News Archive for April 27, 2012
Lancers slip past Janesville Parker
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Parker’s baseball team continues to be snakebit.
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Hoskins’ HR lifts Janesville Craig
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
MADISON --
Dylan Hoskins hit a home run in the top of the ninth inning to help Janesville Craig edge host Madison East, 4-3, in a Big Eight Conference game Thursday.
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Janesville Craig soccer breaks through, Parker falls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The shots were there, but the goals weren’t for the first 58 minutes of Janesville Craig’s Big Eight Conference girls soccer match against red-hot Beloit Memorial on Thursday night.
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Janesville Parker winning streak hits six
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
Ashley Ross led a 12-hit attack with a double and triple and the Vikings won, 6-2, at Madison West in Big Eight Conference action Thursday afternoon.
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Janesville Craig, Parker drop Big Eight matches
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Craig High suffered three singles losses Thursday en route to a 4-3 defeat to Beloit Memorial in Big Eight Conference boys tennis.
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Residents question roadway projects
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, April 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Three construction projects could open vehicular access through Rock County as well as through the north side of Beloit starting in 2014.
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Janesville Parker golfers defeats Elkhorn
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Parker’s boys golf team cruised to a nonconference victory over Elkhorn on Thursday at Riverside Golf Course.
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Beloit Snappers collect 13 hits in victory
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
BELOIT --
The Beloit Snappers’ 13-hit attack Thursday leveled the visiting Bowling Green Hot Rods, 8-3, in Midwest League baseball.
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Orfordville solider remembered as hard-working leader
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, April 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Spc. Benjamin Neal, 21, died Wednesday in Kandahar province after enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Janesville Craig defense delivers
By KEN VELOSKEY - Friday, April 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Pitching is supposed to be everything in fastpitch softball, but it doesn’t mean a thing if a weak defense backs the strong arm.
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Public record for April 27, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
Charter students safe: District
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, April 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville School District officials are assuring parents of students who attend two charter schools that their children are safe after a pipe fell through the ceiling and asbestos was removed upstairs.
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Celebrate Obscura Day with a visit to Yerkes Observatory
By STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay is one of two sites in Wisconsin that made the list of places to celebrate Obscura Day April 28, according to Atlas Obscura, a compendium of the unusual and esoteric.
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Bid on gift baskets at Wileman Elementary's auction
By STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
DELAVAN --
Students at Wileman Elementary School will be auctioning off more than a dozen gift baskets in the community as a school fundraiser.
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Video: Elkhorn 18-year-old's wish brings car, community together
By STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
Make-A-Wish Wisconsin will grant 18-year-old Elkhorn resident Cody Olsen’s wish to have his car restored at noon today (April 27), in a community celebration at Geneva Auto Body, 1152 Elkhorn Road, Lake Geneva.
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Vintage tractors build big business for Mecum Auctions
By STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
While Mecum Auctions is known for its collector car auctions—selling more than 10,000 vehicles annually—it was Dan Mecum’s hobby of restoring and selling vintage tractors that has led to a fast-growing segment of the business for the Walworth company, according to a story in Agri-View, a Wisconsin-based agricultural news source.
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Suddenly Someone: Nobodies find fame in politics
By NANCY BENAC - Friday, April 27, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Forget reality TV. The presidential campaign could be just the ticket from nowhere to notoriety.
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Orfordville solider dies in Afghanistan
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, April 27, 2012
ORFORDVILLE --
The Department of Defense says a 21-year-old Wisconsin soldier has died in Afghanistan.
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Ready for a summer of Music by the Lake
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
WILLIAMS BAY --
Season and individual tickets for the 12th season of the Music by the Lake summer music series went on sale Monday.
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Death notices for April 27, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 27, 2012
Perry fills big hole for Packers
By MICHAEL HUNT, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Friday, April 27, 2012
GREEN BAY --
There was an emerging school of thought last season that defense was no longer terribly important in the NFL.
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Packers pick USC LB Nick Perry in 1st round
By CHRIS JENKINS - Friday, April 27, 2012
GREEN BAY --
Green Bay looks to bolster pass rush
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Bucks finish season with loss to Celtics
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, April 27, 2012
BOSTON --
Tobias Harris led Milwaukee with 17 points.
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Trades highlight first round in NFL draft
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, April 27, 2012
NEW YORK --
What the NFL draft lacked in surprise and suspense with its top two picks, it certainly delivered in challenges for the league’s newest stars.
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The conservative showdown yields a winner
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, April 27, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Barack Obama’s effect on conservatives has been mixed. He united them in the 2010 congressional elections, which put an end to the inventive period of the Obama revolution. But his ambition has also revealed a tension within the opposition.
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President dawdles while Syria burns
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, April 27, 2012
WASHINGTON --
President Obama has said that America cannot stand idly by as the Syrian regime kills civilians. And what has he done? Stand idly by.
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