News Archive for August 31, 2012
Ramirez, Hart lead Brewers to 9-3 win over Pirates
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Corey Hart and Aramis Ramirez both went 3 for 4 with home runs, and Pittsburgh starter Jeff Karstens left for the second consecutive time with an injury as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pirates 9-3 on Friday night.
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Craig volleyball shuts out West; Parker swept
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
Janesville Craig's girls volleyball team continues to play well in the early season.
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Ryan's speech doesn't surprise area Republicans
By STAN MILAM - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
TAMPA, FLA. --
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan gave viewers a lot to think about and provided fodder for pundits to argue with his speech Wednesday at the Republican Party National Convention.
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Badgers' Frederick takes lead
By BENJAMIN WORGULL/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
MADISON --
When he arrived on campus in the summer of 2009, Travis Frederick's main goal at the University of Wisconsin was to not get lost, build his football IQ and find out where the food was.
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Warhawks kick off Friday night
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
Friday nights aren't just for high school football. Three-time defending NCAA Division III champion UW-Whitewater opens its 2012 season tonight with a game at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Beloit soccer tops Parker; Craig falls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A sloppy first half proved too tough to overcome Thursday night for Janesville Parker's boys soccer team.
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Craig tennis triumphs; West tops Parker
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Craig's girls tennis team swept all three doubles matches Thursday en route to a 4-3 Big Eight Conference win over Madison La Follette.
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Slaback second; Parker cross country girls fourth
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
Miranda Slaback helped lead Janesville Parker's girls cross country team to a fourth-place finish at Thursday's Nature Hill Challenge race in Oconomowoc.
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Janesville City Council: No interest in Green Tier program
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council will not take up the controversial Green Tier program again, at least not this year. City Manager Eric Levitt said most council members have little interest in pursuing it.
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Former Big Brother pleads not guilty to sex assault
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
ELKHORN --
A former Big Brother charged with repeated sexual assault of two boys has asked for a hearing to decide if he must submit to an HIV test requested by the district attorney's office.
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Rittenhouse to join Arkansas Hall
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. --
Jody Rittenhouse, a 1978 Janesville Craig graduate, will be inducted into the University of Arkansas Hall of Honor at a ceremony tonight.
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Snappers bat down T-Rattlers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
GRAND CHUTE --
Drew Leachman and Tyler Grimes each drove in two runs and Eddie Rosario was 3-for-5 as Beloit dropped Wisconsin, 9-2, in a Midwest League game Thursday night.
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Officials seek to help 'dead-ended' business
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
MILTON --
A state lawmaker vows he'll go straight to the governor's office to help a Milton businessman whose access to traveling customers would be cut off by the Highway 26 bypass.
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Public record for Aug. 31, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
Attendees fill grandstand at Walworth County Fair for antique tractor pull
By STAN MILAM - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
ELKHORN --
Unless you're involved, your idea of a present-day tractor pull is probably a highly modified, 1,000-horsepower machine that could never be used to plant corn and soybeans.
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Coffee makers, bikes among recalls
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
The following recalls have been announced:
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State health officials: 14 infected with form of swine flu
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
MADISON --
State health officials say 14 people exposed to pigs at the state or county fairs have been infected with a new strain of swine flu.
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Roddick says he's retiring
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
NEW YORK --
By turns a bit wistful and at his wisecracking best, Andy Roddick let the tennis world in on a little secret he kept for a couple of days: This U.S. Open will be the last tournament of his career.
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Misery in La. as Isaac flooding leaves power out
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
NEW ORLEANS --
Isaac sloshed northwards into the nation’s midsection Friday after flooding stretches of Louisiana and knocking out power, leaving entire water-logged neighborhoods without lights, air conditioning or clean water.
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Death notices for Aug. 31, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
Romney's focus: Jobs
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
TAMPA, FLA. --
Republican Mitt Romney has a message for the millions of Americans who voted for Democratic President Barack Obama: It's OK to be disappointed.
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Sand mining companies form association
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
MADISON --
Sand mining companies form association
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Cullen, committee schedule mining meeting
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
The leader of the state Senate's new mining committee says he has scheduled a series of hearings next month to gather information on possible regulatory changes.
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Friday: your online schedule for the 2012 Walworth County Fair
By STAFF - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
Look to WalworthCountyToday.com each morning for coverage of the Walworth County Fair, running through Sept. 3.
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Sound mix: fair's music includes an unlikely duo
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
ELKHORN --
What do you get when you combine the buttoned-down Walworth County Deputy District Attorney Joshua Grube and the free spoken Whitewater defense attorney John Dade, with a newgrass/bluegrass proficiency and a blues rocker’s chops?
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The “deterrence works” fantasy
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Aug. 31, 2012
WASHINGTON --
A significant school of American "realists" remain deterrence absolutists and are increasingly annoyed with those troublesome Israelis who are sowing fear, rattling world markets and risking regional war by threatening a pre-emptive strike to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. They've got it backward.
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