News Archive for February 9, 2013
Wisconsin beats No. 3 Michigan 65-62 in OT
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
MADISON --
With a three-point lead and less than 3 seconds on the clock at the end of regulation, Michigan coach John Beilein's plan was to foul. Wisconsin's Ben Brust never gave the third-ranked Wolverines the chance.
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Towns seeking review of Rock-Koshkonong Lake District audits
By NEIL JOHNSON - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
TOWN OF ALBION --
A group of towns within Rock-Koshkonong Lake District boundaries are calling for a review of the district’s spending going back as far as 2000.
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Exhibit invites public to share their Tallman Tales
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
JANESVILLE --
"Tallman Tales," a participatory exhibit, now is on display through Friday, May 24, at the Helen Jeffris Wood Museum Center, 426 N. Jackson St., Janesville.
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Janesville One Billion Rising event targeting domestic violence
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
JANESVILLE --
The public is invited to take part in the Rock County One Billion Rising event from 1:45 to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Community Room of Basics Food Co-op, 1711 Lodge Drive.
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Janesville police issue 125 snow emergency parking tickets
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Third-shift Janesville police officers issued 125 snow emergency parking tickets as of 5 a.m. Friday.
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Janesville school exchange program could add Argentina, Thailand, Spain
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
JANESVILLE --
People have been talking about the Janesville School District’s “China program.” They should change that to “world program.”
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Officials tack drug charges onto Janesville shooting case
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Drug charges have been added to the case against a Janesville man accused of trying to murder a rural Beloit man Feb. 1.
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Williams Bay woman dead, husband injured in house fire
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
WILLIAMS BAY --
A Williams Bay woman died and her husband was injured in a Thursday night fire that destroyed their home, authorities and friends said.
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Public record for Feb. 9, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
Flaws found in US missile shield
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
WASHINGTON --
Secret Defense Department studies cast doubt on whether a multibillion-dollar missile defense system planned for Europe will ever be able to protect the U.S. from Iranian missiles as intended, congressional investigators say.
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Huge storm blankets Northeast with 2 feet of snow
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
BOSTON --
A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight, where more than 650,000 homes and businesses in the densely populated region lost power, roads were impassable and New Englanders awoke Saturday to more than 2 feet of snow.
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Boozer's big 4th lifts Bulls over Jazz 93-89
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY --
Carlos Boozer scored 19 points, including 11 straight in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bulls closed out a six-game road trip with a 93-89 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night.
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Vote on alcohol in city parks is worth the wait
By SAM LIEBERT - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
I can assure you, according to state statistics, there is nothing silly about our state’s drinking problem.
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