenting class
By THOMAS WATKINS - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
LOS ANGELES --
It's a Saturday morning and a half-dozen adults are sitting in a high school classroom, staring at grim photos of sickly drug addicts and hearing about the deadly consequences of gang crime. They'd rather not be here, but a judge made them come.
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Meals on Wheels needs Facebook friends
By CSI MEDIA STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
Readers who "like" Beloit Meals on Wheel's holiday story can help the group win $500.
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Death notices for Dec. 13, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
Follow closings and delays on WalworthCountyToday.com: Whitewater public schools closed
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
School closings, Dec. 13, 2010
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Update: Highway 14 re-opens Monday morning
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
DARIEN --
Highway 14 from Darien to Highway 140 in Rock County remains closed this morning, according to the Rock County Sheriff's office.
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Former employees, condo owners face uncertainty now that Lake Lawn has closed
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
With the closure of Delavan's Lake Lawn Resort, former employees are looking for new jobs and "condotel" owners are wondering what will become of their investment.
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