News Archive for February 19, 2013
Attorney: Vance’s gun went off accidentally in Janesville shooting
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
JANESVILLE --
DeAdrick Vance helped an injured friend put pressure on his wound, called 911 and ran to the road to wave first responders into his driveway, his attorney said Monday in court.
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Janesville Town Board to hold hearing on 'racetrack' road
By JIM LEUTE - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
TOWN OF JANESVILLE --
The Janesville Town Board will hold a public hearing Thursday to discuss possible alterations to North Hackbarth Road, including its closure at County E.
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Beloit OKs $1.87 million land deal for Ho-Chunk casino project
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
BELOIT --
A deal that will enhance the proposed Beloit casino project and bring cash to city coffers was approved Tuesday by the Beloit City Council.
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Parkview School Board OKs borrowing $391,000 for iPad plan
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
ORFORDVILLE --
The Parkview School Board on Monday approved a plan to borrow $391,000 to put iPads in the hands of all seventh- through 12th-graders and to create one mobile elementary lab in the next three years.
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Janesville basketball game to raise money for principal battling cancer
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
JANESVILLE --
T-shirts are being sold in advance of the annual Monroe Elementary School staff-student basketball game to raise money for Monroe Principal Lori Burns, who is battling cancer.
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Three to be enshrined onto Craig Honor Wall
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Craig High School will add three graduates to its honor wall in a ceremony Friday.
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Water levels, weather complicating Lake Koshkonong dredge plan
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
TOWN OF SUMNER --
Rapid changes in water levels at Lake Koshkonong along with nearly constant freeze-thaw cycles this month have complicated a dredge project along the lake’s north shore.
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Public record for Feb. 19, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Beginning QuickBooks for farmers training planned
By WISCONSIN AG CONNECTION - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
ELKHORN -- Farm managers can make plans now to attend a hands-on workshop next month to learn more about QuickBooks and discuss questions about their farm's financial recordkeeping. The program will be held at the Walworth County Government Center, 100 W. Walworth St., Elkhorn, on Sat., March 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Planned Parenthood to close four Wisconsin centers
By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
MADISON --
Planned Parenthood announced plans Monday to close four of its 27 clinics in Wisconsin due to a lack of state funding.
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Navigating college financial aid process topic of Gateway program
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
ELKHORN --
College Goal Wisconsin, a program designed to help students navigate the financial process with hands-on help, information and advice from financial aid experts, will be held at all three of Gateway Technical College campuses this weekend.
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Don't forget to vote: state's primary today, Feb. 19
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
WALWORTH COUNTY --
Voters in Walworth County have a statewide primary on the ballot today as they head for the polls in the Feb. 19 primary.
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Families look for relief from immigration bill
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
WASHINGTON --
If America is a nation of immigrants, it’s also a nation of immigrants’ husbands, wives, parents and children — and their brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews too.
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Russian team wins World Ice Fishing Championships
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
WAUSAU --
The Russian team took gold in the World Ice Fishing Championships in central Wisconsin this weekend, with the United States taking fourth.
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Brewers' Gamel tears ACL again, out for season
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
PHOENIX --
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Mat Gamel has torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee for the second time in less than a year and will miss the season.
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Walker makes $25 million venture capital pitch
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker plans to propose investing $25 million in the Wisconsin startups and emerging companies.
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10 things to know for Tuesday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 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. 19, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Openings remain for 2013 Warhawk spring baseball clinics
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
WHITEWATER --
Registration is now being accepted for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawk spring baseball clinics.
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Mother Jones reporter wins Polk for Romney story
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
NEW YORK --
The reporter for Mother Jones magazine who broke the story of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 percent of Americans "believe they are victims" is among the winners of the 64th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism.
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Whitewater musician Peterson remembered for music, compassion
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Local singer/songwriter and guitarist Patrick “Pat” J. Peterson died Feb. 7.
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Found: Long-lost ledger of Civil War era
By LYN JERDE, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
PORTAGE --
On Abraham Lincoln's 204th birthday, the Columbia County Veterans Service Office was the place where long-lost Civil War history was perused, electronically catalogued and presented to a veterans' organization.
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Dave Matthews coming to Alpine Valley July 5-6
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
The Dave Matthews Band will play Alpine Valley Music Theatre at 7 p.m. Fri., July 5 and Sat., July 6, according to Alpine's website.
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WSD teacher part of NASA’s airborne observatory
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
DELAVAN --
A Delavan teacher was among a group of educators who made their initial flight into the stratosphere last week on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, according to a NASA news release.
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Walker's voucher plan angers public school backers
By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker's plan to expand the private school voucher program statewide, while not allowing public school spending to increase, drew a raft of angry responses Monday from those who fear his budget leaves public school students behind.
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Walworth County Bookworms hook early interest in reading
By EDWIN SCHERZER - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
SHARON --
Studies have shown time and again how reading directly affects a student’s success. There has been a successful resurgence in young adult interest in reading. It is at the earliest stages, though, that boys and girls need to get a leg up with reading skills.
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Washington’s serial abdication
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
No one loses money betting against the success of the federal government on budget issues. And many in American politics are now trying to find the sequester’s inner beauty, which brings to mind a country classic: “She’s looking better every beer.”
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