News Archive for June 20, 2012
Sidewalk committee agrees on criteria for placement
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Traffic volume has risen to the top of criteria being considered by a new Janesville committee charged with helping decide who should have sidewalks in the city.
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Update: Former Big Brothers/Big Sisters president booked on assault charges
By STAN MILAM - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
ELKHORN --
The former president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rock, Walworth and Jefferson Counties faces charges of repeatedly sexually assaulting a young boy for whom he was Big Brother.
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Milton pecking away at backyard chicken rules
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
MILTON --
The Milton City Council is considering new rules that could allow permits for backyard chickens in residential parts of the city.
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School lunch price could rise
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
JANESVILLE --
School lunch would cost 10 cents more next fall than it did in the past school year under a proposal being recommended by a Janesville School Board committee.
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Sheriff's office warns of Sunday traffic delays near Lake Geneva
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Police are asking motorists to steer clear of the Big Foot Triathlon on Sunday.
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Judge to discuss landlord-tenant law
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Recent changes to Wisconsin law governing landlords and their tenants has created some confusion that a local group hopes to clear up—at least locally—later this week.
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Murder suspect remains in Wisconsin
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
ELKHORN --
An Ohio man suspected of murdering his mother remains in the Walworth County Jail awaiting extradition paperwork from the governors of Ohio and Wisconsin.
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Bank robbery suspect's plea delayed
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
ELKHORN --
A plea hearing was delayed Tuesday for a Lake Geneva man facing three charges of armed robbery.
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Madison squad knocks down Janesville Legion team
By KEN VELOSKEY - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Madison Impact made an impression on the Janesville Legion baseball fans Tuesday at Riverside Park.
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East hammers West in All-Star game
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
GENEVA, ILL. --
The East All-Stars played Home Run Derby in winning Tuesday night's Midwest League All-Star game.
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Chair doing fine job, say sidewalk committee members
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Serendipitous. That's how Janesville sidewalk committee member Bob Yeomans describes the city's unexpected good fortune in finding a federal mediator to serve as the committee's volunteer chair.
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Public record for June 20, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Sisters' act: Nuns bring message to Janesville
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Nuns on the Bus and Rep. Paul Ryan have something in common: They agree the country must do something to fight poverty. They just disagree about how.
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Lake Geneva Police investigate sexual assault
By STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
The Lake Geneva Police Department is reporting on its Facebook page that one of its detectives investigated a complaint of multiple sexual assaults of a boy by a 51-year-old town of Lafayette man.
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Geneva Lake beachgoers can develop ‘swimmer’s itch’
By STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
From mid-June through July, Geneva Lake beaches occasionally experience swimmer’s itch outbreaks. While it is not a serious health hazard, swimmer’s itch is irritating to the skin, according to a news release from the Geneva Lake Environmental Agency.
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Death notices for June 20, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Train fatalities in McHenry County investigated
By STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
MCHENRY COUNTY, ILL. --
Two separate pedestrian train fatalities over the weekend on Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest line are suspected suicides, but are being investigated, according to a story in the Northwest Herald.
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Miami Heat closes in on NBA championship
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
MIAMI --
LeBron James could hardly stand, certainly couldn't run. Good thing all he needed to do was shoot. Better get well fast, LeBron. You're one win away from the biggest party of your life.
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Second chance? Jolly looks to NFL, Packers
By TYLER DUNNE, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
GREEN BAY --
Johnny Jolly is a free man, says he has been sober for eight months and is now looking for work.
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Law enforcement restricts media wildfire coverage
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
DENVER --
Reporters covering northern Colorado’s massive wildfire cannot enter areas that have been evacuated — an unusual restriction even for this state, where local officials have extensive powers at fire scenes and journalists are usually kept miles from the flames.
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Axford struggles, Brewers fall to Blue Jays 10-9
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
John Axford began the day by heading to the hospital with his wife, then welcoming his newborn son Tuesday afternoon. He ended it wondering if his job as the Milwaukee Brewers' closer might be in jeopardy.
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The housing market continues to rebound in Wisconsin
By STAFF - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
The Wisconsin Realtors Association says home sales climbed nearly 19 percent in May, compared to the same month last year. The association says it’s the 11th consecutive month of double-digit increases.
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Not the same old stuff at Elkhorn Antique Flea Market
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A meat cleaver and a bowed handsaw. The mounted heads of a mountain goat and an antelope. An old sewing cabinet, a ship’s wheel and a metal-studded leather gun holster, straight out of a 1950s TV western. Margaret Adams found them all at the Elkhorn Antique Flea Market on the Walworth County Fairgrounds.
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The other war on women
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Laura Bush used her bully pulpit to great effect, not just by advancing women’s rights in far corners of the world but also by literally saving lives. To assert anything less is disingenuous if not dishonest. It is also an insult to a woman of whom all Americans should be proud.
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