News Archive for March 23, 2013
Whitewater residents to vote on Citizens United decision
By NICO SAVIDGE - Saturday, March 23, 2013
WHITEWATER --
Whitewater residents will essentially vote on the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United decision through a referendum April 2.
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Rashkin mounts write-in campaign
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, March 23, 2013
Yuri Rashkin is running as a write-in to return to the Janesville City Council.
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Embezzler sentenced to six months
By KEVIN MURPHY - Saturday, March 23, 2013
MADISON --
A Janesville business owner who embezzled $25,194 from his employees’ pension plan was sentenced Thursday in federal court to six months in jail and ordered to repay former employees $21,768.
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Two vie for Richmond chairman post
By NICO SAVIDGE - Saturday, March 23, 2013
TOWN OF RICHMOND --
Incumbent Town Chairman Wayne Redenius and challenger Jeffrey Karbash will square off in the race to represent Richmond
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Drug sting nets arrests
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, March 23, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Police on Thursday seized heroin, marijuana and $5,400 in cash during a focused drug interdiction effort, according to a news release from the Janesville Police Department.
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Local airport tower to close
By GAZETTE STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, March 23, 2013
JANESVILLE --
The air-traffic control tower at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport is on a list of the towers the Federal Aviation Administration will close.
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Departed Janesville official remains on payroll
By JIM LEUTE - Saturday, March 23, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville economic development official who abruptly left his job last week will be paid through July 1.
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Board to consider Challenge Program with another vote
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, March 23, 2013
JANESVILLE --
The expansion of a Janesville School District program for gifted students might be approved after all.
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Walworth County DA: Shooting of inmate justified
By NICO SAVIDGE - Saturday, March 23, 2013
ELKHORN --
The sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an inmate at an Elkhorn hospital Jan. 21 was justified in using deadly force, Walworth County District Attorney Daniel Necci said Friday.
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Public record for March 23, 2013
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, March 23, 2013
Rotary Gardens' volunteers donate record hours
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Saturday, March 23, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Patrick McCormick spent Wednesday morning sanding a bench in the Rotary Botanical Gardens horticulture center. That afternoon, his wife, Patricia, volunteered in the gardens' Cottage Garden Gallery gift shop.
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