News Archive for July 27, 2012
Brewers beat Nationals 6-0 to snap 7-game skid
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 27, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Corey Hart and Aramis Ramirez homered to back another fine pitching performance by Mike Fiers as the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 6-0 victory over the Washington Nationals.
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Unemployment could stay high as US economy slows
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Friday, July 27, 2012
WASHINGTON --
High unemployment isn't going away — not as long as the economy grows as slowly as it did in the April-June quarter.
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Zack Greinke traded from Brewers to Angels
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 27, 2012
ANAHEIM, CALIF. --
The Los Angeles Angels made their latest big move Friday, acquiring ace pitcher Zack Greinke from the Milwaukee Brewers for rookie shortstop Jean Segura and two minor leaguers.
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Disaster designations open emergency loans up to area farmers
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, July 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A federal edict declaring Rock, Walworth and 21 other counties natural disaster areas will make low-interest emergency loans available for farmers with cash-flow problems.
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Fear turns to anger after police arrest man they say sought sex
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, July 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The tears didn’t come in earnest until the Janesville mother found out the man accused of driving from Michigan to meet her 13-year-old daughter had been arrested.
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Milton votes to draft hen regulations
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, July 27, 2012
MILTON --
City staff this week floated a draft on regulations that would spell out rules that could allow people to keep up to six hens as a conditional use in some residential areas of the city.
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Animals come from across Midwest for fair
By RYAN BROEGE - Friday, July 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Most livestock bred in other parts of country
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Janesville Legion falls in pitching duel
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 27, 2012
GENOA CITY --
The pitching of Andy Kersten and Adam Greene could not overcome the lack of hitting for the Janesville American Legion baseball team Thursday night.
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Janesville 11s open with shutout victory
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 27, 2012
ELIZABETHTOWN, KY. --
The Janesville 11-year-old all-star squad opened the Cal Ripken Ohio Valley Regional with a 7-0 victory over host Elizabethtown (Ky.) on Thursday.
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Digital advancement in mammography creating crisper images, speedier treatment
By GINA DUWE - Friday, July 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Health providers compare upgrading from film mammography to digital to the switch from analog TV to high-definition.
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Businesses meet with Gateway Tech to discuss ‘skills gap’
By STAN MILAM - Friday, July 27, 2012
ELKHORN --
About 40 representatives from Walworth County businesses, mostly manufacturers, met Thursday to discuss the skills gap and other employer needs in an increasingly competitive environment.
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Burlington tops Beloit with three run-fourth
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 27, 2012
BURLINGTON, IOWA --
A three-run fourth inning was enough to carry Burlington to a 4-1 victory over visiting Beloit in Midwest League baseball action Thursday night.
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Former Big Brother waives hearing in sex assault case
By STAN MILAM - Friday, July 27, 2012
ELKHORN --
A former president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rock, Walworth and Jefferson Counties waived his right Thursday to a preliminary hearing on charges of sexually assaulting two boys he mentored in the program.
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Public record for July 27, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 27, 2012
Janesville company manufactures growth
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, July 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Fab-Masters makes fourth expansion
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Janesville senator who left fold welcomed at fair
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, July 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Cullen to meet with leaders today
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On world stage, Olympic culture clashes inevitable
By NICOLE WINFIELD - Friday, July 27, 2012
LONDON --
The Olympic-sized political gaffes and cultural goofs already registered before the games officially opened.
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Network to help farmers affected by drought
By STAFF - Friday, July 27, 2012
MADISON --
A state initiative designed to assist farmers in recovering from drought conditions is as close as the Internet.
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LBA's Parade of Homes opens doors to innovating designs, details
By LYNN GREENE - Friday, July 27, 2012
ELKHORN --
If you’re thinking about building a home or renovating the one you have, you’ll want to attend the Lakeland Builders Association Parade of Homes. It’s held over two weekends: July 28-29 and Aug. 4-5. Ten homes will be open for touring from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is an hour earlier than previous parades, so you’ll even have time for breakfast ... which the LBA will provide at their office in Elkhorn.
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Country Thunder music festival draws over 33,000
By STAFF - Friday, July 27, 2012
Country Thunder's line-up last weekend, which included Toby Keith, Blake Shelton, Hunter Hayes, Luke Bryan, Big & Rich and more acts, drew a capacity crowd of 33,268 people on site.
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Fencer Zagunis leads US in ceremony
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 27, 2012
LONDON --
The mother of fencing star Mariel Zagunis pushed up her flight by two days and frantically packed her bags to make sure she gets to London in time. After all, it’s not every day her daughter leads the U.S. team in the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
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August blasts Revenue Department
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 27, 2012
MADISON --
A Republican legislator called for an investigation Wednesday into the inadvertent release of Social Security and tax identification numbers by the Wisconsin Revenue Department.
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Hot, dry weather heightens West Nile virus risk
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 27, 2012
CHICAGO --
Life's a picnic this year for the small, sneaky mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus and pose a deadly risk to humans. Hot, dry weather in the Midwest has created the perfect conditions in still-damp ditches and underground storm water basins where the Culex mosquito breeds.
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Craig teacher finds past a perfect summer job
By LYNN VOLLBRECHT - Friday, July 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
It’s not unusual for those in the teaching profession to use the summer months to spend a bit more time on their hobbies or focus on a few non-school-related pursuits. But most don’t take the opportunity to travel back in time -- or assume a completely different name and identity. Unless, of course, they’re anything like Rick Kakouris.
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Death notices for July 27, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, July 27, 2012
Packers make defense changes
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 27, 2012
GREEN BAY --
General manager Ted Thompson used the team's first six draft picks on defensive players and also signed a few free agents to bolster the depth on that side.
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Gallardo puts Brewers in early hole, Nats win 8-2
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 27, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
On a day the Brewers acknowledged they were working to trade ace Zack Greinke, the team's other top-line pitcher, Yovani Gallardo, put the team in a hole early.
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Bucks open regular season at Boston Nov. 2
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, July 27, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
The Milwaukee Bucks open the 2012-13 season on the road at Boston Nov. 2.
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Broken toe won’t stop US gymnast Maroney
By MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE - Friday, July 27, 2012
LONDON --
McKayla Maroney, the 16-year-old defending world vault champion from Long Beach, Calif., will likely compete in only one event, her specialty, when the U.S. women begin Olympic gymnastics qualifications Sunday.
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Gun policy’s slippery slope
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, July 27, 2012
WASHINGTON --
What happened in a theater outside Denver was not an act of God but the act of a mentally unbalanced man with access to destructive weaponry. The quest to separate the mentally ill from modern armaments may well be hopeless. But it is at least worth a discussion.
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Romney—not innocents—abroad
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, July 27, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Unlike Barack Obama, Mitt Romney abroad will not be criticizing his president, admonishing his country or declaring himself a citizen of the world. Indeed, Romney will say nothing of substance, offering just effusive expressions of affection for his hosts. But that's the whole point: to show appreciation for close allies, something the current president has conspicuously failed to do.
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