News Archive for October 5, 2010
Grant may help move Safe Routes program in Town of Beloit forward
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
Concerns have been raised for years
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Feingold pushes early vote
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
Rock County Clerk Lori Stottler prepared for increase
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Mercy Walworth Hospital expansion moving along 'smoothly'
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
GENEVA TOWNSHIP --
Four months into a $45 million expansion of Mercy Hospital in Lake Geneva, officials there say progress is smooth, and construction noise has caused little disruption to patients.
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Making change: Sustainability study circles begin in Janesville
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Study groups on sustainability begin today with a goal of making local changes.
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Damage minimal at Evansville grain bin fire
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
EVANSVILLE --
Landmark Services Cooperative is ready to accept this year's bumper crop despite a small fire Monday morning that brought firefighters from at least a dozen departments.
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Edgerton city council meetings to be on video
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
EDGERTON --
Okay, so a city discussion on sewer rates probably isn't as intriguing as an episode of "Desperate Housewives," but Edgerton residents soon will have the option to watch both.
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Reasons for deaths of Whitewater couple remain a mystery
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP --
Autopsies were completed Monday on the elderly couple whose bodies were found floating Saturday in Whitewater Lake, Coroner John Griebel said.
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Hungry for playoff action
By RICK HOROWITZ - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
"Well, it’s that time of year again, Tim—time for playoff baseball, when everything can be riding on a single pitch or a swing of the bat.”
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Whitewater's Trostel to lay off 87 workers
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
WHITEWATER --
A Whitewater molding company plans to lay off 87 people beginning in December as it struggles to attract new business to replace expiring projects.
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Parker tennis captures title at Elkhorn subsectional
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
Janesville Parker High School will have its eyes on a WIAA Division 1 girls state team tennis berth in a sectional tournament Wednesday at Lake Geneva Badger.
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Illinois man charged in check passing scam
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
ELKHORN --
An Illinois man wanted in several states for passing bad cashier's checks was accused here Monday of theft, fraud and attempted fraud against financial institutions in Delavan and a business in Elkhorn.
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Public record for Oct. 5, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
Bill Clinton: Mideast peace would undercut terror
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
CAIRO --
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would take away much of the motivation for terrorism around the world.
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Give school buses a brake
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
MILTON --
From the bus stop at the edge of her tree-lined driveway on County Y, rural Milton resident Kristen Peterson has seen enough.
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Shelter permit a no-go
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Plan Commission members on Monday voted unanimously against granting a permit allowing an overnight shelter for homeless men in the Fourth Ward, and they urged the operator to begin building trust in the neighborhood.
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Janesville Youth Baseball moving to new facility
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Youth Baseball is selling diamonds. The organization's home for 52 years on Woodman Road is for sale.
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DNR collecting citizen-supplied data on water quality
By WISCONSIN DNR NEWS RELEASE - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
MADISON --
Citizens around Wisconsin are invited to submit information they've collected about streams, rivers, and lakes to feed into the state's biennial process for determining which waters do not meet water quality standards.
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Mercy Health System offers career showcase
By STEVE BENTON - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Health Care Career Showcase can help students identify fields of study
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Cooperative to tour college campuses promoting careers in organic farming
By NEWS RELEASE - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
ELKHORN --
Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, will launch the Generation Organic 2010 “Who’s Your Farmer?” Tour on Oct. 6,
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Holiday Care Program seeks donations of new toys and clothing
By NEWS RELEASE - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
ELKHORN --
The holidays are rapidly approaching and the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services is once again seeking support from the community in remembering individuals and families in
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Mallard Ridge purchased by waste giant Veolia
By NEWS RELEASE - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
DARIEN TOWNSHIP --
Veolia ES Solid Waste Inc. acquired the Mallard Ridge Landfill from Republic Services Inc., along with a hauling operation based in Racine and a transfer station and single-stream material recycling facility and a collection operation in Waunakee.
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McCarthy says he, QB on same page
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
GREEN BAY --
Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he and quarterback Aaron Rodgers are on the same page, one day after Rodgers offered a polite but pointed public critique of the team's game plan in the wake of Sunday's narrow victory over the Detroit Lions.
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Knee injury sidelines rookie safety Burnett for season
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
GREEN BAY --
Green Bay rookie safety Morgan Burnett will miss the rest of the season after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament in the victory over Detroit, leaving the Packers scrambling for a backup.
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Macha reflects on lost season
By ANTHONY WITRADO - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
MILWAUKEE --
The Brewers announced Monday they declined manager Ken Macha's option for next year.
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Emanuel hits Chicago streets, makes case for mayor
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
CHICAGO --
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel hit the campaign trail on Monday and got a sudden taste of the vastly different agenda he'd face as Chicago’s mayor.
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East Troy woman accused of raiding stepfather's trust fund
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
An East Troy woman has been charged in Connecticut with raiding the trust fund of her elderly stepfather.
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Death notices for Oct. 5, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
Trostel to layoff up to 87 at Whitewater plant
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
WHITEWATER --
Trostel Ltd. in Whitewater notified the state this week it plans to layoff 87 workers beginning in December.
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For Native Americans, education is the key to breaking down stereotypes
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
A recent Native American Heritage education day helped students from several area schools confront stereotypes and combat bias.
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Park along Delavan Lake site of a preserved effigy mound
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
DELAVAN TOWNSHIP --
Community Park was chosen as the location for Native American Heritage Days because it was recognized in June 2007 as a Native American burial site, said Steve Schoff, park manager.
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Candidates spew falsehoods about Social Security
By LEON BURZYNSKI - Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010
Here are distortions about Social Security being made by politicians and candidates for office and the reality about each.
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