News Archive for February 5, 2013
Police: $85 triggered shooting
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
Friday's shooting on Janesville's south side stemmed from a drug debt, a Janesville police sergeant said.
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Parker boys can't keep up
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
SUN PRAIRIE --
Parker High gave Sun Prairie all it could handle early, but the Cardinals prevailed, 78-51, Monday in Big Eight Conference boys basketball.
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Dodgeville boys edge Evansville
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
Evansville High's rallied late but it wasn't enough to stop Dodgeville, which won 74-70, in a nonconference boys basketball game Monday.
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Evansville considering grading system switch
By GINA DUWE - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
EVANSVILLE --
Evansville High School is exploring dropping class rankings and replacing it with the laude system, which recognizes students for the rigor and success of their academic courses.
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Rattler men register win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
RICHLAND CENTER --
UW-Rock County split a pair of Wisconsin Collegiate Conference men's and women's basketball games Monday night.
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Saturday fire destroys rural Albion home
By NEIL JOHNSON - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
TOWN OF ALBION --
A rural Edgerton man and his son were returning from picking up a pizza Saturday night when they discovered their house was on fire.
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Second quarter downs Delavan-Darien girls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
BURLINGTON --
Burlington High hammered Delavan-Darien 23-4 in the second quarter en route to a 52-42 victory Monday in Southern Lakes Conference girls basketball.
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Craig/Parker robotics team preps for Milwaukee competition
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A machine flung Frisbees down a hallway at Parker High School on Monday night. Frisbee after Frisbee jumped from the machine's launching deck and spun perfectly in the air, as if from the hand of an expert.
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Public record for Feb. 5, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
Lindsey Vonn tears knee ligaments, out for season
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
SCHLADMING, AUSTRIA --
Lindsey Vonn will miss the rest of the ski season after tearing knee ligaments and breaking a bone in her leg in a high-speed crash Tuesday at the world championships.
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More states push retention of struggling readers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
KANSAS CITY, MO. --
Increasing numbers of states are not promoting students who are struggling to read at the end of third grade.
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Technical assistance available for local food producers
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
MADISON --
Local food producers looking to improve their business or expand sales can take advantage of Producers First funding by applying for this technical assistance support program.
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Bielema taking head-on approach early at Arkansas
By KURT VOIGT, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
Bret Bielema wasted little time in playing to the eager crowd.
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State DNR names new tribal liaison
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
MADISON --
The state Department of Natural Resources has created a new American Indian tribal liaison position.
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Jorgensen holds listening sessions in Whitewater and Sumner
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
WHITEWATER --
Listening sessions for constituents of Rep. Andy Jorgensen (D-Fort Atkinson) will be held Mon., Feb. 11 at 9:30 a.m. at The Sweet Spot, 226 W. Whitewater St., Whitewater, and at 5 p.m. at the Sumner Town Hall, N1525 Church St., Edgerton.
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Piggish for a title: Bielema promises success
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. --
Bret Bielema picked up the microphone at halftime of the Razorbacks’ basketball game against Tennessee, said some kind words about his first few months in Fayetteville and then laid down the gauntlet.
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10 things to know for Tuesday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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Megna wants candidates to turn down donations
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
MADISON --
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Vince Megna is calling on two others in the race to turn down any donations that come from outside the state.
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Death notices for Feb. 5, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
Republicans unveil changes to mining bill
By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
MADISON --
Supporters of an iron ore mine planned for northern Wisconsin proposed new regulations Monday they said would better protect the environment in response to concerns raised by Democrats who are trying to block the effort.
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Walker in Whitewater for entrepreneur grants announcement
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
WHITEWATER --
Gov. Scott Walker will be in Whitewater today for the announcement of a partnership between the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the Whitewater Community Development Authority.
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Cool winners at U.S. Nationals Snow Sculpting Championships
By STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
The 2013 US National Snow Sculpting Competition Champion, held in Lake Geneva, is Team Wisconsin with their sculpture, "Dancing Flame." Team Wisconsin members were David Andrews, Jason Anhorn, and Stephen Bateman.
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A mandate as shell game
By MICHAEL GERSON - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
WASHINGTON --
The Obama administration’s latest revision of its contraceptive policy seems less like the parting of the Red Sea than a parlor trick.
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