News Archive for January 30, 2013
Update: 80 departments continue to fight Burlington fire
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
BURLINGTON --
Crews are battling a eight-alarm fire at a food plant in Burlington.
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China comes to Janesville via the Internet
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
A fourth-grader from China video-chatted with two of her peers in Janesville during the Janesville School Board's meeting Tuesday.
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Cougars will do some homework
By KEN VELOSKEY - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Craig High needs all the comfort of home, but the Cougars gym gave no love Tuesday in a 62-50 loss to Middleton in a Big Eight Conference girls basketball makeup game.
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Evansville boys ride defense to win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
Defense proved to be the difference Tuesday night for Evansville High's boys basketball team.
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Milton edges past Parker
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Free-throw shooting woes tripped up Parker High in a 65-62 loss to visiting Milton in boys nonconference basketball Tuesday night.
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Town of Milton accepting questions on gravel pit study through Feb. 5
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
TOWN OF MILTON --
After a year of controversy, political wrangling and some indecision, the Milton Town Board could be ready to decide if it will allow developer Tom Amon to build a gravel pit along North Klug Road.
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Elkhorn girls hang on to down Delavan-Darien
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
Elkhorn took an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter and needed it as the Elks had to fend off a Delavan-Darien rally to complete a 64-62 victory in Southern Lakes Conference girls basketball Tuesday night.
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Former Cove official gives up documents
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
ELKHORN --
The chief financial officer for the former management company of Cove Condominiums remains under a contempt of court order while surrendered documents are examined.
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Red Hawks race past Norskies
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
A quick start carried Milton High's girls basketball team to victory Tuesday night.
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First-place Verona gets past Bluebirds
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
The Verona boys hockey team proved Tuesday night why its in a league of its own in the Big Eight Conference.
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Fury offense comes alive
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
Darrel Moore is beginning to see improvement in his Rock County Fury girls hockey squad.
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Public record for Jan. 30, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
Ryan keeps plugging 'debt crisis' message
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Nearly three months after Janesville native Paul Ryan ran for vice president on the Republican ticket, he's back in Congress and back to the message that has kept his motor running for years: Get the country's fiscal house in order.
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Tall trio lead East Troy boys to win
By TIM WESTER - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
CLINTON --
Clinton High boys basketball coach Denny Morris' game plan was to slow down East Troy High's three Division I college recruits and make the role players beat them.
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Jennings sparks Bucks' run
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. --
After Milwaukee’s reserves helped turn things around, Brandon Jennings turned the game into a rout. Jennings scored 20 of his 30 points in the third quarter as the Bucks cruised to a 117-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.
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Milwaukee woman: Sheriff said OK for her to arm herself
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
MILWAUKEE --
A Milwaukee woman accused of firing a gun says the sheriff said it was OK for her to arm herself.
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Weather-related closings in Walworth County
By STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
WALWORTH COUNTY --
Weather-related closings in Walworth County:
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It's not nice to fool Mother Nature, but she's fooling us
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Does Mother Nature realize what month it is?
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Kedzie, Cullen make the list of legislators with high reimbursement rates
By STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
MADISON --
Sen. Neal Kedzie (R-Elkhorn) and Sen. Time Cullen (D-Janesville) are among 10 of the state’s 132 legislators claiming over $10,000 in expense reimbursements for their time spent in Madison in 2012, according to a story from the Wisconsin Radio Network.
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Delavan's WSD girls basketball team are CSSD champions
By STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
DELAVAN --
The Wisconsin School for the Deaf girls basketball team is the new Central States Schools for the Deaf Basketball Tournament champions.
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High-tech cargo airship being built in California
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
TUSTIN, CALIF. --
The massive blimp-like aircraft flies but just barely, hovering only a dozen feet off a military hangar floor during flight testing south of Los Angeles.
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Badgers undone by Ohio State's 15-0 run, 58-49
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
COLUMBUS, OHIO --
Through 28 minutes, the Wisconsin Badgers were just about right where they wanted to be at No. 11 Ohio State.
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Death notices for Jan. 30, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
10 things to know for Wednesday
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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It says 'Badgers coach' on my resume…
By STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
LAKE GENEVA --
When the position of head coach for the University of Wisconsin Badgers football team was vacant last month, the school posted the job on its human resources website like any other opening.
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Board approves new ‘buzz-in’ security measures for Whitewater schools
By STAFF - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
WHITEWATER --
A new security system involving video cameras that would allow visitors to be verified before they’re let into a school building was approved by the Whitewater Unified School District School Board Monday, according to a story in the Daily Jefferson County Union.
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Janesville schools turn to police radios for instant communication
By RICK WEST - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
JANESVILLE --
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Janesville police and school officials are in the process of launching an initiative aimed at reducing response time to school emergencies by the city’s police officers.
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From I don’t to I do
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
WASHINGTON --
Tuesday, long-time same-sex marriage foe David Blankenhorn and more than 70 diverse signatories released a letter urging Americans to end the gay-marriage war and change the question from “Should gays marry?” to “How can we save marriage?”
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