News Archive for November 19, 2012
Petraeus affair reminds us how little is private
By GENE POLICINSKI - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
As shown by the FBI’s relatively quick trip through the online missives of Gen. David Petraeus’ trysts, not much—if any—of our electronic communication is genuinely “private,” not even for the director of the world’s largest spy agency.
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2013 Southern Wisconsin AirFest canceled
By STAN MILAM - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Southern Wisconsin AirFest has been canceled for 2013 and is not likely to return until a U.S. jet team is signed on for future air shows.
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Milton chamber seeks updates for road signs
By NEIL JOHNSON - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
MILTON --
The reality: Once the Highway 26 bypass is finished next year, the 16,000 vehicles a day that funnel through Milton's east side will skirt a mile east around the city, according to state estimates.
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Senior facility planned for Beloit
By JIM LEUTE - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
BELOIT --
A Madison-based company that specializes in senior living solutions plans to build an assisted living facility in Beloit.
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Walworth County projects are topic of highway meeting
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
DELAVAN --
The Walworth County Highway Department is hosting a meeting to discuss its 2013 road projects.
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Company's current crop of trees unharmed by drought
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Utzig family has been growing Christmas trees west of Janesville for more than 50 years.
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Public record for Nov. 19, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
Small corner lot owners feel penalized by code
By MARCIA NELESEN - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Most folks like a little privacy in their backyards, but some residents on small corner lots said Janesville's fencing ordinance makes it difficult for them to create an outdoor retreat.
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The grinches who stole Black Friday
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
CHICAGO --
Wal-Mart, Target and the rest of the retailers who are demanding their employees rush their turkey and cranberries aren’t exactly the bad guys—they’re corporations out to make money. If those workers want to be angry at anyone for cutting into the few hours of holiday respite, they should be angry at those who happily ditch their own families in order to lock in some deals.
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Lake Geneva high school sailor wins Cressy
By STAFF - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
Malcolm Lamphere (Geneva), shown above, topped the Laser Radial and Mitchell Kiss (Macatawa Bay) won the Full Rig Lasers in the end of season national championship. Eighteen sailors in each division qualified to attend the event in boats supplied by Laser. These two have competed and trained together and represented the US in international regattas. Jack Bitney from Minnetonka and Will Holz from New Trier HS also competed for the Midwest.
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UW-Whitewater football team earns WIAC honors
By UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Six members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team have earned All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors for the 2012 season. The honorees include offensive lineman Jimmy Norris (Hoffman Estates, IL/William Fremd), placekicker Eric Kindler (Germantown/Germantown), linebacker Kyle Wismer (Spring Grove, IL/Richmond-Burton), defensive back Ryan Wenkman (Wisconsin Dells/Wisconsin Dells), and defensive linemen Jake Hohlstein (Portage/Portage) and Loussaint Minett (Whitewater/Whitewater).
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Police looking for suspect in attempted bank robbery in Sugar Creek
By STAFF - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP --
Walworth County Sheriff's deputies are investigating an attempted bank robbery in the town of Sugar Creek Friday, according to a release from the Walworth County Sheriff's Office.
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Death notices for Nov. 19, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
Public nudity ban eyed in fed-up San Francisco
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. --
San Francisco may be getting ready to shed its image as a city where anything goes, including clothing.
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Brad Keselowski gets Penske his Cup title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
NASCAR’s oddest couple captured its biggest prize Sunday night, when Brad Keselowski brought Roger Penske his first Sprint Cup championship 40 years after the owner’s first stock car race.
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McLaren’s Hamilton wins US Grand Prix in Austin
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
AUSTIN, TEXAS --
Lewis Hamilton wanted to make Formula One’s return to the U.S. something special, for him and for racing.
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Wisconsin routs Cornell 73-40
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
MADISON --
After a dismal performance on defense in its last game, Wisconsin turned up the pressure against Cornell.
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Turkey causes power outage in Sheboygan County
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
SHEBOYGAN --
Maybe this turkey was trying to launch a pre-emptive strike before Thanksgiving.
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State: Warm weather could be harmful to venison
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
State officials are warning deer hunters that the relatively warm temperatures predicted for opening weekend across Wisconsin can affect the quality of their meat.
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Man charged with impersonating reporter
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
A man accused of impersonating a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter has been charged after authorities said he called high school female athletes at home and asked to take their pictures.
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Update: Antioch man, daughter killed in plane crash near Burlington
By STAFF - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
BURLINGTON --
An Antioch, Ill., man and his teenage daughter were killed Sunday afternoon when their single-engine plane crashed just west of the Burlington Municipal Airport, according to a release from the Walworth County Sheriff's Office.
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In America, young voters are new normal
By ROB “BIKO” BAKER & ALEXANDRA ACKER-LYONS - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
With three consecutive presidential election cycles of high young voter turnout, the picture comes into focus: Young voter participation is “the new normal.”
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Caution ahead: State might push to boost transportation taxes
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials, transportation-group advocates and some legislators agree on what’s at stake: If more transportation cash isn’t forthcoming, major highways will not be rebuilt, pavement will wear out quicker than it can be maintained, and traffic congestion will worsen.
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