News Archive for July 29, 2010
Attendance is up at Janesville pools
By STAN STRICKER - Thursday, July 29, 2010
Hot summer weather and a cool economy may be prompting the interest
Janesville freshman teams saved, but cuts still considered
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, July 29, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Janesville high schools will keep all their football and volleyball teams this year.
Edgerton vet’s run aids hospital memorial
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, July 29, 2010
EDGERTON --
When Edgerton resident Fred Falk said he’d raise $20,000 to pay for a veterans memorial at Edgerton’s new hospital, all it took was a promise and a pair of combat boots.
Larson Acres provides home for flooded Illinois cows
By GINA DUWE - Thursday, July 29, 2010
MAGNOLIA TOWNSHIP --
By 3 a.m. Sunday, the first semi-tractor trailer of cows arrived at its new temporary home.
Standoff suspect ordered to enter mental health hospital
By KAYLA BUNGE - Thursday, July 29, 2010
ELKHORN --
Judge John Race on Wednesday ordered Richard Sallmann be committed to a mental health hospital for up to 37½ years, the maximum time for which the charges of first-degree recklessly endangering safety call.
Beloit downs Burlington
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 29, 2010
BURLINGTON -- The Beloit Snappers defeated the host Burlington Bees, 4-2, in Midwest League baseball Wednesday.
Public record for July 29, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 29, 2010
Song choice is a key for winning Star performers
By JASON SMATHERS - Thursday, July 29, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The 16-year-old Craig High School student dedicated the ’90s ballad “I’ll Be” to his girlfriend and belted out a rather mature rendition at the Rock County 4-H Fair’s Star competition. The contest, in its seventh year, was broken into three age groups: 8-13, 14-17 and adults.
UW-Rock County turns to the sun
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, July 29, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville campus is home to three configurations of solar panels, all pumping out electricity that the power company is buying.
Janesville woman renders art print in cowhide
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, July 29, 2010
MILTON --
This week at the Gathering Place in Milton, art lovers with an eye for the quirky can view a unique creation by Janesville artist Jan McGuire: a cowhide rendering of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.
Micro wrestlers entertain fair crowd
By TED SULLIVAN - Thursday, July 29, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The event had sparked controversy in the community.
Tonight’s big story: Is it newswordy?
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, July 29, 2010
"‘WikiLeaks’?! I actually have to say ‘WikiLeaks’?!”
AP survey: A bleaker outlook for economy into 2011
By JEANNINE AVERSA - Thursday, July 29, 2010
WASHINGTON --
The U.S. economic recovery will remain slow deep into next year, held back by shoppers reluctant to spend and employers hesitant to hire, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.
Parade of Homes: With houses no longer getting bigger, attention turns to amenities
By LYNN GREENE - Thursday, July 29, 2010
ELKHORN -- Parade of Homes: With houses no longer getting bigger, attention turns to amenities
Death notices: Freitag
Walworth County death notices for July 29, 2010.
Death notices for July 29, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, July 29, 2010
Summer Elk Players present 'Seussical Jr.'
By CSI MEDIA STAFF - Thursday, July 29, 2010
The stories of Dr. Seuss are coming alive on stage, thanks to the 60-some young people involved in the Summer Elk Players theater group.
Roush is stable after plane crash
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, July 29, 2010
MILWAUKEE -- NASCAR team owner Jack Roush remained hospitalized in serious but stable condition Wednesday, one day after he walked away from a plane crash in Wisconsin.
Zambrano to rejoin Cubs
By PHIL ROGERS - Thursday, July 29, 2010
HOUSTON -- As expected, Carlos Zambrano will rejoin the Chicago Cubs today in Denver. He is expected to be activated in time for the weekend series against the Rockies.
And once again, Sheets out for the season
By MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE - Thursday, July 29, 2010
ARLINGTON, TEXAS -- Oakland A’s right-hander Ben Sheets was diagnosed with a torn flexor tendon in his elbow that will require surgery and sideline him the rest of the season, manager Bob Geren said before Wednesday’s game against the Texas Rangers.
Packers’ offensive line deep, but how good?
By BOB MCGINN - Thursday, July 29, 2010
GREEN BAY -- Almost anything could happen when it comes to the Green Bay Packers' offensive line this season.
Packers have all hands on deck
By MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE - Thursday, July 29, 2010
GREEN BAY -- For the fourth time in the last five years, the Green Bay Packers will have every veteran player under contract for the opening of training camp.
Big Ten has full agenda slated next week
By PETE DIPRIMIO - Thursday, July 29, 2010
Officials to decide how to divide conference
Gulf cleanup will change once oil stops for good
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, July 29, 2010
NEW ORLEANS --
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said crews are having trouble finding patches of the crude that had been washing up on beaches and coating delicate coastal wetlands since the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded April 20, killing 11 people.
In Delaware, civility rules
By DAVID BRODER - Thursday, July 29, 2010
MIDDLETOWN, DEL. -- The U.S. Senate race in Delaware is one to restore faith in representative government.