News Archive for October 24, 2012
School budget gets OK
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville School Board did as expected Tuesday, shifting funds from its reserves to balance the 2012-13 budget.
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Mock election precedes vote
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Elementary school students here will hold their own election the week before the nation chooses its next president.
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Edgerton man sentenced for child enticement
By ANN MARIE AMES - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Judge Kenneth Forbeck on Tuesday sentenced Donald E. Jenson, 66, of 14 Maple Court, Edgerton, to 24 years in prison and 20 years of extended supervision on two counts of child enticement. Jenson pleaded guilty to those charges in August.
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All options on table for Darien, police
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
DARIEN --
The village of Darien is again considering its options for providing police protection.
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Metso plans to hire in Beloit
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
BELOIT --
Metso Paper USA broke ground Monday on project that will add 8,000 square feet of manufacturing space and eight to 10 full-time jobs to its facility at 1280 Willowbrook Lane.
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Janesville Bowling Hall of Fame to add four members
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The annual Janesville Bowling Hall of Fame dinner honors 2012 inductees Brent Mikkelsen, Ken Steinke, Sandy Meyer and Carol Pelton on Saturday evening at the Janesville Moose Lodge.
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Warm reception greets Walker in hometown
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
DELAVAN --
Gov. Scott Walker spent the early part of Tuesday morning posing for photos and reminiscing with friends at a breakfast for the Boys & Girls Club of Walworth County at Lake Lawn Resort.
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Push begins for Boys & Girls Club in Walworth County
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
DELAVAN --
Promoters say Walworth County needs a Boys & Girls Club, particularly in Delavan, where nearly two-thirds of school-age children are economically disadvantaged.
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Operation Gelding helps manage equine population
By ANN MARIE AMES - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
JANESVILLE --
In a moment of weakness, Susan Schmidtke left the little donkey in a pen with his mother. He was still nursing a little, and she didn't have the heart to separate them.
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Deer hunters urged to report feral pig sightings to the DNR
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
State wildlife officials are encouraging hunters heading out for Wisconsin’s traditional nine-day gun deer hunting season to keep an eye out for feral pigs. Feral pig sightings and harvests should be reported on the Department of Natural Resource’s website, using keyword “Feral Pigs.”
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Frac sand chat today
By STAFF - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
What is frac sand and how is it used in hydraulic mining? Is its use regulated? What implications does it have for the environment?
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Vortex Conference coming to Burlington
By STAFF - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
Everything from the ancient history of the mound builders to alien abductions will be discussed at the fifth annual Burlington Vortex Conference, running Friday, Oct. 26 through Sun., Oct. 28 at the Sci Fi Café, 532 N. Pine St. in Burlington.
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IRS sells off Delavan man’s Packer collection
By STAFF - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
DELAVAN --
Plenty of Green Bay Packer memorabilia—the collection of a Delavan man--will be auctioned off Nov. 1 at a hotel in Pewaukee, according to a story in the Green Bay Press Gazette.
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Bucks' roster rises to new heights
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
The Milwaukee Bucks have a lot of new faces this season. And a lot of new size. Scott Skiles hopes the mix, and commitment to defense, can make the Milwaukee Bucks contenders in the NBA Central Division.
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Ryan upbeat about Badgers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
MADISON --
After 40 years in the business, Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan stays calm when people talk about his program rebuilding.
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Google cameras map popular Grand Canyon trails
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZ. --
Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smithsonian with a push cart and to British Columbia’s snow-covered slopes by snowmobile.
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Obama, Romney in final sprint to Election Day
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
DAYTON, OHIO --
The endgame at hand, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney plunged into the final two weeks of an excruciatingly close race for the White House.
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Death notices for Oct. 24, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
Wisconsin Dems issue statement on assault over campaign signs
By STAFF - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Mike Tate denounced the assault on the adult son of state Sen. Neal Kedzie (R-Elkhorn), who was attacked by two men last week after confronting one of them for taking down a Romney-Ryan campaign sign.
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Doctor: Man accused in death of Lake Geneva woman makes himself sick
By STAFF - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
A psychologist testified this week that the Racine man accused of killing a Lake Geneva woman two years ago can is manipulating his health to avoid the legal consequences of his action, according to a story in the Racine Journal Times.
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Patchy dense fog this morning
By STAFF - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
Be careful out there.
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Wis. elections board keeps distance rules in place
By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
MADISON --
Wisconsin's elections board on Tuesday refused to revisit its guidelines requiring poll observers to stay at least 6 feet away from workers, despite numerous complaints from the Republican Party and others that the policy was too restrictive.
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Ambassadors in agriculture
By EDWIN SCHERZER, FOR WALWORTH COUNTY SUNDAY - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
Saying that Walworth County is well-represented in FFA leadership might be an understatement. Two state officers and one national officer — all with county roots — head to the national FFA convention later this month.
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