News Archive for February 12, 2013
Local landlords pan plan
By MARCIA NELESEN - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A suggestion to study ways to improve the city's rental stock—possibly with systematic inspections of units and registration fees—angered landlords who showed up in force at Monday's city council meeting.
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Rhodes out at Rock County Humane Society
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
JANESVILLE --
The Rock County Humane Society is looking for a new director after the departure of Angela Rhodes. Rhodes' last day at the agency was Monday.
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Officials arrest Orfordville man in homicide
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH --
The Rock County Sheriff's Office has arrested a rural Orfordville man on suspicion that he fatally shot his neighbor last week in a barn on his property.
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Two dogs survive icy water; third dies
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
JANESVILLE --
racy Grover was headed to the store when she saw the dogs on the Traxler Park Lagoon ice Sunday morning.
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On to Wisconsin: Janesville coach aids UW success
By KEN VELOSKEY - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
Matt Walsh of Janesville has not enjoyed a lot of "me time" lately. Walsh's whirlwind lifestyle started after he made a phone call to University of Wisconsin men's hockey coach Mike Eaves last November.
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Delavan fire displaces seven; officer helps in evacuation
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
DELAVAN --
An early morning fire displaced seven Delavan people Monday. Delavan firefighters were dispatched to 130 S. Fifth St. at 3:30 a.m. for the report of a back porch on fire.
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Trojans win battle of Rock Valley unbeaten girls basketball teams
By TIM WESTER - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
EAST TROY --
The Brodhead High girls basketball team put their hands up, bumped, and even bruised East Troy sharpshooter Rachel Atchison.
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Committee still stalled over gravel pit plan
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
TOWN OF MILTON --
If hesitancy is an art form, the town of Milton Planning and Zoning Committee is breaking new ground in artistic expression
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McFarland girls get past visiting Big Foot
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
McFarland used a big second quarter to jump out to a 41-20 lead by halftime and rolled to a 66-39 Rock Valley crossover girls basketball victory over Big Foot on Monday night.
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Brodhead council votes to form fire district
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
BRODHEAD --
The Brodhead City Council voted 3-2 on Monday to form a fire district with the Brodhead Rural Fire Association.
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Balanced scoring downs Milton girls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
MILTON --
Eight players scored to lead a balanced Monona Grove attack that helped the visiting Silver Eagles to a 57-44 victory over Milton in a Badger Conference South girls basketball game Monday night.
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Janesville man pleads guilty in child porn case
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A city man last week changed his plea to guilty of five counts of possession of child pornography.
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No. 2 East Troy downs McFarland boys
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
Brett Prahl scored eight of his game-high 28 points in the third quarter as the East Troy boys basketball team pulled away from McFarland and held on for a 68-54 victory in a Rock Valley Conference game on Monday night.
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Obama: Half of US combat troops home within 1 year
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
WASHINGTON --
President Barack Obama's decision to bring home within a year about half of the 66,000 U.S. troops now in Afghanistan will shrink the force to the size he found it when he entered the White House vowing to reinvigorate a stalemated war.
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Public record for Feb. 12, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
Whitewater man remembered for community action, AED program
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
The impact Tom Schopen made on his community--with almost half a century on the Whitewater Fire Department and 42 years on the Whitewater Rescue Squad--was reflected by the procession of friends at his funeral, ranging from fire/rescue vehicles to tow trucks.
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East Troy letter tells another story of Lincoln
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
EAST TROY --
The letter, written April 15, 1865--the day after President Abraham Lincoln died--seems to be a first-hand account of a Union soldier patrolling with his troop in Alexandria, Va., trying to maintain peace among rowdy crowds in the city.
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DDSD music teacher has compositions published
By DELAVAN-DARIEN SCHOOL DISTRICT - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
Delavan-Darien School District elementary instrumental music teacher Tom May enjoys helping kids make music, and he enjoys making music for kids.
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Local vet wins humanitarian award, benefits S.M.I.L.E.S.
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
DARIEN --
Richard Tully, a veterinarian with Elkhorn Vet Clinic, was named one of two recipients of the 2012 EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award Pegasus Award last month. The award will also benefit a local therapeutic riding center.
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State Republicans circulate drunken driving bills
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
MADISON --
Two Republican legislators are trying to drum up support for bills that would toughen Wisconsin's drunken driving laws.
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No. 18 Marquette falls 63-55 to No. 15 Georgetown
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
WASHINGTON --
Georgetown coach John Thompson III was so focused on the details of the game that he claimed not to notice a momentum swing when Marquette counterpart Buzz Williams was called for a technical foul in the second half.
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Death notices for Feb. 12, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
Beal scores 28 as Wizards beat Bucks 102-90
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
BrandonBeal scored 28 points as the Washington Wizards beat the Milwaukee Bucks 102-90 Monday night, earning a rare road win.
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Papal resignation opens door to many contenders
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
VATICAN CITY --
Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation opens the door to an array of possible successors, from the conservative cardinal of Milan to a contender from Ghana and several Latin Americans.
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10 things to know for Tuesday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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Hollywood director to be at Beloit film festival
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
BELOIT --
Writer, director and producer David Zucker will be back in Wisconsin this week.
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BBB warns businesses of 'Corporate Records' scam
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
MADISON --
The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau issued a warning about a scam from a company called "Corporate Records Service," which is trying to get Wisconsin businesses to pay for unnecessary services, according to a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Is cursive writing history?
By RICK WEST - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
ELKHORN --
When soldiers in Napoleon’s army uncovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799, it unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Who knows, in the year 2799, there might be an archeologist who goes down in the history books as the explorer who discovered a buried Palmer Method of Handwriting textbook, unlocking the secrets of a 19th and 20th century American hieroglyph known as cursive handwriting.
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Words that saved millions
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
WASHINGTON --
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) came into being in 2003 entirely because of a willing leader, a creative policy team, a smattering of activists and a vast, bleeding need.
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