News Archive for July 23, 2012
Union Pacific project replacing tracks’ ties
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, July 23, 2012
A crew of 64 workers began replacing worn out rail ties July 16 on the main tracks of Union Pacific’s railroad line between Janesville and Evansville.
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What to know if you plan to attend Rock County 4-H Fair
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, July 23, 2012
JANESVILLE --
If you’re planning to visit the Rock County 4-H Fair, which begins Tuesday at the Rock County Fairgrounds in Janesville, here are eight things you’ll want to know.
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Becoming part of the talk
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Monday, July 23, 2012
CHICAGO --
“Sullivan & Son,” a show about an Irish-Korean attorney who returns home to Pittsburgh to take over his parent’s “Cheers”-style bar, has the potential to showcase the rapidly growing population of interracial families.
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Attendance heats up at cooling center
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, July 23, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Salvation Army Janesville site offers visitors relief from heat
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Janesville Legion falls at Plover
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
PLOVER --
Janesville’s American Legion baseball team came up short in its bid to win the Plover Tournament on Sunday.
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Beloit Snappers connect for five home runs but fall to Loons
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
BELOIT --
Five home runs weren’t enough to save the Beloit Snappers on Sunday afternoon.
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Milton Raptors clinch title share
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
MILTON --
The Milton Junction Pub Raptors clinched at least a share of the Rock River League Southwest Division baseball title Sunday with a 10-8 victory over the Janesville Aces.
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Rock Aqua Jays finish second at state ski show
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
The Aqua Jays also received standing ovations for their world-record pyramid of 44 skiers four-tiers high and for the Kumlien kids barefoot whirlpool act in which Jamie Kumlien’s brother Michael performs with him on his back while sister Jacklyn barefoots backward alongside.
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Albion clinches playoff berth
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
Albion clinched a Home Talent League baseball playoff berth Sunday.
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Public record for July 23, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
Rock County Fairgrounds already busy with activity
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, July 23, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Alex Morton, supervisor of the fairgrounds maintenance crew, said their workday began at 7 a.m.
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Corner shop in Brodhead serves up more than a cup of coffee
By GINA DUWE - Monday, July 23, 2012
BRODHEAD --
The majority of customers at the tiny coffee shop on Brodhead’s east side are from out of town or even out of state.
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UPDATE: County worker killed in road maintenance accident
By STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
TROY TOWNSHIP --
A Walworth County Public Works Department employee died after being struck by a public works vehicle during a road repair project Monday morning, according to a news release from the Walworth County Administrator’s office.
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DNR sets hearing on new wetlands permit
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 23, 2012
MADISON --
Wisconsin environmental officials are taking public comments on a draft of the state’s first general wetlands construction permit next week.
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Fontana issues modified watering ban
By STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
FONTANA --
Fontana has issued a modified watering ban, according to a village news release.
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The found generation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
By MICHAEL GERSON - Monday, July 23, 2012
WASHINGTON --
As the International AIDS conference meets in Washington, D.C., the news on HIV/AIDS is not all encouraging. About 44 percent of people needing treatment still lack it. AIDS remains the world’s leading cause of death for women of reproductive age.
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New law helps turn the tide for fish hatcheries like Rushing Waters
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 23, 2012
Peter Fritsch has some great ideas for expanding the Rushing Waters Fisheries trout farm he runs in the Kettle Moraine State Forest here.
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Penn St fined $60M, wins vacated from '98-11
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 23, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS --
The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
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Investment firm commits $20 million to Buell
By STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
EAST TROY --
Erik Buell Racing received a $20 million commitment from FirstPathway Partners, a Milwaukee-based investment fund manager, according to a story in the Business Journal.
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UW-Whitewater remembers grad killed in Colorado
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 23, 2012
WHITEWATER --
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is mourning a graduate who was killed in the Colorado movie theater shootings.
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US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s
By HOPE YEN - Monday, July 23, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century.
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Wiggins makes British history with Tour victory
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 23, 2012
PARIS --
Twenty-three years ago, Bradley Wiggins marveled as Greg LeMond blazed a trail as America’s first Tour de France winner. Now, he has blazed his own.
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Sadler holds on, wins at Chicagoland
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 23, 2012
JOLIET, ILL. --
Stenhouse finished second, followed by Justin Allgaier, Kenny Wallace and Michael Annett.
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Death notices for July 23, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, July 23, 2012
Attention turns to NCAA and Penn State's fate
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 23, 2012
Now the NCAA gets its say on Penn State.
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Brewers swept by Reds, fall way back in NL Central
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, July 23, 2012
CINCINNATI --
The Milwaukee Brewers arrived in Cincinnati within 7 1/2 games of the first-place Reds. They left in a shambles, behind Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and St. Louis in the NL Central.
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An epic collapse, a British Open for the ages
By PAUL NEWBERRY - Monday, July 23, 2012
LYTHAM & ST. ANNE’S, ENGLAND --
Scott had to make a painful walk back to the 18th green to collect the prize that goes to the runner-up. On the table was the silver chalice that should've been his.
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Wisconsin employing fewer government workers
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, July 23, 2012
It's a fair question: How many government workers are there in Wisconsin, and what’s the change since Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s first day on the job?
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