News Archive for January 28, 2013
Rebout remembered for dairy advocacy
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Roger Rebout holds the honor of a lot of "firsts" in Rock County dairy farming.
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Janesville School Board considers 'strategic alliances'
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A new Janesville School Board policy apparently will include a provision that requires board approval for something called "strategic alliances."
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Process extends life of sewer mains
By JIM LEUTE - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A city-hired contractor is cleaning and installing a specialized cured-in-place lining material that adheres to the interior of existing sewer mains, which extends the life of the lines.
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Public record for Jan. 28, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
Solid reputation helps Jay's Big Rolls clean up
By JIM LEUTE - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Jayson Duffy has come a long way since the days of taking orders in his dorm room and fetching product from a neighbor's garage.
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Market tightening for industrial real estate
By JIM LEUTE - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
What was once nearly 1.2 million square feet of vacant industrial space in Janesville is now buildings buzzing with activity.
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Driver pleads insanity to 11th-offense OWI
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
STEVENS POINT --
A Plainfield man charged with his 11th offense of driving while intoxicated has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental defect.
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Report: Wisconsin docs often escape punishment for errors
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
MADISON --
Wisconsin doctors who make serious mistakes often escape serious consequences, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Sunday.
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Brewers thinking positive
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
Ryan Braun skipped the Milwaukee Brewers’ fan festival last January, remaining mostly quiet while he waited for a decision in his appeal of a 50-game suspension under baseball’s drug policy. What a difference a year makes.
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NFC blows out AFC 62-35 in Pro Bowl in Hawaii
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
HONOLULU --
Whether the NFL’s all-star game will return next season is something the league will ponder the next few months after the NFC’s 62-35 blowout of the AFC on Sunday.
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Teachers flip for 'flipped learning' class model
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
SANTA ANA, CALIF. --
When Timmy Nguyen comes to his pre-calculus class, he’s already learned the day’s lesson — he watched it on a short online video prepared by his teacher for homework.
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10 things to know for Monday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Jan. 28, 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 Jan. 28, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
Annie's Project workshop for farm women slated for Feb. 6
By STAFF - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
ELKHORN -- Annie’s Project, a workshop for farm women, will be held at the Walworth County UW-Extension office, 100 W. Walworth St., Elkhorn on Wed., Feb. 6, 20 and Wed., March 6 from 8:45 a.m. to noon.
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Refiner considers shipping oil via Great Lakes
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
A petroleum refiner is exploring whether to build a crude oil loading dock on Lake Superior, near its refinery in Superior, Wis., to ship crude oil on the Great Lakes.
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Digital safety can protect online privacy
By WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
MADISON -- If you use the internet, you have a digital footprint. Whether you are shopping, searching, listening to music or posting to a social media account, you are leaving traces of your activities online, and it is important to protect your identity from thieves and scammers. In order to help Wisconsin consumers learn about ways to tighten the security around their digital activities, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is celebrating Data Privacy Day on January 28th.
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Walker may find many ways to slash state’s income tax
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican who leads the Assembly, Speaker Assembly Robin Vos of Burlington, say the tax cut should go to “middle class” taxpayers with taxable incomes of between $20,000 and $200,000 a year. Democrats say anyone with a taxable income of $200,000 isn’t “middle class,” but they can’t vote against a tax cut.
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