News Archive for July 12, 2012
High school football all-star games Saturday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
Graduated seniors get one more shot
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Sidewalk panel to give final proposal for 2012
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, July 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The 2012 sidewalk program is likely closed after the sidewalk committee decided Wednesday to forward a recommendation to the Janesville City Council on July 23 to build more than another mile of sidewalks.
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Data Dimensions buys Brown Deer firm
By STAN MILAM - Thursday, July 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville business data processing company, Data Dimensions, has purchased a Brown Deer firm, Data Exchange Center, to better serve customers in the Milwaukee and Fox Valley areas.
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Quinn drives Janesville home win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Second baseman has six RBIs vs. Kenosha
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Group finishes audit of county election records
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, July 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
When a group of citizens who spent two days hand-counting county results of the June gubernatorial recall election, it was kind of like in-laws leaving after a long weekend, Rock County Clerk Lori Stottler said Wednesday.
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TinCaps defeat Beloit Snappers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
FORT WAYNE, IND. --
The losing streak hit three Wednesday night for the Beloit Snappers.
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Second boy claims sex assault
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Thursday, July 12, 2012
ELKHORN --
A second boy is accusing a former Big Brother Big Sister volunteer of repeated sexual assault, according to an amended criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
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Driver in crash with teacher could be deported
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Thursday, July 12, 2012
ELKHORN --
A Lake Geneva man pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of reckless driving in connection with a traffic crash that seriously injured a Lake Geneva teacher. The plea could get him deported.
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Man gets 10 years in fatal crash
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, July 12, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for the April 2011 deaths of Margaret Worden, 61, and her grandson, Jeffery Bauer, 19, in a drunk driving accident.
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Brodhead's DeLorme playing with a shadow
By KEN VELOSKEY - Thursday, July 12, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Two years ago, Brodhead’s Jesse DeLorme suddenly lost his No. 1 fan, his father
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Public record for July 12, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
Supreme Court sides with Larson Acres
By GAZETTE STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, July 12, 2012
TOWN OF MAGNOLIA --
Wednesday's 5-2 ruling by the state Supreme Court siding with Larson Acres isn't just a victory for the fifth-generation family farm in the town of Magnolia but for farmers across Wisconsin, the farm's general manager said.
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'Big dog' coming to Walworth County
By STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
Oscar Mayer is bringing the big dog to Walworth County this weekend.
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Under the First Amendment, religious freedom favors none, protects all
By CHARLES C. HAYNES - Thursday, July 12, 2012
Americans of the majority faith are anxious about the changing religious landscape of America—and what it means for the nation’s future.
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Fire at Twin Oaks displaces residents
By STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
DARIEN TOWNSHIP --
Residents at Twin Oaks Shelter for the Homeless, located on U.S. Highway 14, were quickly evacuated Tuesday when a fire broke out, according to a news release from Community Action Inc., the shelter's owner since 1992.
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Fatal shooting victim was student at Delavan's Wisconsin School for the Deaf
By STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
DELAVAN --
A 17-year-old student at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan was killed in a multiple shooting in Milwaukee, according to a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Golf event to help Boys & Girls Club of Walworth County
By STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
DELAVAN --
An upcoming golf fundraiser will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Walworth County.
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US basketball squad should be good as gold
By TIM DAHLBERG - Thursday, July 12, 2012
LAS VEGAS --
Talent was never going to be a problem for the U.S. men’s basketball team heading to London as defending gold medal champions.
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Learn about the Wright landscape in Lake Geneva presentation
By STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Frank Lloyd Wright’s influence on architecture is undeniable, but did you know he also influenced landscape design?
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Get a taste of 'Savory Sounds' in Whitewater
By CSI STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
WHITEWATER --
The Whitewater Arts Alliance, in partnership with Quiet Hut Sports, Olm & Associates, First Citizens State Bank, Commercial Bank, Fairhaven Senior Services and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater School of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education is presenting a Savory Sounds Concert Series at the Birge Fountain in front of the Cultural Arts Center this summer.
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Electric rates not falling along with fuel costs
By JONATHAN FAHEY - Thursday, July 12, 2012
NEW YORK --
A plunge in the price of natural gas has made it cheaper for utilities to produce electricity. But the savings aren't translating to lower rates for customers.
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Stricker sought Woods for advice
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, July 12, 2012
Looking for advice on how to win the same golf tournament four years in a row, Steve Stricker went to the authority: Tiger Woods.
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Death notices for July 12, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 12, 2012
A friend remembered
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Thursday, July 12, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Doug Marlette’s premature exit at 57 was a loss to a world never more desperately in need of sane voices and humorous reminders of our human-ness, as he would put it.
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Legislators must work to stop political infighting
By SEN. TIM CULLEN - Thursday, July 12, 2012
Whether meeting with local service clubs, small-business owners, or radio hosts, we hear a call to return to a state of civil discourse and common courtesy.
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Time to stop overgeneralizing about immigrants
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Thursday, July 12, 2012
CHICAGO --
Activists on both sides of the immigration issue commonly overgeneralize the term "immigrant."
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