News Archive for March 14, 2012
Special-ed cuts raise concerns
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The biggest reduction in Janesville School District teaching staff next school year is likely to be among special-education teachers, and that had one school board member concerned Tuesday night.
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Rock, Jefferson county Habitat groups join
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Habitat for Humanity of Rock County has acquired Habitat for Humanity of Jefferson County.
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Sidewalk opponents form group
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A group of Janesville neighbors has formed a political group to elect Janesville City Council members who would shelve the city's sidewalk program until further study.
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Doctor: Flu season 'very, very wimpy'
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Perhaps the mild winter in Wisconsin helped keep down the number of flu cases.
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Janesville traveling basketball teams enjoy success
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Janesville traveling girls basketball teams wrapped up successful seasons with tournament championships.
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Evansville native wins pageant title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
FOND DU LAC --
It took three years and seven pageants, but Mariah Haberman, a native of Evansville, has won a pageant title to send her to the Miss Wisconsin pageant this summer.
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Arraignment set in high school marijuana case
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man accused of giving his son marijuana to sell at Parker High School has waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
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Gilmore earns top masters rank
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Lois Gilmore of Janesville remains a competitive force among masters road runners on the U.S. circuit.
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Hearing waived in child enticement case
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Beloit man accused of enticing what he thought was an 11-year-old girl has waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
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Spring weather is heating up
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Forget astronomical calendars and the arbitrary timelines associated with a rodent's prediction in early February. Spring is here, and it's early enough that area farmers should get a head start on their fieldwork and spring planting.
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Public record for March 14, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Jacobson shines for St. Norbert
By JOHN BARRY - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
DE PERE --
The 2009 Janesville Parker graduate and former Janesville Jet starts in net for St. Norbert College.
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UW-Whitewater Innovation Center celebrates first anniversary
By STAN MILAM - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
WHITEWATER --
It might not seem like a good match—Gen. George "Blood and Guts" Patton and a state-of-the-art facility in Whitewater created to foster business ideas and innovation.
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Walworth County ARC scholarships offered
By STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
ELKHORN --
The Walworth County ARC (Association for Retarded Citizens) is offering three $750 scholarships this spring.
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Mingle with mediums, learn about the other side in East Troy
By STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
EAST TROY --
Mingle with mediums, then learn how to hunt for spirits and attend a gallery reading. A group of experts, led by “Spooky” Scotty Rorek of ZTalkRadio.com, Madison, and his experienced team of paranormal researchers and mediums, hunt for ghosts in the Ivan’s complex of buildings.
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Lake Geneva police looking for suspect in attempted child abduction
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Lake Geneva Police Chief, Michael Rasmussen is requesting help from the community locating a suspect who attempted to lure a child into a vehicle at the Lake Geneva Middle School. The victim in this case described the suspect as a black male with short hair in his 30s driving an older-model red four door vehicle. It is alleged that this male approached a child and attempted to lure the student into the vehicle
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Beware of payday loan scams
By STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
The Internet Crime Complaint Center has received a number of complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. Callers purport to be representatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms or other legitimate-sounding agencies.
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Butler-based company buys Lake Geneva building
By STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Wil-Surge Electrics, Inc. of Butler paid $2.27 million for a fully leased industrial building at 999 Wells St., near the Lake Geneva Business Park, according to news reported by the Business Journal of Milwaukee.
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Little Free Library idea brings neighbors, readers together
By CAROL L. PAUR - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Libraries have a reputation to maintain: silence, shelves of books and pert librarians, with glasses fixed on the edges of their noses.
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GOP nomination fight is Romney vs. Santorum
By KASIE HUNT - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO --
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the former Georgia lawmaker whose Southern strategy stalled, was all but relegated to an asterisk in the contest even as he vowed to stay in it.
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Greinke not holding back
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
PHOENIX --
Brewer pitcher throwing a cutter
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Neal to sit first four Packer games
By BOB MCGINN, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
GREEN BAY --
Defensive end Mike Neal has dug himself a hole with the Green Bay Packers from which it might be impossible for him to recover.
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Marquette centering on size
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
This was supposed to be the year Marquette wouldn’t have to spend the season talking about how they were going to get by without a big man.
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Bruesewitz needs to break out of shooting slump
By JEFF POTRYKUS, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --
Fourth-seeded UW (24-9) opens the tournament at 1:10 p.m. Thursday against 13th-seeded Montana (25-6), the Big Sky regular-season and tournament champion.
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Wells likely to take a hike out of Green Bay
By TOM SILVERSTEIN, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Packers’ offer apparently not enough for center
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Bucks launch Bogut
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
The Milwaukee Bucks agreed to trade Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson to the Golden State Warriors, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said Tuesday night.
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Death notices for March 14, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Young centerfielder searches for a spot on Brewers roster
By TOM HAURDRICOURT, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
PHOENIX --
The problem—at least for Schafer—is that the Brewers are not looking for a starting centerfielder at present. In fact, it’s probably the deepest position on their roster.
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Cubs’ Volstad stays grounded
By PHIL ROGERS - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. --
Volstad is the anti-Zambrano—seemingly content being noticed only every fifth day on the mound.
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Bears grab Marshall
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Wide receivers grabbed the big money as NFL free agency began Tuesday.
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Santiago makes strong bid to make Sox
By MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
PEORIA, ARIZ. --
Santiago, one of the few pitching standouts of the White Sox’s spring training, doesn’t have his sights set on buying a luxury car or palatial home if he makes the opening day roster.
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Kiss my gritsies, please
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Southerners understand that biscuits and grits are local fare and that Northern politicians probably haven’t enjoyed much of that. They understand that a city boy probably hasn’t had much experience in deer stands and duck blinds. They get that you have a different elocution, so why try to imitate theirs? But why is it perfectly acceptable to mock white Southerners?
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