News Archive for May 7, 2012
Milton Raptors roll in season opener
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, May 7, 2012
MILTON --
The Milton Raptors opened the Rock River League baseball season Sunday with a 15-0 victory in seven innings over Helenville at Schilberg Park.
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Consumer advocate/radio host to visit Janesville this week
By JIM LEUTE - Monday, May 7, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Clark Howard admits he's a cheapskate but says it allows him to spend $6 for a pint of ice cream and own what he calls "splurge" homes in Georgia and Florida.
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River Falls sweeps UW-Whitewater to earn league title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, May 7, 2012
EAU CLAIRE --
UW-Whitewater lost twice Sunday to UW-River Falls, 4-1 and 8-4, for the WIAC softball tournament championship.
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Janesville School District to discuss free bus rides for high schoolers
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, May 7, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Finding reliable transportation to school is likely to be challenging for low-income families. Even families with moderate incomes might have a hard time providing an extra car or rides.
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Riverside Park storage building being built
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, May 7, 2012
Construction began April 30 on a new storage building at Riverside Park, 2200 Parkside Drive, Janesville.
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Public record for May 7, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, May 7, 2012
Indians hammer Humber in 8-6 win over White Sox
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, May 7, 2012
CLEVELAND --
Zach McAllister pitched six innings for his first major league win as the Cleveland Indians roughed up a far-from-perfect Philip Humber in an 8-6 win Monday over the Chicago White Sox in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
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Community acupuncture makes a point in Janesville
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, May 7, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Sarah Boyd's sudden back pain made it difficult to walk. Pain medication prescribed after a visit to urgent care didn't work. Acupuncture did.
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Barrett, Falk campaign ahead of primary
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, May 7, 2012
MADISON --
The leading Democratic candidates in the race to take on Republican Gov. Scott Walker in only the nation’s third gubernatorial recall election made their final campaign stops Monday before the primary.
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A ‘magic bullet’ for student aid applications
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Monday, May 7, 2012
CHICAGO --
A possible "magic bullet" for getting more high school seniors to apply for federal student aid: professional assistance.
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Lake Geneva waterpark receives environmental award
By NEWS RELEASE - Monday, May 7, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Timber Ridge Lodge and Waterpark in Lake Geneva received an Environmental Stewardship award from Orion Energy Systems, a power technology company based in Manitowoc.
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Seeing-eye nation
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Monday, May 7, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Although blind, Chen Guangcheng was unable to avert his gaze from the abomination of women being forced to submit to abortions even in the latest term of their pregnancies. Sometimes only the blind can see. And sometimes nations prefer not to look.
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Crystal Lake shooting range opens May 9
By STAFF - Monday, May 7, 2012
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. --
The director of operations for a new shooting range opening May 9 in Crystal Lake said a recent increase in the number of gun owners was an encouraging sign to the range’s investors, according to a story in the Northwest Herald.
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Beloit Snappers ride HRs to victory
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, May 7, 2012
BELOIT --
Rory Rhodes and Tyler Grimes hit back-to-back solo home runs in the third inning Sunday to help propel the Beloit Snappers to a 5-3 victory over the visiting Kane County Cougars in Midwest League baseball.
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Walworth County had area's largest legal judgment in 2011
By STAFF - Monday, May 7, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
A $6,411,380 judgment against Geneva Prairie LLC, the developers of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Wrightwood condominiums in Lake Geneva topped the list of largest legal judgments of 2011 in a seven-county area in southeastern Wisconsin, according to a story in the Business Journal.
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State, Walworth County see tourism spending up in 2011
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, May 7, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
Wisconsin’s tourism economy grew by nearly 8 percent last year, while Walworth County saw an increase of almost 14 percent in tourism dollars.
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Keselowski gets late push from Busch to win at Talladega
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, May 7, 2012
TALLADEGA, ALA. --
Keselowski used a big push from Kyle Busch to pass leader Matt Kenseth, and after leaving the Cambridge native and Daytona 500 winner in their wake, Keselowski staved off Busch’s attempt to snatch the win.
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New arena needs help from Bucks
By MICHAEL HUN, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Monday, May 7, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
As long as the arena-financing package is fair and heavily tipped toward Kohl and private investors, I’m onboard with anything that helps advance this city.
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Fowler finally a winner on PGA tour
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, May 7, 2012
CHARLOTTE, NC --
Rickie Fowler has never been afraid to put it all on the line.
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Death notices for May 7, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, May 7, 2012
Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image
By CONNIE CASS - Monday, May 7, 2012
WASHINGTON --
For all their liberal versus conservative differences, when the two presidential contenders describe each other, they sound like they're ragging on the same flawed guy. Or mirror images of that guy.
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Brewers battle back, fall 4-3 to Giants in 11th
By ANTONIO GONZALEZ - Monday, May 7, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. --
Pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez lined a single over a five-man infield with the bases loaded in the 11th after Milwaukee rallied to force extra innings, and the San Francisco Giants handed the Brewers a 4-3 loss.
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Government-by-recall raises many questions
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, May 7, 2012
This historical government-by-recall era has revealed six public-policy questions that future governors and legislators may—or may not—want clarified.
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