News Archive for October 15, 2012
Giving moms a fighting chance
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
CHICAGO --
Flashing calorie counts on a few vending machines may not seem like a big deal. But it is.
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Will winter return with a vengeance?
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The winter of 2011-12 was unusual for many parts of the United States.
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Conference focuses on limited government
By STAN MILAM - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Freedom is defined in many ways, but for a group convening in Janesville on Sunday, there was a uniting theme: Freedom means limited government.
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City uses robotic camera to keep ahead of clogged pipes
By MARCIA NELESEN - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
A city of Janesville truck takes video and pictures of the insides of sewer pipes as part of ongoing city maintenance.
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Local chefs soup up for fundraiser
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Area chefs will stir up 35 kinds of soup for ECHO's second-annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.
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Head-on crash injures two Sunday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Two people were injured during a head-on crash just before 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Highway 11 and County O, according to a Rock County Sheriff’s Office news release.
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Jets hold off Wings
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
KALAMAZOO, MICH. --
The Janesville Jets outlasted the Kalamazoo Wings for a 6-4 victory Sunday to break a three-game losing streak in North American Hockey League play.
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Public record for Oct. 15, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
Wisconsin leads nation in dairy goats, farms
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
ORFORDVILLE --
At milking time, the animals at O'Dools Dairy can hardly wait to get out of the barn and into the parlor.
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Beloit College eyes riverfront project
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
BELOIT --
A major project that would give yet another boost to Beloit's riverfront is in the works.
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U.S. Army Jazz Band performing in Lake Geneva
By STAFF - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
The Jazz Ambassadors, the official touring big band of the United States Army, will be performing in concert 7 p.m. Fri., Oct. 26 in the gym of the Lake Geneva Middle School, 600 Bloomfield Road, Lake Geneva.
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What's included, what's not in 2013 Walworth County budget
By TODD MISHLER - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
ELKHORN --
Walworth County isn’t going to fall off any fiscal cliff, thanks to prudent and frugal decisions by County Administrator Dave Bretl and the Walworth County Board.
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Cardinals hold on to take Game 1
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. --
This time, Carlos Beltran, David Freese and the St. Louis Cardinals took a six-run lead—and held onto it, barely.
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Tigers grab 2-0 lead
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
NEW YORK --
Anibal Sanchez and the Detroit Tigers made the plays, benefited from an admitted missed call by an umpire and delivered during their few good opportunities at the plate.
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Jump from space's edge provides collective moment
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
ROSWELL, N.M. --
Felix Baumgartner stood alone at the edge of space, poised in the open doorway of a capsule suspended above Earth and wondering if he would make it back alive.
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Death notices for Oct. 15, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
Rodgers throws 6 TDs in Packers' rout of Houston
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
HOUSTON --
Aaron Rodgers set a career high and tied a franchise record with six touchdown passes and the Packers played their best game of their so far inconsistent season in a 42-24 rout of the previously unbeaten Texans.
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Pheasant hunting season starts Oct. 20
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
The longtime and popular tradition of pheasant hunting in Wisconsin will again take center stage when the fall 2012 pheasant hunting season opens statewide at noon on Saturday, Oct. 20. The season will run through Dec. 31.
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Still looking for Lake Geneva Playboy Club stories, photos
By STAFF - Monday, Oct. 15, 2012
St. Louis native Brian Peters continues to look for memories and photos from those who once worked at the former Lake Geneva Playboy Club.
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