News Archive for October 16, 2012
The cost of falls keeps adding up for seniors
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Older people are especially susceptible to injury from falls. Statewide data indicate seven in 10 people hospitalized in Wisconsin in 2008 because of falls were 65 and older.
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Darien police chief returns from leave
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
DARIEN --
Darien Police Chief Hunter Gilmore returned Monday from a week of paid leave he took so the village board could clarify the "lines of authority" between the chief and village administration.
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Sheriff's office using Nixle to communicate
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Get ready for around-the-clock information from the Rock County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office has started using the website Nixle.com to distribute news releases and other information to the public.
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Balloon skydiver delays softball game
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Middle school softball season was wrapping up Monday night at Marshall Middle School when a man dropped out of the sky.
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Woman accused of theft from school, club
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
BELOIT --
Police arrested a Beloit woman on charges she stole from an elementary school parent-teacher organization and fraudulently used a credit card as an employee of the Beloit Boys & Girls Club.
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Craig boys third in Big Eight cross country meet
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
MADISON --
Craig High's boys cross country team headed into the Big Eight Conference cross country meet believing it could successfully defend its league title Monday at the Yahara cross country course.
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Major league fan hits all the parks
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
Laurel Fant's tour of all 32 Major League Baseball stadiums began with a bus trip to Chicago's Wrigley Field in 1971 and ended at Baltimore's Camden Yards last Sept. 8.
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Public record for Oct. 16, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
Knilans, Kolste disagree on most issues at forum
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The two candidates for the 44th Assembly District agreed on very little Monday, and it was that vast disagreement that provided the one thing they both agreed upon.
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Chestnut House students learn about life, living by running sweet business
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
You probably don't know this muffin man. And you've likely never heard of these muffin women.
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Thompson campaign says son sorry for Obama remark
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Republican Senate candidate Tommy Thompson's campaign says his son has apologized for suggesting that voters should send President Barack Obama back to Kenya.
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Fundraiser slated for East Troy Family Community Resource Center
By STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
EAST TROY --
The East Troy Family Community Resource Center will hold its 9th Annual Fall Fundraiser at Ivan’s on the Square, Backstage, 2087 Division St., East Troy, on Sat., Oct. 20. Doors open at 5 p.m.
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Manning leads Broncos’ comeback over Chargers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
SAN DIEGO --
It took a quarterback the caliber of Peyton Manning to pull off this kind of comeback.
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Walker touts deposit into state's rainy day fund
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker is touting the deposit of nearly $109 million into the state's rainy day fund, money that can be tapped in an emergency.
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Ravens’ Lewis, Webb lost for season
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis will miss the remainder of the season with an arm injury, an enormous blow to an already depleted defense that has uncharacteristically struggled this year.
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Majority of Wis. school districts to lose aid
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
MADISON --
The majority of Wisconsin public school districts will see less money in state aid this year.
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9/11 responder viewing hearing: 'We want justice'
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
NEW YORK --
There are times when Ken Fairben, still mourning the loss of his paramedic son on 9/11, thinks he will never see the end of the complex, drawn-out legal case for the men accused in his death.
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Giants, Cards back to even
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. --
Marco Scutaro hit a two-run single in the fourth inning and the San Francisco Giants got their first home win this postseason, 7-1 over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
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Ryan blasts president on debt during Waukesha stop
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
WAUKESHA --
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan ripped Barack Obama over the nation's deficit Monday, accusing the Democratic president of stealing the next generation's future during a campaign appearance in the GOP congressman's home state.
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Death notices for Oct. 16, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
Four more McHenry County residents contract West Nile virus
By STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
WOODSTOCK, ILL --
Since a Cary man was diagnosed with West Nile virus in September, four more McHenry County residents have contracted the mosquito-borne illness, according to a story in the Northwest Herald.
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Michelle Obama to campaign in Racine, Wausau
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
MADISON --
Michelle Obama plans to make two campaign stops in Wisconsin on Friday.
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Whitewater’s ash trees tied with yellow ribbons
By STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Yellow ribbons are tied around the trunks of public ash trees in Whitewater, but according to the city’s website, the ribbons are only for tracking where the trees are. The ribbons do not denote trees that have been infested with the emerald ash borer.
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Art up-close and personal
By STAFF - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
Last weekend marked the 14th year of the Kettle Moraine Studio Tour, a and the largest tour to date. Visitors to the free event stopped at a variety of art studios at six locations to view the work of 19 award-winning painters, sculptors, photographers and musicians, all within a 20-mile radius.
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Biden’s toxic victory
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Vice President Biden’s debate performance will be forever remembered not for its content but for its tone. His presentation in Kentucky was a collection of disturbing, disorderly appetites. He alternated between scene-chewing antics and preening exhibitionism and smirking rudeness and egotistical exuberance and bullying condescension. It was the attack of the feral ham actor. It would have been embarrassing if done in front of a mirror, much less on a debate stage.
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