News Archive for September 17, 2012
Team USA wins ski show
By NEIL JOHNSON - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
JANESVILLE --
It was all an all-American day with blue skies, warm sunshine and a huge win for Team USA at the World Water Ski Show on Sunday.
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Rock Haven eyes March move in
By JIM LEUTE - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
Construction workers are in the home stretch on Rock County's new 128-bed nursing home near the intersection of highways 14 and 51 on Janesville's north side.
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Milton restaurant burglarized again, police report
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
MILTON --
A barbecue restaurant on Milton's west side keeps getting the shake-and-bake treatment by burglars, police said.
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Local pumpkin crop varies, but some growers see success
By NEIL JOHNSON - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
TOWN OF FULTON --
As with so many other crops in this year's growing season of unprecedented extremes, the heat and lack of rain has had a varied impact on the local pumpkin crop.
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Elkhorn EMS improves its operations as it maintains service to rural communities
By STAN MILAM - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
ELKHORN --
With help from a private billing company, the Elkhorn rescue squad is digging out of a financial hole.
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This is where I came from
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
CHICAGO --
Progress can't come fast enough for those who bear the brunt of being accused of not belonging in the United States because of where our parents came from or how our names sound. But patience is key.
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YEL founder talks on Haitian progress, needs
By CSI STAFF - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Judy Haselhoef, co-founder of Yonn Ede Lot, a locally based association helping in Haiti, will present “The People of Haiti: One Helping Another” on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Lake Geneva Public Library. Haselhoef will give an account of the organization’s work in Haiti before and after the earthquake, introducing her audience to the people of the state of La Montagne through video footage.
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Elkhorn man killed in head-on collision in Delavan
By STAFF - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
DELAVAN --
An Elkhorn man was killed in a head-on crash Friday evening on Wisconsin Highway 50 in Delavan, according to a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Photos: Grow local: Banana trees grow in Delavan front yard
By DAN PLUTCHAK - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
Neighbors driving by Dan Borkowski's home in Delavan might think they've somehow strayed far from Wisconsin, by the looks of the giant plant in growing in the front yard.
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Chicago teachers strike enters 2nd week
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
CHICAGO --
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is turning to the courts to try to put an end to a teachers strike that’s entering its second week and has left parents scrambling to make alternative child care arrangements for at least two more days.
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Keselowski takes Chase opener, points lead
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
JOLIET, ILL. --
Brad Keselowski is off to a fine start in NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup after an impressive victory over Jimmie Johnson on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.
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Death notices for Sept. 17, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
Chicago teachers union to continue strike
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
CHICAGO --
The Chicago teachers union decided Sunday to continue its weeklong strike, extending an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and job security provisions central to the debate over the future of public education across the United States.
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Van Hollen aims to enforce union law during appeals
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
MADISON --
Wisconsin's attorney general said Saturday he would seek court permission to keep enforcing a state law that effectively ended collective bargaining for public employees while his office appeals a judge's ruling striking it down.
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Shin wins by record nine shots
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
HOYLAKE, ENGLAND --
Jiyai Shin avoided mistakes in miserable weather conditions Sunday to cruise to a record nine-stroke victory in the Women’s British Open.
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It's already a done deal for one-third of legislative seats
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, Sept. 17, 2012
The real drama is in the state Legislature on Nov. 6 is in the Senate, where only two or three of the 12 elections with contests are competitive.
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