News Archive for September 21, 2012
Workers: Health options too costly
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Several Janesville School Board members expressed dissatisfaction Thursday with the way district administrators are presenting health-insurance options for employees.
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Berezowitz dedication set at UW-Whitewater
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Bob Berezowitz helped build the UW-Whitewater football program to its present status. On Saturday, the school will name a building after him.
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Warhawks aim to begin new streak
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
WHITEWATER --
It's time to start a new streak. That is what the UW-Whitewater football team has to do this week.
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Janesville City Council considering buying four properties
By RYAN BROEGE - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council will consider buying four properties—three residential and one commercial—at its meeting Monday.
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Craig volleyball sweeps host Spartans; Parker swept
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Craig High rolled to a 3-0 victory Thursday over host Madison Memorial in Big Eight Conference volleyball.
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Whitewater residents get chance to meet city manager finalists
By STAN MILAM - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Whitewater residents this afternoon can meet the five finalists to fill the city manager post.
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Parker, Craig soccer drop Big Eight matches
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Craig High lost to visiting Middleton, 7-1, Thursday in Big Eight Conference boys soccer.
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UW-W enrollment reaches new record
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
WHITEWATER --
UW-Whitewater enrollment increased this year to 12,034 students. That's a 3.6 percent increase over last year's enrollment of 11,615. It sets another record for the school.
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Madison Memorial earns Big Eight golf title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
EVANSVILLE --
Janesville Parker finished fifth in the Big Eight Conference girls golf meet Thursday at Evansville Country Club.
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Arrest made after shots-fired report
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man is in custody after multiple reports of shots fired on Van Buren Street on Wednesday night.
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Midwest Invitational field largest ever
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
The largest field ever assembled will compete in Saturday morning's Midwest Invitational at Blackhawk Golf Course.
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'Grabbing' called isolated incident
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville police think a reported "grabbing" of a 12-year-old girl was an isolated incident.
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Craig tennis falls to Indian Trails
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Craig High swept the doubles play, but visiting Kenosha Indian Trails dominated in singles to take a 4-3 nonconference victory Thursday in girls tennis.
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Local doubles team wins pickle ball title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
ROCKFORD, ILL. --
The doubles team of Paul Lewis of Brodhead and Jody Roberts of Janesville earned first place Saturday in the Northern Illinois Pickle Ball Association first NIP Out Cancer tournament.
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At Milton Middle School, every student, teacher gets an iPad
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
MILTON --
The bell rang, and the hallways at Milton Middle School flooded with students. Tucked under the arm of each was neither book nor calculator and in some cases not even a three-ring binder.
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Public record for Sept. 21, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
United Way Day of Caring pays big dividends
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A rake, hoe and shovel leaned against a pickup truck backed up to the Janesville Community Day Care Center on Ruger Avenue.
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Absentee ballots available online for overseas military, state voters
By WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
Wisconsin's military and permanent overseas voters can now request absentee ballots online.
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Whitewater’s banner auction Sept. 22
By STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
Now is your chance to own one of those unique and colorful banners that have graced downtown Whitewater all summer. On Saturday, September 22 at 5:00 p.m., 50 one-of-a-kind banners will be auctioned off during the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s annual fundraiser at the Whitewater Cultural Arts Center, 402 West Main Street. This year no tickets are required and there will be no admission charge to attend the auction.
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UW-Whitewater notes record enrollment
By UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
WHITEWATER --
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student enrollment for fall 2012 is a record 12,034 students. That’s up from 11,615 students in fall 2011, and 11,557 in fall 2010.
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Unemployment rate increases in Wisconsin
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
MADISON --
Wisconsin's unemployment rate increased to 7.5 percent in July, while 4,300 new private sector jobs were added.
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Driehaus estate site of Geneva Lake Conservancy’s anniversary party
By STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
The Geneva Lakes Conservancy is holding a 35th celebration of its organization on Fri., Sept. 28, from 5-8 p.m. at the Driehaus Estate, W3505 Snake Road, Lake Geneva. The cost is $125 per person.
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Woods makes early statement
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
ATLANTA --
In the one week Tiger Woods had away from golf during the FedEx Cup playoffs, Nick Faldo said he had lost his aura, Greg Norman said he was intimidated by Rory McIlroy and Johnny Miller claimed that Woods once wanted lessons from him.
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Death notices for Sept. 21, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
Tyco, Pentair merger approved by shareholders
By STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
DELAVAN --
Shareholders of Tyco International Ltd. approved the reformation of the Switzerland-based company into three divisions, including a flow control division that will merge with Pentair Inc., according to a story in The Business Journal.
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Charges mount against Beloit horse breeder
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
ST. LOUIS --
The former comptroller of a northern Illinois town was indicted Thursday on 60 felony theft counts linked to her suspected swindling of more than $53 million in taxpayer funds to support her lavish lifestyle and horse-breeding operation.
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Showing off skills with S.M.I.L.E.S. in Darien
By CSI STAFF - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
On Saturday, Sept. 22, S.M.I.L.E.S. (Special Methods in Learning Equine Skills) will host its student horse show. The public is invited to watch during the Superstar Horse Show, as the S.M.I.L.E.S. students put everything they’ve learned on display.
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Mouthing nonsense
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments probably do not change the fundamental dynamic of the race. But the problem for Romney is that the fundamental dynamic is not favorable.
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A foreign policy in epic collapse
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The centerpiece of President Obama's foreign policy—call it the Cairo Doctrine—is in epic and abject collapse.
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