News Archive for January 3, 2013
Mortgage foreclosure filings decrease for southeastern Wisconsin
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
The number of mortgage foreclosure filings decreased again in southeastern Wisconsin in 2012.
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Pro: Michigan law creates jobs, hikes wages and boosts its competitiveness
By ARTHUR C. BROOKS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
WASHINGTON --
It’s perfectly sensible that states that want to see their economies grow should enact right-to-work laws. But the privilege of unions to extract money from workers’ paychecks is far from the only special preference granted by state policy.
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Con: Right-to-work laws encourage freeloaders, lower wages and create no new work
By DON KUSLER - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
WASHINGTON --
The lame-duck Republican Legislature in Michigan recently passed a so-called “right-to-work” law, which was instantly signed by the governor. Here’s why that was a big mistake for Michigan’s workers and economy.
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Primary likely in Janesville School Board race
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
JANESVILLE --
It appears a primary election will be required to narrow the field for Janesville School Board.
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Parker wrestlers take down La Follette
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
Parker High stopped Madison La Follette, 40-33, in Big Eight Conference wrestling Wednesday.
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Jets collect holiday sweep
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
PORT HURON, MICH. --
The visiting Janesville Jets earned a holiday sweep, defeating Port Huron, 4-3 and 3-0, Monday and Tuesday in North American Hockey League play.
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State Republicans OK'd deal
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Two legislators representing Rock and Walworth counties voted with the majorities to approve the fiscal-cliff deal in Congress on Tuesday, but they weren't happy about it.
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Warhawk men display shooting touch
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
WHITEWATER --
UW-Whitewater had the fifth-best shooting percentage in school history Wednesday to defeat visiting Cardinal Stritch University, 91-81, in nonconference men's basketball.
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Six candidates seek four Janesville City Council spots
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Six candidates are seeking one of four open seats on the Janesville City Council. The election is Tuesday, April 2.
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Town power plant now in new hands
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
TOWN OF BELOIT --
Wisconsin Power and Light is the new owner of the Riverside Energy Center, a natural gas-fired electric generating plant in the town of Beloit.
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Parents can't sue Mukwonago Area School District over Indian nickname
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
MADISON --
A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled parents suing to save the Mukwonago Area School District's Indians nickname have no grounds to file a challenge.
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Learn to create natural landscapes
By STAFF - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
The Kettle Moraine Chapter of Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes is hosting a presentation called "Three Easy Ways to Propagate Your Native Seeds" by Theresa and Gerhard Stegemann.
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This year, let’s resolve to preserve, use, celebrate our core freedoms
By GENE POLICINSKI - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
In the wake of what critics have called “journalistic bedlam” after the December school shootings in Newtown, Conn., came calls for “common-sense media control” and even outright government censorship of breaking-news reports.
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Extraordinary snowfall needed to relieve drought
By JIM SUHR, ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
ST. LOUIS --
When his drought-stricken Nebraska farm was blanketed with several inches of snow, Tom Schwarz welcomed the moisture. But it wasn't nearly enough.
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Bucks' rallies fall short of Spurs
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
After a 69-point outburst in the first half, it would have been easy for the San Antonio Spurs to believe they were going to capture their seventh consecutive win with little resistance.
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Nebraska downs UW
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
LINCOLN, NEB. --
Lindsey Moore scored 26 points and made five 3-pointers and Jordan Hooper added 14 points to lead No. 25 Nebraska to a 70-52 victory against Wisconsin on Wednesday night.
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Home, cold, home: Packers hope for advantage
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
GREEN BAY --
The Minnesota Vikings visit Lambeau Field for Saturday night's NFC wild card, and no place in the NFL has been tougher to play over the last three years.
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10 things to know for Thursday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
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'Fiscal cliff' deal leaves lots of issues dangling
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
The "fiscal cliff" compromise on taxes leaves a big part of the nation's budget crisis still dangling.
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Driskel, Gators upset by Louisville 33-23 in Sugar Bowl
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
NEW ORLEANS --
Jeff Driskel’s first pass of the Sugar Bowl was intercepted and returned 38 yards for a touchdown. It never got much better for heavily favored Florida in what was supposed to be the crowning game in a bounce-back season.
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Death notices for Jan. 3, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
Walker open to conditional tweaks to mining bil
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
Gov. Scott Walker says he's open to tweaking last year's failed mining bill, as long as the new bill leads to an actual mining company doing business in Wisconsin.
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CWD found in Portage, Juneau counties
By STAFF - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
MADISON --
Two deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, one each in Portage and Juneau Counties, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. These are the first positives in wild deer populations for both counties.
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Snowmen stand for Newtown's victims
By STAFF - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
The snowmen stand in long frozen lines. They're posed like choirs in public parks or grouped in backyards with snow-covered holiday lights.
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The power of “none”
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
CHICAGO --
Is it any wonder that for many, our relationships with our deepest selves—and with whom or whatever we see as our maker—have become the only off-limits thing we have left?
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