News Archive for October 19, 2012
Chief wants OWI arrestees monitored for alcohol use
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Police Chief David Moore has asked the Rock County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to consider how the county could require people arrested for or convicted of felony intoxicated driving offenses to wear alcohol-monitoring bracelets.
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Janesville City Council struggles with budget
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
At press time Thursday, Janesville City Council members still hadn't made the "hard decisions" and were struggling after four hours of discussion to find ways to squeeze $400,000 into a budget that only had $11,000 wiggle room.
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Warhawks host unbeaten Titans
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
WHITEWATER --
The UW-Whitewater homecoming crowd should see an entertaining game Saturday afternoon when the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football title likely will be decided at Perkins Stadium.
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Flier contained mistake, not endorsement: Kolste
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Deb Kolste said she takes full responsibility for a July campaign mailing that might have led some voters to believe she had the endorsement of a local nonprofit group, a violation of federal rules.
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Craig swimmers defeat East in final Big Eight dual
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Craig's girls swim team ended the Big Eight Conference dual meet season with a win Thursday.
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Jobless rate falls in most battleground states
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
CLEVELAND --
Unemployment rates fell last month in nearly all of the battleground states that will determine the presidential winner, giving President Barack Obama fresh fodder to argue that voters should stick with him in an election focused squarely on the economy.
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Public service commission OKs Elkhorn water utility projects
By KEVIN MURPHY - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
MADISON --
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission this week gave the city of Elkhorn approval to construct $10.2 million in water utility projects, now the projects need approval from the city council.
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Clinton football rolls in finale
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
Clinton High's football team ended the 2012 season on a high note Thursday.
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Advance voting to get under way Monday
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Starting Monday, voters can cast their ballots for the November election.
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Craig volleyball cruises to victory
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
Janesville Craig's girls volleyball team began the WIAA postseason tournament in impressive fashion Thursday night.
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Public record for Oct. 19, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
Wisconsin Air National Guard's first female general officer retires
By MAJ. SCOTT LIEBURN, WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
The first woman to serve in the rank of general in the Wisconsin Air National Guard, Brig. Gen. Margaret H. Bair retired on Sept.30, after 32 years in uniform.
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Lake Geneva boat company ventures into restaurant business
By STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
WILLIAMS BAY --
The floor of Bill Gage’s new restaurant comes from a guest house on the mansion of gum magnate William Wrigley of Lake Geneva. Pier 290 Restaurant’s front doors are from one of the first mansions build on Geneva Lake. The nautical history makes sense for Gage, owner of Gage Marine and the Lake Geneva Cruise Line—which dates back to 1873.
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Jones, Cobb filling in nicely for injured Jennings
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
GREEN BAY --
Packers wide receivers know from the minute they arrive in Green Bay they're not going to have as many catches as they might somewhere else, or match the dizzying numbers some of their rivals put up.
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Senate candidates spar over health care
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
MADISON --
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson and Democratic challenger Tammy Baldwin sparred over Medicare, health care reform and sanctions against Iran in a freewheeling second debate Thursday for Wisconsin’s open U.S. Senate seat.
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Get rid of electronic waste for free
By STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
The University of Wisconsin-Cooperative Extension is helping sponsor a free electronic waste recycling event from 8-11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3 in the parking lot of the Kenosha County Center, 19600 75th St., Bristol.
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Cardinals beat Giants 8-3 to take 3-1 lead in NLCS
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
ST. LOUIS --
One more win and another bunch of wild-card Cardinals get their chance to repeat.
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49ers make just enough plays, hold off Seahawks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. --
The San Francisco 49ers sit alone atop the NFC West for now — hardly the kind of firm hold on the division they owned last October.
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Grizzlies top Bucks 97-94
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
LA CROSSE --
Michael Conley made two free throws with three seconds remaining and Beno Udrih missed a 3-pointer as time expired to give the Memphis Grizzlies a 97-94 preseason victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.
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Newsweek had unique troubles as industry recovers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
LOS ANGELES --
Newsweek’s decision to stop publishing a print edition after 80 years and bet its life entirely on a digital future may be more a commentary on its own problems than a definitive statement on the health of the magazine industry.
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Tigers rout Yankees 8-1 for 4-game ALCS sweep
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
DETROIT --
The Detroit Tigers won their second pennant in seven years by beating the Yankees 8-1 Thursday for a four-game sweep of the AL championship series.
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Death notices for Oct. 19, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
Red Forman’s message to UW-Whitewater students: get out and vote
By STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Kurtwood Smith, the Wisconsin-born actor who played the legendary hard-as-nails father Red Forman on ‘That ‘70s Show’ and Justin Long, known for portraying the Mac guy in Apple commercials, made a stop at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Wednesday, according to a story in the Daily Jefferson County Union.
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Little Bieber fan, big hopes: East Troy girl with cancer hopes to meet singer
By STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
EAST TROY --
Hailey Roser, sings and dances to Justin Bieber’s songs. She’s watched the documentary on the singer, “Never Say Never” more times than her parents can count. She’s even got two tickets to Sunday’s Justin Bieber’s Milwaukee concert—something she requested for her birthday next month.
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Elkhorn Oktober Fest features plenty of fall fun
By CSI STAFF - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
ELKHORN --
The Elkhorn Chamber of Commerce will host its seventh annual Oktoberfest celebration Saturday, Oct. 20 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Activities will take place on the square downtown, in Veterans Park and Pocket Park.
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The great gaffe
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
WASHINGTON --
On style, the second presidential debate was a draw, a riveting boxing match. Almost literally, the two boxers confined within a ring of spectators, circling, hurling stare downs and feints. Except for the referee’s clumsy and heavy-handed interventions—breaking up flurries that were just getting interesting—it might have won the prize for the most entertaining political display since the last donnybrook in the Taiwanese parliament.
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