News Archive for August 3, 2012
Pipeline rupture lifting gas prices
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Yes, the oil spill up north has something to do with the price you're paying to gas up your car. No, the pipeline rupture is not the only reason, and prices will fall in a week or two. Or three, or four.
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Group helps finance diapers, baby supplies for moms at shelter
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Jeff Bealles was leading a tour through the YWCA Rock County Alternatives to Violence Program shelter when he saw a mom staying there head to the supply room for diapers.
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Auctioneer's license suspended
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
JANESVILLE --
An Evansville auctioneer plans to appeal a state suspension of his license for colluding with two people to bid up the price of a house, even though neither of the two had any intention of buying the property.
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Delavan-Darien School Board picks interim superintendent
By RYAN BROEGE - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
DELAVAN --
The Delavan-Darien School Board voted in an open session Thursday night to offer Robert Crist a one-year contract as interim superintendent of the Delavan-Darien School District.
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Area men indicted in two federal cases
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
MADISON --
A Janesville business owner and two Clinton men were charged Wednesday in federal court as a result of two investigations.
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Crash victim had taken friend's van
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
BELOIT --
The Janesville woman who died Saturday after fleeing a traffic stop was driving her friend's van without the friend's permission, according to police reports.
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Seizure of marijuana leads to arrest
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
TOWN OF TURTLE --
A rural Beloit man faces felony charges as a result of a $20,000 marijuana seizure in June in southern Rock County.
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Snappers can't erase early deficit in loss
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
BELOIT --
Kane County took an early lead and defeated Beloit, 7-5, in Midwest League action Thursday at Pohlman field.
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Crowd turns out for swearing in of first female Rock County judge
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
JANESVILLE --
It was a year ago at a diner on Janesville's east side when Rock County Court Commissioner Barbara McCrory let her daughter in on a secret. She wanted to run for judge.
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Public record for Aug. 3, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
Police end investigation into quarry death
By STAN MILAM - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
WHITEWATER --
The Whitewater Police Department has concluded its part of the investigation into the death of a UW-Whitewater student from Edgerton whose body was found in a quarry just south of the city limits.
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Delavan Daze planned for Aug. 10-12
By STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
DELAVAN --
Delavan Daze will be held Aug. 10-11 in downtown Delavan. Stop by and check out summer sales along Walworth Avenue as well adjacent side streets. There are many great shops to visit, including Downtown Business Association members Brick Street Market, Bibliomaniacs, Delavan Gold & Diamond Exchange, Remember When, Lauren’s Antique & Art Centre, Scene II, Bradley’s Department Store, Hair Techniques, Pac-Ratz and many more. Don’t forget Lubick Gallery at 117 S. Third St.
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Kedzie tapped for committee on dementia issues
By STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
MADISON --
State Sen. Neal Kedzie, R-La Grange Township, has been appointed to the Wisconsin Legislative Council Special Committee on Legal Interventions for Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias.
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US men's basketball team rewrites record book
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
LONDON --
The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team beat Nigeria 156-73 Thursday night, an epic blowout that answered the Americans' detractors and sent a clear message to let them be.
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Two overshadowed swimmers lead US gold rush
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
LONDON --
Rebecca Soni pumped her fist and beamed, a rare display of emotion from the breaststroke queen. Tyler Clary giddily splashed the water, having made up for all the close calls in his career.
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Douglas wins all-around Olympic title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
Gabby Douglas became the third straight American to win gymnastics' biggest prize when she won the all-around Olympic title on Thursday.
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Death notices for Aug. 3, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
State residents invited to record deer sightings
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
MADISON --
In an ongoing effort to involve the public in deer management and to effectively monitor and evaluate Wisconsin’s deer herd, people can record and report online all bucks, does and fawns they see in the wild from Aug. 1 through Sept. 30.
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WEDC credits could help create 41 new jobs at Burlington company
By STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
BURLINGTON --
Echo Lake Foods Inc. is one of four Racine County employers that are planning on adding jobs through tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., according to a story in the Business Journal.
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Making a splash in Fontana
By STAFF - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
FONTANA --
Competitors are preparing to show their stuff on the water at the 8th annual wakeboard tournament Aug. 6-7 at Gordy's Marine, 320 Lake St., in Fontana.
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Romney's excellent trip
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
At the outset of his recent foreign trip, Mitt Romney committed a gaffe. In answer to a question about the Olympics, he expressed skepticism about London's preparations.
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