News Archive for August 17, 2012
First viewing of Janesville documentary draws criticism, hope
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
JANESVILLE --
It appears that "As Goes Janesville" will be controversial. The documentary about how the city dealt with the loss of its General Motors plant and related difficulties was shown to a large group for the first time Thursday.
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Protesters gather outside Ryan office
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Local people joined People for the American Way-Wisconsin in a demonstration of their opposition to the Republican presidential ticket in downtown Janesville on Thursday.
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Walworth County septic court is ghost town
By STAN MILAM - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
ELKHORN --
Fifty-six Walworth County residents were called into court Wednesday accused of failing to comply with the state's private sewage system maintenance program. Only two on the list showed up.
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Craig, Parker tennis lose
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
Craig High opened the Big Eight Conference girls tennis season Thursday with a 6-1 loss to Madison West, 6-1.
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Hearing set in domestic homicide
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Rock County judge next month will consider motions filed in the case of a Janesville man accused of fatally beating his girlfriend and hiding her body under the basement stairs.
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Parker golfers third in tourney
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
MILTON --
The Parker High girls golf team shot 253 and finished third Thursday in the 16-team Milton Best Ball Tournament at Oak Ridge.
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Milton company files suit over stolen carbide
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The man came in so regularly to sell scrap carbide that recycling company employees started calling him "Carbide Ryan."
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Injured construction worker in good condition
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Genoa City man was listed in good condition Thursday at Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville, after he fell down a ventilation shaft at a construction site Wednesday in Janesville, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Snappers' ninth-inning rally comes up just short
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
BELOIT --
The Beloit Snappers rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth but it was not enough to catch the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers en route to a 6-5 loss Thursday in Midwest League baseball.
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"As Goes Janesville" documentary looks beyond county
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Brad Lichtenstein had a pretty good idea what kind of film he wanted to make when his crew arrived in Janesville more than three years ago.
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Two peacocks in a pod: Pair of birds settling in at park
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
EDGERTON --
When Edgerton's resident peacock had his mate fly away earlier this summer, he squawked, bugled and fretted for days.
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Public record for Aug. 17, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
Spills and thrills: rodeo comes to Walworth County
By STAFF - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
ELKHORN --
The Great Midwest Pro Rodeo will be held at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn, Sat., Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 19, at 3 p.m.
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Photography, more judged today at fairgrounds in Elkhorn
By STAFF - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
ELKHORN --
The 2012 Walworth County Fair 4H junior department judging continues Fri., Aug. 17 at the fairgrounds in Elkhorn.
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Report: Probe expands to Wisconsin government
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
An investigation related to Gov. Scott Walker's tenure as Milwaukee County executive has expanded to state government, according to newly released documents obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Competing state jobs numbers tell different stories
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
MADISON --
Wisconsin added nearly 37,500 private sector jobs between March 2011 and March 2012, though total job growth was only 1.1 percent because of government job losses, according to data released Thursday by Gov. Scott Walker's administration.
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Ryan's hometown and the route back to prosperity
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A defining moment for Paul Ryan's hometown came at the height of the Great Recession: General Motors, after nearly a century of making Chevrolets on the banks of the Rock River, shut down its oldest assembly plant and erased 6,000 jobs.
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Hart’s slam lifts Brewers to 7-4 win over Phillies
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Corey Hart hit a grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning off reliever Josh Lindblom and the Brewers beat the Phillies 7-4.
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Obama defends Medicare record in new ad
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
GREENVILLE, S.C. --
Barack Obama’s re-election campaign kept up pressure against Republican rival Mitt Romney on two fronts Friday, launching a new ad defending the president’s record on Medicare while challenging Romney to release at least five years of tax returns.
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Panel extends Wisconsin concealed carry rules
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
MADISON --
The Legislature's rules committee voted Thursday to extend through mid-October temporary regulations that enacted Wisconsin's concealed carry law.
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Packers turn ball over, lose to Browns 35-10
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
GREEN BAY --
It's only the preseason, and an 0-2 start isn't going to shake the Green Bay Packers' confidence.
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Death notices for Aug. 17, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
State reports 1st cases of new swine flu strain
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
MADISON --
Wisconsin health officials report two cases of people infected with a new strain of swine flu.
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Police dogs face new threat
By CAROL L. PAUR - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Despite the popularity of “America’s Most Wanted,” few are spurred to action just by watching the show. But for Donna Morgan of Janesville, one episode changed her life.
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Romney is the present, Ryan is face of future
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Before Aug. 11, Paul Ryan already was the party’s intellectual leader and de facto parliamentary leader—youngest-ever House Budget Committee chairman whose fiscal blueprint has driven congressional debate for two years. Now, however, he is second only to Mitt Romney as the party’s undisputed political leader.
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Obama’s betrayal
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
WASHINGTON --
If the conduct of the Obama campaign team were universalized, candidates would no longer require any evidence to accuse one another of complicity in a death. To accept this as a new political norm would be to define defamation down.
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