News Archive for November 8, 2012
Medical isotope plant on track
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Barring any regulatory curveballs, a company that plans to produce medical isotopes in Janesville is on track to open an $85 million plant with 150 employees in early 2016.
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Developer planning to fill gap on Milton Avenue
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Milton Avenue in Janesville has a new hole that a developer hopes to fill in short order. The Janesville-based Kaiser Property Group bought the land and building at 3502 Milton Ave. earlier this year.
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Janesville sidewalk committee finishes half its job
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
After 18 meetings, Janesville's sidewalk committee appears to have found its groove and will make recommendations for next year's sidewalk program.
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Rattlers shine from the line
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
Free throws were the difference Wednesday night for the UW-Rock County men's basketball team.
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Local charities gobble up volunteers
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Most people are fortunate to gather family, friends and food on Thanksgiving Day, but a growing number of people are unable to provide their loved ones with a holiday feast.
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Neighbor, firefighters help save Milton teens from apartment fire
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
MILTON --
Eugene Siekert had just finished his last cigarette and was reaching for the door handle of his Milton home Tuesday night when he heard a window screen rip next door and a girl yell for help.
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Agape House hosts fundraiser fair
By STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
WALWORTH --
Agape House, a non-profit ministry benefiting hurting and abused girls and young women, will hold a fundraiser vendor fair on Saturday, November 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 215 S. Main Street in Walworth. Proceeds benefit the home, school and counseling center which are sustained largely by donations.
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Pro: With rampant wildfires and Sandy as a backdrop, candidates’ silence was politically reckless
By JOSEPH NEVINS - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. --
That “climate silence” reigned throughout the presidential campaign and in the face of multifaceted devastation fueled by a warming planet is only somewhat surprising.
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Con: Candidates realize most voters view it as a canard promoted by self-serving profiteers
By AMY RIDENOUR - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Anti-global warming policies are crafted to raise the price of energy to deter its use. They cause inflation and kill jobs.
All for nothing!
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True effect of big campaign spending unclear
By GENE POLICINSKI - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The U.S. Supreme Court, in its Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision in 2010, freed corporations, unions and others to spend as much on elections as they wish—setting up the circumstances for the financial version of Superstorm Sandy in this year’s races.
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Ryan will return to Congress
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Paul Ryan said Wednesday that he will return to Congress, but will spend some time with his family first.
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Baldwin reflects on victory
By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
MADISON --
Newly-elected Senate Democrat Tammy Baldwin said Wednesday she believes that she and tea party Republican Sen. Ron Johnson can find common ground to help the state despite being on opposite ends of the political spectrum.
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Reports link Brewers with Hamilton, Greinke
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
ARLINGTON, TEXAS --
Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan is waiting like so many others to see what the market will be for free agent slugger Josh Hamilton.
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Seemingly endless Wis. election cycle eases to end
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Candidates approving this message have been at it for two years in Wisconsin, along with the robocalls, angry commercials, emails begging for campaign donations and glossy political mail.
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Randolph leads Grizzlies to 108-90 win over Bucks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Zach Randolph had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies shot 53 percent from the floor in a 108-90 victory over the undersized Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.
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State DNR: Deer-killing disease may have run course
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
MADISON --
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says a deadly outbreak of a disease that may have killed 350 white-tailed deer in Wisconsin is over.
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How selection of China's new leadership works
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
China’s communist elite are meeting to install a new generation of leaders in a process that is part public show and part backroom politicking.
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Death notices for Nov. 8, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
Sign-ups open for 2013 pesticide registry
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
MADISON --
Find out when neighbors are using pesticides on their lawns and get an advanced warning when applications will be made when you sign up for the Landscape Pesticide Registry for 2013. You can request that companies notify you when they are going to apply pesticides to lawns, trees and shrubs on the block where you live, or on blocks immediately adjacent to yours.
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Update four teenagers arrested in Lake Geneva home invasion
By STAFF - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Lake Geneva police have arrested three teenagers and are looking at a fourth suspect in a home invasion that happened Tuesday night, according to a story on Today’s TMJ4.
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Whitewater church feeds body and soul
By JEAN VAN DYKE - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Every Monday evening, in Guild Hall of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Whitewater, a modern-day version of the Gospel narratives of the feeding of the multitudes takes place. There are no fishes involved, but there are loaves -- 12 to 14 each meal. As well, the priest and members of the congregation serve up 40 pounds of pasta, seven gallons of spaghetti sauce, 14 pounds to 16 pounds of meatballs plus melted butter, salad, Parmesan cheese and ice cream for dessert.
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Reading between the lines
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
CHICAGO --
Today, we should celebrate that more young people are reading and hopefully continuing the habit into their adult years. Tomorrow, however, must be devoted to determining whether this pleasure reading has a measurable effect on success in school or life.
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