News Archive for September 27, 2012
Pro: In America, working poor shouldn’t be forced to exist on $15,000 a year
By REP. LYNN WOOLSEY - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. --
The minimum wage has remained frozen since July 2009, even as the cost of living has increased more than 7 percent. Anyone trying to maintain a household can tell you that the price of a gallon of milk or children’s shoes—to say nothing of a semester of college—is higher than it was three years ago. The very least we can do, at a time when so many Americans are struggling, is to give minimum wage earners a raise.
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Con: Raising minimum wage is sure bet to create more jobless young Americans
By ASPEN GORRY - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
WASHINGTON --
America’s youth are having a hard time reaching the first rung on their career ladders. Now is a bad time to increase minimum wages and make that important step more difficult.
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Local residents continue to fall prey to phone fraud
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The phone call rattled Eileen Meredith. The Evansville woman was so shaken that she was at her bank within an hour Tuesday morning, a $3,800 withdrawal sitting in front of her.
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Nonprofits boosting county tourism revenue
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Tourism in Rock County is up for the first half of this year compared to the same six months in 2011, and nonprofit organizations are getting much of the credit.
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Registration procrastination could lead to voter frustration
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Did you register to vote on Election Day 2008? Remember how long you stood in line?
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Janesville teen arrested 5 times in 4 months
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Wednesday was the fifth time since June that Janesville police arrested a 16-year-old Janesville boy and referred him to juvenile authorities.
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Milton collects regional golf title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Milton High's quest for a third straight trip to the Division 1 girls state golf tournament got off to a good start Wednesday.
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Hearing set in child pornography case
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man will have a preliminary hearing next month on charges that a computer found in his home contained images of child pornography.
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Officials knock new radios
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Technicians from three digital radio vendors and officials at the Rock County 911 Center are scrambling to iron out the kinks in the $1.9 million radio system.
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Krajkovikova improves her English, especially the word 'win'
By JOHN BARRY - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
MILTON --
The distance between Milton and Bratislava, Slovakia is more than 4,700 miles. That's not quite as far apart as the distance between the skills of Lea Krajkovikova and her opponents.
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Reds dent Brewers' chances with 2-1 win
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
CINCINNATI --
Dioner Navarro hit an RBI triple in the ninth inning that sent the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-1 victory Thursday and dealt a major setback to the Milwaukee Brewers’ playoff chances.
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Wisconsin Guard cadets part of international exchange
By WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
Two Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers participating in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater were among six cadets to spend a month abroad recently in a cultural exchange program, teaching English as a second language to military cadets in other nations.
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Six emaciated Great Danes now at Elkhorn animal shelter
By STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
Six emaciated Great Danes found running at large in Walworth County are now at the Lakeland Animal Shelter in Elkhorn.
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Ex-QB Jim McMahon talks of early-stage dementia
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
CHICAGO --
Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who is suffering from early-stage dementia, has told a Chicago television station that while he appreciates what football has done for him, if he could do it over, he would play baseball.
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Much of world wants freedom from speech
By GENE POLICINSKI - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
If someone in America says something we don’t like, we can freely express ourselves in opposition, even if that speaker is a mayor, governor or—as we see clearly this election year—the president or his opponent. Not so in many other nations, where governments control news and information, and an intemperate remark or nonconforming view can bring condemnation, prosecution or even death.
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Casino offers refunds on Seattle-Green Bay game
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
LAS VEGAS --
A Las Vegas casino took an unusual step Wednesday and offered refunds to gamblers who lost money when the Seattle Seahawks beat the Green Bay Packers on a controversial touchdown at the end of Monday night's game.
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State's youth deer hunt set for October
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
MADISON --
Wisconsin's youth deer hunt is set to begin next month.
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State will purchase 169 acres near Whitewater for recreational land
By STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
A purchase by the state of 169 acres will add land to the Whitewater Lake Campground, according to a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Wisconsin slammed over handling of federal money
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker is defending not telling the quasi-private board in charge of economic development efforts for the state about a highly critical letter from the federal government.
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Slipping in polls, Romney assures voters 'I care'
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
WESTERVILLE, OHIO --
Slipping in states that could sink his presidential bid, Republican Mitt Romney declared Wednesday that “I care about the people of America” and can do more than President Barack Obama to improve their lives.
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Braun homers, Brewers beat Reds 8-1
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
CINCINNATI --
Shaun Marcum got his first win since returning from an elbow problem, and Ryan Braun hit his NL-leading 41st home run on Wednesday night for an 8-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds that allowed the Brewers another day to dream.
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NFL reaches tentative agreement with refs
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
NEW YORK --
So long, replacement refs. The NFL’s regular crews will be back on the field starting Thursday night.
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Local unemployment rates drop in county, across state
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
Local unemployment rates across Wisconsin are dropping.
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Death notices for Sept. 27, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
Officers in highway safety program issue over 250 citations, make 80 arrests
By STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
Walworth County sheriff’s deputies, the Wisconsin State Troopers and area police issued 274 citations and made 80 arrests in one week in a program that focuses on highway safety for both car and truck drivers, according to a news release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office.
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Be cyber savvy
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
MADISON --
In 2010, people throughout Wisconsin lost $4.9 million through cyber rip-offs and scams. The average was more than $1000 per victim. In one case, a victim lost more than $160,000.
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Whitewater quarry to be fenced
By STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
WHITEWATER --
The Whitewater quarry where two University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students were found dead over the last year will now have a fence around its perimeter, according to a story in Royal Purple News, the university’s newspaper.
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Volumes of adventure at Edgerton book festival
By LYNN VOLLBRECHT - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
More than a dozen authors, and several thousand book lovers, are expected to descend upon Edgerton next weekend for the Edgerton Sterling North Book and Film Festival.
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An epidemic’s schoolhouse allies
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
CHICAGO --
Mission: Readiness, an organization of about 300 retired generals, admirals and senior civilian military leaders, is trying to spread the word that obesity, and specifically childhood obesity, is nothing short of a dire national security risk.
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