News Archive for February 26, 2013
One dead in Darien Township crash
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
TOWN OF DARIEN --
A fatal crash closed nearly three miles of Highway 11 west of Delavan Tuesday after a car slid into the path of an oncoming milk hauler, authorities said.
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Evansville bar makes changes to gain approval for gun show
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
EVANSVILLE --
Authorities say the owner of an Evansville bar and banquet hall can host a gun show this weekend after making changes since his January gun show was shut down.
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Sequester uncertainty has local groups feeling anxious
By NICO SAVIDGE - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
The director of local Head Start programs says cutting services to children would be a last resort if the federal budget sequester goes into effect Friday, but she isn’t sure the organization could avoid it.
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Man seeks write-in votes for Parkview School Board
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
ORFORDVILLE --
Parkview School District voters won’t have any names on the April ballot for school board, but one local parent wants voters to write him in.
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Milton School District turning to girls hockey to boost enrollment
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
MILTON --
The Milton School District is looking to wrist shots and body checks as its latest tools to bolster student enrollment and district revenue.
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Public Record for Feb. 26, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
Federal court orders more access to GOP computers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
MADISON --
A federal court has given groups suing the state broad access to computers used by the Republican-controlled Legislature to redraw political boundaries in 2011.
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Local real estate agents see good start to 2013
By JIM LEUTE - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Tradition broke last month for local real estate agents, many of whom benefited from an increase in the sales of existing homes and the prices they commanded.
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Wisconsin budget panel approves mining bill
By TODD RICHMOND, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
MADISON --
Republicans closed in on victory Monday in their fight to lure a giant iron mine to northwestern Wisconsin, pushing a bill that would overhaul the state's mining regulations through the Legislature's budget committee and setting up final votes in the coming days.
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Cullen appointed to WHEDA board
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
MADISON --
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has appointed Sen. Tim Cullen (D-Janesville) to the board of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA), according to a release from Cullen's office.
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Detroit suburb wins appeal over Christmas display
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
A federal appeals court has ruled against a group that wanted to add an anti-religion message to a Christmas display at Warren city hall.
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Judge who signed Walker recall faces challenger
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
A Wisconsin judge who signed a petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker faces a challenger in the April 2 spring election.
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Email, voicemail, text — no response. What gives?
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
CHICAGO --
Technology is supposed to make us easier to reach, and often does. But the same modes of communication that have hooked us on the instant reply also can leave us feeling forgotten.
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No. 22 Marquette beats No. 12 Syracuse 74-71
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
Davante Gardner scored a career-high 26 points and No. 22 Marquette beat No. 12 Syracuse 74-71 on Monday night in a game that further tightened things at the top of the Big East.
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10 things to know for Tuesday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 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. 26, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
Funeral homes evolving to meet new demands
By ROB SCHULTZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
MIDDLETON --
Even though Diane Dropsho worked as a hospice nurse for five years, the subject of cremation was too grim for her to discuss with anyone prior to the sudden death of her husband, Frank, from a stroke two years ago.
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Volunteers needed for Beloit hospice program
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
BELOIT --
Beloit Regional Hospice will hold an interactive training session on Sat., March 9, and Sat., March 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Beloit Regional Hospice office, 655 Third Street, Beloit. This two-day informal and interactive training will answer questions on the end-of-life process, how to talk to the dying, hospice philosophy, pain & symptom management and spirituality.
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Average taxpayer would save $83 under tax cut
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
MADISON --
The average Wisconsin taxpayer would save $83 under Gov. Scott Walker's proposed income tax cut.
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Listening sessions set for Gateway referendum
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
WALWORTH COUNTY --
Gateway Technical College will hold listening sessions on its expansion proposal in Racine and Walworth counties.
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UW students want to keep cap on tuition hikes
By KEVIN WANG, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
MADISON --
University of Wisconsin students asked state legislators Monday to renew a tuition cap, fearing that failure to do so would put higher education out of reach of many families.
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Elkhorn colorist brings comic books to life
By TODD MISHLER - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
ELKHORN --
Any artist knows that the only way to create a character, scene or mood is to truly immerse oneself in that role, place or situation -- and let imagination take over.
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The Olympics of joy
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
WASHINGTON --
On a rainy Saturday morning, in the packed gym at the Blessed Sacrament School in Northwest Washington, a parade of middle and high school basketball players, many with Down syndrome or autism, follow behind the tinfoil torch of the Special Olympics.
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