News Archive for February 8, 2013
City staff: New rules would likely improve rental properties
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Regular inspections of rental properties funded by a landlord registration fee would improve the city's rental stock, according to Janesville city staff, but it will be up to the city council Monday night to decide if such a program is worth investigating.
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Beer sales in parks again debated
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville City Council on Monday will consider requiring background checks for people who want to buy permits to serve beer and wine at park pavilions.
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Work could start this year on memorial baseball field in Whitewater
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
WHITEWATER --
A small boy's dream of playing baseball in the big leagues won't ever come true. Instead, his memory will give the community of Whitewater a place where all kids can play ball.
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Council names Scout executive; Tyms set to start March 1
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
MADISON --
The first item on Alex Tyms' agenda is simple: learn how Scouting can reach out to boys that the national organization might be missing.
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Town of Beloit puts off talk of incorporation
By GINA DUWE - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
TOWN OF BELOIT --
The Beloit Town Board will wait until after the April 2 election before resuming discussion of incorporating part of the town into a village.
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Senators seek deal on gun-sale background checks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
WASHINGTON --
A bipartisan quartet of senators, including two National Rifle Association members and two with "F'' ratings from the potent firearms lobby, are quietly trying to find a compromise on expanding the requirement for gun-sale background checks.
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Public record for Feb. 8, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
Lake Geneva house fire under investigation
By STAFF - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
A fire in a Lake Geneva home Thursday night is under investigation, according to a press release from the Lake Geneva Fire Department.
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It's 'Meisner Time' in Whitewater Feb. 9
By STAFF - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
The wait is almost over for the new "Meisner Time" CD.
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Woman killed, husband hospitalized after Williams Bay fire
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 8, 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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Snap-on 4Q income rises on tool and repair sales
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
KENOSHA --
Tool maker Snap-on Inc. said Thursday its net income rose 14 percent in the fourth quarter on greater sales of tools and repair systems.
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One fatality confirmed in Williams Bay house fire
By STAFF - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
WILLIAMS BAY --
One person died and another was pulled from a deadly house fire alive Thursday night at 83 Lackey Drive in Williams Bay, according to a story on TMJ4-TV.
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Walker unveils economic development proposal
By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he is recommitting to a $75 million economic development loan fund in his next budget, thought details of a highly anticipated investment capital plan remain under wraps.
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'Barrel of Fun' is Whitewater Arts Alliance’s public arts project
By WHITEWATER ARTS ALLIANCE - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
Have a barrel of fun, help beautify Whitewater this summer and assist the Whitewater Arts Alliance – all at the same time. This year’s public arts project is Water Barrels and the theme is “A Barrel of Fun in Whitewater.” Join amateur and professional artists as well as students, families and businesses for the 9th annual Public Arts Project as either a sponsor or an artist.
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ACLU seeks removal of Ohio school's Jesus portrait
By DAN SEWELL, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
CINCINNATI --
A portrait of Jesus that hangs prominently in an entranceway at a rural Ohio public school is in violation of the U.S. Constitution and should be removed, a federal lawsuit filed Thursday says.
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Craig boys beat perennial power Memorial
By ERIC SCHMOLDT - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Jerry Ngobi set the tone against the fifth-ranked team in the state. Then Mike Murphy and his teammates closed the door on a momentum-building upset victory for Janesville Craig’s boys basketball team.
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Wrestlers, swimmers close in on state
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
It’s WIAA tournament time in wrestling and boys swim. The road to Madison begins Saturday on the mat and in the pool.
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UW women fall in 2 OTs
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
COLUMBUS, OHIO --
Not even a career night by Jacki Gulczynski could save the University of Wisconsin’s women’s basketball team Thursday.
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Wisconsin conservationists re-launch anti-mine ad
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
MADISON --
Environmentalists are re-cycling a television ad imploring the state Senate to kill a bill that would overhaul Wisconsin's mining regulations.
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Illini buzzer-beater upsets No. 1 Hoosiers, 74-72
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
CHAMPAIGN, IL. --
At this rate, no one will want to be No. 1. Indiana became the fifth straight top-ranked men's college basketball team to lose, falling to unranked Illinois 74-72 on a buzzer-beater by Tyler Griffey on Thursday night.
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10 things to know for Friday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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Suspect and victim in shooting described as good neighbors
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH --
Chris Gestrich and Daniel Bellard were the kind of people who would give you the shirts off their backs, a neighbor said. Gestrich was a kind, generous person with a good eye for cattle.
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Death notices for Feb. 8, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
Vos says mining bill should pass by early March
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
MADISON --
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he thinks a bill overhauling Wisconsin's mining regulations will pass the Legislature by the end of the first week in March.
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Actor Cromwell arrested at Wisconsin regents meeting
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
MADISON --
Actor James Cromwell has been arrested for allegedly disrupting a University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting where he was protesting animal testing.
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Swine virus concerns change import regs in state
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
MADISON --
State officials announced today that effective March 1, swine entering Wisconsin must be accompanied by an import permit. To successfully acquire this permit, a veterinarian must disclose the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) status of the herd of origin, if known, with a statement on the certificate of veterinary inspection (CVI).
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Court finds in favor of woman denied minimum wage
By KEVIN WANG, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
MADISON --
A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled in favor of a former manager of an Italian restaurant who said the company did not pay her the required minimum wage.
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Track the past at the Geneva Lake Museum
By CSI STAFF - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
LAKE GENEVA --
Enjoy a free family train day at the Geneva Lake Museum next Saturday, Feb. 16. Track the Past will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring train memorabilia and operating train layouts.
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Call Obama’s sequester bluff
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
WASHINGTON --
President Obama has urgently called on Congress to head off the sequester with a short-term fix. What should Republicans do? Nothing.
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Obama drones on
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
WASHINGTON --
If America is in an ongoing war against al-Qaeda and associated groups, then the rules of war apply. This is the position taken by both the Bush and Obama administrations, consistent with America’s inherent right of self-defense and the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force.
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