News Archive for January 11, 2013
Janesville councilmen want to raise $2.5 million for public safety, streets
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Two council members want to ask local voters whether they support higher taxes to maintain police and fire services and improve street maintenance.
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Health officials report flu spike
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Janesville health care providers are seeing double-digit increases in patients with flu-like symptoms and are taking steps to protect other patients from getting sick.
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Ngobi scores 36 points to propel Craig boys to win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Jerry Ngobi continues to have the hot hand for Janesville Craig's boys basketball team.
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Troubled Evansville bar plans another gun show
By GINA DUWE - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
An Evansville tavern and banquet hall in danger of losing its liquor license can continue holding gun shows with proper notice to authorities and removal of all alcohol from the venue, a sheriff's captain said.
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Early misses cost Parker boys
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Janesville Parker couldn't find the basket in the first half, which led to a Big Eight Conference boys basketball loss at Madison La Follette on Thursday night.
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Blumer's 30 lead Milton girls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Morgan Blumer was a dominant force for the Milton High girls basketball team Thursday night.
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Edgerton boys survive
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Edgerton built a 12-point lead then hung on to defeat host Parkview, 56-54, in Rock Valley Conference boys basketball Thursday night.
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Sukus promoted to 911 center director
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Kathy Sukus will be the head of Rock County Communications, the 46-person department that takes 911 calls from the public and uses the information to dispatch police, EMTs and firefighters to emergencies.
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Final spurt carries Elkhorn boys to win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
A late 6-0 run carried Elkhorn High's boys basketball team to victory Thursday night.
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Judge orders competency exam in copper thefts
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man accused of stealing millions of dollars worth of copper pipe from his employer has been ordered to undergo a psychological exam.
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Bluebirds, Fury lose
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
MCFARLAND --
Austin Redders had a hat trick to lead McFarland to a 5-2 nonconference win over the Janesville Bluebirds on Thursday night.
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Man pleads guilty in embezzlement case
By KEVIN MURPHY - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
MADISON --
A Janesville man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to embezzlement in connection with theft of $25,194 from an employee pension plan.
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Leisten's two firsts not enough for Parker gymnasts
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Hailey Leisten won two events, but Janesville Parker's gymnastics team came up short Thursday night in a Big Eight Conference dual meet.
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Obama, Karzai agree to speed military transition
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
WASHINGTON --
President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday they have agreed to speed up slightly the schedule for moving Afghanistan's security forces into the lead across the country, with U.S. troops shifting fully to a support role.
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Parker's Fryda provides needed pin
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Brandon Fryda ensured that Janesville Parker would earn a Big Eight Conference wrestling victory Thursday night.
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Gun show at Wisconsin school ruffles few feathers
By DINESH RAMDE, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Gun advocates and opponents nationwide may be arguing over school security and whether teachers should be armed on campus. But in Wisconsin — where children as young as 10 years old are encouraged to grab a gun and shoot a deer — one community is embracing its hunting heritage by gearing up to host a gun show in a high school gym.
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Whitewater police investigate pharmacy robbery
By STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Whitewater police are looking for a suspect in a robbery Jan. 5 at the Walgreens pharmacy in Whitewater, according to a City of Whitewater Police Department release.
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Packers' defense better prepared for playoffs
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
GREEN BAY --
The Green Bay Packers could have filled an entire highlight reel with their interceptions last year. Good thing, because the rest of their defense wasn't worth watching.
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No plans for carpool toll lanes, Walker says
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker says his executive budget won't contain any plans for carpool toll lanes.
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10 things to know for Friday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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Assembly passes strict rules for observers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
MADISON --
Visitors who come to the Wisconsin state Assembly to watch debate won't be allowed to use cellphones, eat or wear a hat.
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Death notices for Jan. 11, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Walker's ex-aide is fined but avoids jail time
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
A woman who served as an aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee County's executive was sentenced Thursday to a year of probation for doing campaign work on county time.
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Deal struck to avoid late night Wisconsin Assembly
By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
MADISON --
A bipartisan deal struck Thursday designed to avoid the Wisconsin state Assembly debating and taking votes in the middle of the night hinges on Republicans and Democrats agreeing ahead of time how long they will spend on each measure that comes up for discussion.
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Walker promises to cut income taxes in budget
By TODD RICHMOND, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
MADISON --
Republican Gov. Scott Walker promised Thursday that his next executive budget will slash income taxes, but he called those cuts just a "down payment" on future ones he hopes to phase in as the Wisconsin economy grows.
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DNR's top 2012 stories include an albino bat and one tough bird
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
Wisconsin’s wildlife and plant species yielded some of the most spectacular photos and stories in 2012, from an exceptional irruption of snowy owls, to a 1-in-a million albino bat found in February, to a bald eagle nursed back to health after winding up in the grille of an oncoming truck while diving for roadkill.
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Meaning behind Hagel nomination
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Jan. 11, 2013
WASHINGTON --
Under the guise of centrist bipartisanship, the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense allows President Obama to enact his natural foreign policy inclinations and leave the calculated, calibrated first-term Obama behind.
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