News Archive for December 18, 2012
New school on table at Turner
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
TOWN OF BELOIT --
An ad hoc committee will hear the latest about plans for a new $28 million Turner High School at a meeting Jan. 8, a week before the school board likely will vote on whether to seek an April referendum for the project.
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Professor: Behavior is cause, cure for cyberbullying
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
As long as humans have been interacting with one another, some humans have bullied others. Just as technology makes communication easier and more efficient, it makes bullying easier and more efficient as well.
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Class: Going green can get you some green
By JIM LEUTE - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Small business owner Edmund Halabi quickly did the math. Each week, he goes through two cases of paper towels in the restrooms at his Italian House restaurant on Janesville's each side. At $40 per case, the towels cost Halabi nearly $4,000 each year.
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Innovation Express bus route likely to continue in '13
By STAN MILAM - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Despite criticism from two members of the Whitewater City Council, the Janesville-Milton-Whitewater bus route will continue in 2013, if a state-federal grant is approved.
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Lake Geneva group wins fight to open memo between city and developer
By STAN MILAM - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
A group of residents formed as a watchdog of Lake Geneva city government says it has won a major victory to open city files.
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Sixth candidate to run for city council seat
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Julie Broda, 41, of 2719 Black Bridge Road, is the sixth person to seek election to one of four open seats on the Janesville City Council.
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Cows cause crashes in Newark
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
NEWARK TOWNSHIP --
A group of six cows created trouble for two motorists Saturday night on County K south of Cleophas Road in the town of Newark.
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Hundreds cited over weekend
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
A grant-funded focus on traffic violations netted more than 200 traffic citations over the weekend, according to a news release from the Rock County Sheriff's Office.
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Stoughton girls remain undefeated
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
The Stoughton High girls basketball team remained perfect on the season thanks to a key Badger South Conference win over Milton on Saturday night.
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Milton Avenue set to get Avenue Grill
By JIM LEUTE - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A new chapter in the restaurant history of Milton Avenue will begin later this year or early next. Sadri Shabani plans to open Avenue Grill at 2020 Milton Ave., the former home of Ponderosa Steakhouse.
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Fiscal cliff efforts ongoing, Boehner offers plan
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
WASHINGTON --
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner pushed ahead on negotiating a broad deal to avert the "fiscal cliff," even as the GOP leader readied a backup plan Tuesday to pressure the White House with little time left to avoid a double hit on the economy.
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Public record for Dec. 18, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
Abused, rescued dog repays his new owner
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
MOUNT PLEASANT --
In August Linda Hermann rescued Taylor, her little shih tzu mix dog.
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Bird Cities project now up to 60 communities in state
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
The state's largest city has been named a "Bird City."
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State DNR looking for wildlife council applicants
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
MADISON --
The state Department of Natural Resources is looking for applicants to serve on a new wildlife rehabilitation council.
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Law change needed to access immigration database
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
MADISON --
Accessing a federal database to help determine whether illegal immigrants are voting in Wisconsin would require a law change and cost over $1 million over the next five years.
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Wisconsin home sales jump in Nov., but prices dip
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Home sales in Wisconsin are continuing a brisk pace, but the median home sale price slipped in November.
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Farmers worry about dairy prices as deadline nears
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
As the nation inches toward the economic “fiscal cliff,” anxiety is growing in farm country about an obscure tangent of the Washington political standoff that reaches into the dairy industry.
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Packers sticking with struggling kicker Crosby
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
GREEN BAY --
The Green Bay Packers are sticking with Mason Crosby, although that decision has as much to do with their personnel philosophy as it does with their faith in the struggling kicker.
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10 Things to Know for Today
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
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Death notices for Dec. 18, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
Delavan-Darien fitness center opens to district residents
By DELAVAN-DARIEN SCHOOL DISTRICT - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
DELAVAN --
Think you’ll have a few extra holiday pounds to shed after the start of the New Year? No worries. The Delavan-Darien School District is opening the newly renovated high school fitness center and weight room to district residents.
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Some Beloit residents prepare for the worst
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
BELOIT --
The Preppers are alive and well in Beloit.
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Zucker named BIFF honorary chair
By STAFF - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
BELOIT --
Legendary Hollywood writer, director and producer David Zucker will serve as honorary chair of the eighth Beloit International Film Festival when the curtain goes up, Feb. 14. One of Hollywood’s most successful filmmakers, his worldwide box office hits include “Airplane!,” “Ruthless People,” “Phone Booth,” “A Walk In the Clouds” and the record-breaking “Naked Gun” and “Scary Movie” franchises.
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State Dems want deeper look into mass shootings
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
MADISON --
Democratic lawmakers called for a hard look Monday at what could be done in Wisconsin to help prevent mass shootings in the wake of the Connecticut school rampage, but Republicans were conspicuously silent on what, if anything, state policy makers should do.
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Busy DDHS junior shares gifts of gifts of warmth
By TODD MISHLER - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
Jennifer Hoyord is more conscientious than most typical teenagers, and no better example of that is devoting her time and energy to a cause that helps others, especially those in need.
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We are not helpless
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The search for the political implications of tragedy is unavoidable. It is the primary purpose of government to protect the innocent from the evil. At Newtown, Conn., none could be more innocent; none could be more evil.
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