News Archive for November 27, 2012
Janesville City Council approves 2013 budget
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council on Monday passed the 2013 budget on a 5-2 vote, and council member Russ Steeber said work on the 2014 budget should begin in January in an effort to control future spending.
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Commission backs ANGI, for now
By KEVIN MURPHY - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
MADISON --
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has at least temporarily sided with a Janesville manufacturer and others who oppose a utility's entry into the refueling market for vehicles that run on compressed natural gas.
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Craig's Foster earns first-team honor
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
Craig High senior Paul Foster was the lone first-team selection from Janesville on the 2012 All-Big Eight Conference football team.
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Darien man wins $1 million in Powerball drawing
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
DARIEN --
The Gazette's printing plant may soon have a job opening. On Monday morning, Roger Cobb, a route driver for The Gazette, came to work in Janesville carrying an oversized check in the amount of $1 million.
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Belleville tops Parkview boys
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
ORFORDVILLE --
Orfordville Parkview High stumbled in the first quarter Monday en route to a 62-52 loss to Belleville in nonconference boys basketball.
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Governor visits, works at Lake Geneva store
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Gov. Scott Walker will visit Stinebrink's Piggly Wiggly , 100 E. Geneva Square, this morning as part of the "Take Your Legislator to Work" campaign, according to a news release.
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Fury remains winless
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
STOUGHTON --
The Rock County Fury started out the right way, but couldn't keep up Monday en route to a 5-2 loss to Stoughton Co-op in girls high school hockey.
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Walker confident he's clear in probe
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press that he remains "absolutely" confident that he is not a subject of a criminal investigation involving former aides in his Milwaukee County office.
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'Lincoln' has lessons for today
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
WASHINGTON --
While Abraham Lincoln is the center of the movie of the same name, its subject is politics—the race to pass a constitutional ban on slavery before the readmission of Southern states that would have doomed the effort. Lincoln’s critics sometimes accused him of indifference to the law and the Constitution. In fact, he was a legalist to the core. As the Civil War came to a close, Lincoln knew that a wartime measure such as the Emancipation Proclamation could easily be undone if it was not reflected in the text of the Constitution.
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Warhawks winter baseball clinics opening
By UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Registrations are now being accepted for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawk Winter Baseball Clinics.
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Aurora Lakeland's jewelry sale benefits cancer patient program
By STAFF - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
ELKHORN --
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center will host a $5 jewelry sale on Wed., Dec. 12, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Rooms A and B of the lower level of its facilities on W3985 County Rd. NN, Elkhorn.
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Fontana Police holding 'Operation Feed the Need'
By STAFF - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
FONTANA --
The Fontana Police Department is holding its annual food drive to fill local food pantries and help families in need.
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2012 could be Wisconsin's warmest year
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Wisconsin is on pace to be the hottest year on record.
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Board placed Garrow on leave pending investigation: Letter
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
MILTON --
The Milton School District placed Superintendent Mike Garrow on paid leave in October while a school board-appointed attorney investigated a complaint filed against him, officials say.
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New DDHS fitness center and weight room open to the public
By DELAVAN-DARIEN SCHOOL DISTRICT - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
DELAVAN --
Delavan-Darien School District is opening the newly renovated high school fitness center and weight room to district residents starting Monday, Dec. 3.
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Badgers' Ball repeats as top running back
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
PARK RIDGE, ILL. --
Career touchdown leader Montee Ball of Wisconsin was selected the Big Ten's top running back for the second straight year and was a first-team all-conference pick by both the coaches and media.
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Bucks rally from 27-point third-quarter deficit
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
CHICAGO --
The Milwaukee Bucks had everything working against them late in the third quarter—a 27-point deficit, a nine-game skid against Chicago and a flurry of 3-pointers by the Bulls, the league's worst deep-shooting team.
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Racine man's use of flag upsets neighbors
By STAFF - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
RACINE --
A Racine man who has flown the American flag beside his house for more than 50 years is now flying it upside down.
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Newton leads Panthers past Eagles 30-22
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
PHILADELPHIA --
Cam Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more to lead the Carolina Panthers to a 30-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.
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Experts exhume remains of Palestinian leader
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK --
Yasser Arafat’s political heirs on Tuesday opened his grave and foreign experts took samples of the iconic Palestinian leader’s remains as part of a long-shot attempt — eight years after his mysterious death — to determine whether he was poisoned.
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McCarthy says goals still are attainable despite Giant beating
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
GREEN BAY --
The Green Bay Packers' playoff hopes remained mostly intact following Sunday's blowout loss at the New York Giants.
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Death notices for Nov. 27, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
No-call list deadline nears
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
MADISON --
The deadline to register or re-register phone numbers on the Wisconsin No Call List is Friday, Nov. 30.
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Walker says mining bill will pass
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker says he is confident the Republican-controlled Legislature will pass a mining bill next year, but he won't sign anything he believes will hurt the environment.
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Darien man, Gazette driver, $1 million Powerball winner
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
The Gazette’s printing plant may soon have a job opening.
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Some Generac holders plan to sell 11.5M shares
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
WAUKESHA --
Generac Holdings Inc., which sells generators, said Monday that some of its shareholders plan to sell 11.5 million shares of its common stock, or almost 17 percent of the company's outstanding shares.
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Young Walworth County golfer champion for a cause
By TODD MISHLER - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
Logan Zurn naturally was apprehensive when talking to a stranger with a clipboard. But give him a golf club and ball, and the third-grader at Tibbets Elementary School spoke volumes.
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