News Archive for January 2, 2013
Two teens hospitalized after single-car crash
By STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
LYONS TOWNSHIP --
Two teenagers were hospitalized with multiple lower leg injuries after their car crashed into a tree Tuesday morning on Sheridan Springs Road near Back Road in the town of Lyons, according to a release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office.
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Hoping for hope in 2013
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Rural Milton resident Nick Popp wasn't sure what to say, but he knew he was stuck in the maw of New Year's Day news-media purgatory.
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Silver screen to band of gold: Man makes unconventional proposal
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Jeremy Heesen and Jessica Simons had talked about marriage. When he proposed, he told her, it would be a surprise. The Janesville woman said later it was more surprising than she ever imagined.
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Public record for Jan. 2, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
Quaker Steak & Lube targets former Damon's Grill site
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A Madison real estate development company with significant interests in Janesville has bought a vacant building and plans to lease it as a Quaker Steak & Lube franchise, a popular restaurant chain with more than 45 stores in the country.
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Downtown Janesville group sponsors decorating contest for businesses
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Passersby can view the creativity of downtown business owners and employees who entered a sled-themed window contest sponsored by the Downtown Development Alliance.
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Plots and clots
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
Hillary Clinton may well prefer to miss her day before the firing squad, but it is unlikely that medical doctors or a hospital would assist a secretary of state—or anyone—in concocting a fake affliction.
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Delavan UCC, music series coordinator named WCAC's 'Friends of the Arts'
By WALWORTH COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
The Walworth County Arts Council named David Block of Delavan and the United Church of Christ—Congregational, also of Delavan, their 2012 Friends of the Arts at their Annual Meeting in November.
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Abbey Resort to get $2 million renovation
By STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
FONTANA --
Work on a $2 million renovation for both the interior and exterior of the Abbey Resort and Spa in Fontana will begin this month, according to a story in Travel Daily News.
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He's back: Packers' Woodson gets clearance to play
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
GREEN BAY --
Charles Woodson has been cleared to play again, and the Green Bay Packers are counting on the defensive back to provide a lift in Saturday night's playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings.
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N. Illinois doesn't have enough tricks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
Anxious to avoid an Orange Bowl shocker, the Florida State Seminoles kept getting tricked. An onside kick fooled them, as did a fake punt, and a pooch punt by Northern Illinois' star quarterback.
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Timely '3' lifts Marquette
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
Marquette had not made a 3-pointer for the first 39 minutes and 59 seconds of Tuesday's game against Connecticut. That didn't worry Junior Cadougan.
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Storm impedes salvage of grounded drilling ship
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA --
High seas and strong winds prevented crews from boarding an oil drilling ship to check for any damage after the large vessel went aground off an uninhabited island in the Gulf of Alaska.
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10 things to know for Wednesday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
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Death notices for Jan. 2, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
Walker still hasn't issued a pardon
By TODD RICHMOND, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
MADISON --
Republican Gov. Scott Walker hasn't issued a pardon or set up the next version of the state's Pardon Advisory Board, refusing to exercise one of his office's most expansive powers to restore felons' former rights.
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Kohl, Johnson support Senate fiscal cliff deal
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
Wisconsin's two U.S. senators both voted for a compromise bill meant to avert the fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts.
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A passing glance at 2012
By STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013
A vice-presidential candidate from Wisconsin, erratic weather, summer acts at the county fair--all made up 2012. Take a look back at the year through photographer Terry Mayer's pictures.
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