News Archive for February 6, 2013
Schmoldt new Gazette sports editor
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Janesville native Eric Schmoldt has returned to be sports editor of The Gazette.
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Forum launches debate on school choice vouchers
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
BELOIT --
Every child deserves a chance to learn—that's a given. It gets more complicated when people start to talk about where and how children should be educated—and who should pay for it.
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East Troy girls recover
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
For one of the few times this season, East Troy's girls basketball team had to play from behind Tuesday night.
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Planting seed money for start-ups
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
WHITEWATER --
Andrew Hoeft moved his young business into a larger space in Whitewater, thanks in large part to a grant program designed to help entrepreneurs flex their newfound wings.
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Burlington rallies past Elkhorn
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
BURLINGTON --
The Burlington boys basketball team trailed by two points with fewer than three minutes remaining on Tuesday night but rallied to top Elkhorn 49-44 in Southern Lakes play.
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Smoke-free housing effort keeps gaining momentum
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A countywide effort to make multiunit apartment buildings smoke-free is making progress.
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Defense sparks Milton girls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Milton High's girls basketball team limited Fort Atkinson to eight points in the first half and coasted to a 44-28 Badger South Conference win Tuesday.
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Milton City Council asks for estimates on renovation of Shaw Building
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
MILTON --
Hey, Milton taxpayers: Like the idea of the Shaw Municipal Building with an expanded two-floor Milton Public Library? It would have expansive reading areas with window-side views and the whole second floor to itself.
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Milton boys earn win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Milton High's boys basketball team rallied for a Badger South Conference win Tuesday night.
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Risseeuw comes through in second half
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
CLINTON --
Senior Cody Risseeuw scored 15 of his game-high 23 points in the second half to lead Clinton to a 44-42 come-from-behind victory over Oregon on Tuesday night in nonconference boys basketball.
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Badger downs Elkhorn
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
A balanced attack carried Lake Geneva Badger's girls basketball team Tuesday night.
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Principal out with cancer
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
JANESVILLE --
The principal of Monroe Elementary School is ill and will be out indefinitely, according to a letter from Superintendent Karen Schulte that was sent home with students Tuesday.
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Braun says he used Fla. clinic owner as consultant
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
NEW YORK --
Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun said the person who ran the Florida clinic being investigated by Major League Baseball was used only as a consultant on his drug suspension appeal last year.
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Memorial drops Bluebirds
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Madison Memorial's top line provided all the firepower the Spartans needed against the Janesville Bluebirds on Tuesday night in Big Eight hockey action.
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Brodhead keeping an eye on ash borer
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
BRODHEAD --
People passing through downtown Brodhead might notice yellow caution tape wrapped around several ash trees in Veterans Memorial Park. The city is hoping to attract people's attention to get them to attend a Saturday meeting about the emerald ash borer.
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Woman found dead, man hospitalized after shooting in rural Rock County
By ANN MARIE AMES, GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH --
The suspect in a Wednesday morning fatal shooting in rural Rock County is being treated for a severe self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Madison hospital, Sheriff Robert Spoden said.
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Abbey Resort hosting 'Daddy Daughter Dance'
By STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
The Abbey Resort, 269 Fontana Blvd., Fontana, is hosting the 4th annual Daddy Daughter Dance Friday, Feb. 8 from 6-9 p.m.
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Job fair slated in Burlington
By STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
BURLINGTON --
A job fair will be held from 1-4 p.m. Wed., Feb. 13, at Veterans Terrace, 589 Milwaukee Ave., Burlington, according to a story in The Racine Journal Times.
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Town of Whitewater man dies in snowmobile accident
By STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP --
A town of Whitewater man was killed when he crashed his snowmobile into a tree Tuesday night on his property at W9215 Wisconsin Highway 59, in the town of Whitewater, according to a release from the Walworth County Sheriff's Office.
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UW-Whitewater's A.D. Plinske among finalists for UW-Milwaukee job
By STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
WHITEWATER --
Paul Plinske, athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is one of three finalists competing for athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, according to a story in The Business Journal.
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Bucks falter at Denver
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
DENVER --
Danilo Gallinari and Ty Lawson each scored 22 points and the Denver Nuggets rallied past the Milwaukee Bucks 112-104 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight victory.
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10 things to know for Wednesday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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Death notices for Feb. 6, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
WEDC, Whitewater Community Development Authority boost entrepreneurs
By STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
WHITEWATER --
A new partnership between the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the Whitewater Community Development Authority (CDA) aims to provide early stage capital to area entrepreneurs.
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Burlington mayor: Echo Lake Foods plans to rebuild at fire site
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
BURLINGTON --
Burlington Mayor Bob Miller says officials from the Echo Lake Foods egg processing plant would like to rebuild at their current site after last week's fire.
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Masterpiece Chorale's diverse group hits all the right notes
By JEAN VAN DYKE - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
A director who has dedicated his life to music, singers, soloists, orchestra members and audiences has created a “perfect storm” in the Southern Lakes Masterpiece Chorale.
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Expanding Medicaid in Wisconsin is wise investment
By LISA PUGH & HELEN MARKS DICKS - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Morally we know what happens if we say no to Medicaid expansion. Hard-working taxpayers get sicker and die. Financially, we watch Wisconsin taxpayers pay for supports to people in other states. We watch innovators create new health care jobs in other states while our state’s employers are forced to pay a $2,000 per employee tax. We see uncompensated care costs rise, creating higher premiums for others.
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Four ladies from Burma rise as leaders
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
WASHINGTON --
Four women leaders from Burma describe how they are trying to get a handle on feminism and democracy.
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