News Archive for December 22, 2010
Coppage, Leipold honored
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Three Warhawk linemen also earn first-team awards
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Judge: Former IT manager must reimburse school district $503,000
By TED SULLIVAN - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
JANESVILLE --
A Rock County judge called a former Janesville School District information technology manager a crook Tuesday, ordering him to pay the district about $503,000 in civil damages for racketeering and fraud in a scheme against the district.
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After a slow start, Warhawk men prevail
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Not even a slow start could derail UW-Whitewater’s men’s basketball team Tuesday night.
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Christmas mourning: Getting through the holidays while grieving
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Christmas is inescapable. Even if you wanted to, you couldn't tune it out: the incessant carols on the radio, the stacks of newspaper inserts, the relentless ads on television.
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Crayton powers Burlington win, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Travis Crayton was unstoppable in the third quarter, helping Burlington High down host Elkhorn and maintain its Southern Lakes boys basketball lead.
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Mersberger leads Stoughton victory, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Sophomore guard scores 28 points
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Four in race for Janesville School Board seats
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Three candidates have jumped into the race for Janesville School Board.
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Milton boys hang on, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Milton High survived two Stoughton possessions in the final seconds to hang on for a 42-41 victory in Badger South boys basketball Tuesday night.
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Janesville Bluebirds notch fifth in a row
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Ron Lindgren’s late first-period goal got the Janesville offense going, and the Bluebirds defeated visiting Oregon, 4-1, to extend their winning streak to five games Tuesday.
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Cougars’ late burst leaves Fury behind
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
A three-goal outburst in the third period lifted the Cap City Cougars to a 5-1 win over the Rock County Fury in high school girls hockey Monday night in Madison.
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Proposed student complex halted in Whitewater
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
WHITEWATER --
Planners for a proposed four-story student complex near UW-Whitewater's campus would have to downsize the project to move forward after the plan commission rejected a zoning change.
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Lomomba scores 27, leads Memorial past La Follette
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Junior Lomomba continues to show why he’s one of the best high school boys basketball players in the state.
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Janesville Parker’s Whitson wins everything
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Erika Whitson won all four individual events, plus the all-around, to lead Janesville Parker’s gymnastics team to a 134.95-129.475 nonconference win over Elkhorn.
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Milton OKs liquor license
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
MILTON --
A Milton couple struggling to keep their bar business afloat got an early Christmas surprise Tuesday. It was a one-word gift from Milton Mayor Tom Chesmore: Aye.
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Lakeside triumphs, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Wisconsin-built warship bill sails through
By ASSOCIATED PRESS AND GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved the Navy's plan to buy 10 advanced combat ships from each of two shipbuilders in Wisconsin and Alabama.
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Public record for Dec. 22, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Cardinals drop Janesville Parker Vikings
By TIM WESTER - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Sun Prairie’s big third quarter dooms Parker’s hopes to win
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Mutual decision uproots Maddox
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Mike Maddox will no longer be director of education at Rotary Botanical Gardens, effective Dec. 31.
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Report: Health care premiums stay low
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Janesville and Beloit remain among the metro areas in Wisconsin with the lowest health care premium costs, while the area's health insurance inflation in the last year followed the state average of 7 percent, according to a study released Tuesday.
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State prison population declining, officials say
By NEWS RELEASE - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC ) Secretary Rick Raemisch said today the state is seeing its first sustained decrease in the prison population in the history of the Department.
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Delavan man accused of injuring twin daughters
By G - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
DELAVAN --
A Delavan man is due in court today after being charged with physically abusing his infant twin daughters.
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Death notices for Dec. 22, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
East Troy research facility receives $5,000 Farm Aid grant
By NEWS RELEASE - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
EAST TROY --
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute in East Troy received a grant from proceeds of the recent Farm Aid concert in Milwaukee.
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Travel-trained: Americans take security with sigh
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
NEW YORK --
As the Christmas travel week arrives, it appears Americans are getting used to flying under the specter of terrorism and the new inconveniences the government deems necessary to combat it.
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Bears’ focus shifts toward playoffs
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
CHICAGO --
The Bears were a mess heading into their bye in late October, with three losses in four games after a 3-0 start. They have since turned things around in a big way.
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Huskies surpass UCLA men’s record
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
HARTFORD --
Men’s teams. Women’s teams. No. 89 belongs to UConn. It beats them all.
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Bucks stun Lakers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
LOS ANGELES --
Earl Boykins scored a season-high 22 points, John Salmons added 20 and the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks stunned the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, snapping the two-time defending champions’ five-game winning streak with a 98-79 victory.
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Crowder, Marquette roll
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
MILWAUKEE --
Junior college transfer Jae Crowder scored a season-high 22 points and Darius Johnson-Odom added 19 to lead Marquette to a 102-77 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday night.
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McCarthy’s job shouldn’t be in jeopardy
By BRIAN CARRIVEAU - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy’s job should be safe after this season.
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Memories of Christmas: Christmas spent in a war zone far from home
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
For Elkhorn's William Sigmund, the most difficult Christmas was when he was a 21-year-old infantryman serving in the Korean War.
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