News Archive for March 12, 2010
Milton, teachers haggle over insurance
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, March 12, 2010
MILTON --
With the possibility of budget cuts looming in the Milton School District, a months-old insurance squabble between the district and its teachers has gone public.
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Communities look to keep sex offenders in check
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Friday, March 12, 2010
A growing number of Wisconsin communities, including East Troy, are moving ahead with ordinances that restrict where registered sex offenders can live, even as state lawmakers are considering prohibiting such ordinances.
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Monroe pulls away with its defense
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 12, 2010
Monroe High School coach Kevin Keen knew what his team had to do after Platteville hit four three-pointers in the first half of a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal girls basketball game Thursday night.
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Parkview’s late rally falls just short against Belleville
By ERIC ANDERSON - Friday, March 12, 2010
BELLEVILLE --
Jasmine Koch’s potential tying shot with five seconds left popped back out of the basket as fifth-ranked Belleville High turned back a furious rally by the seventh-ranked Vikings and held on for a thrilling 55-51 victory in a WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal girls basketball game Thursday night.
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Fire prompts evacuation of a Janesville elementary school
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, March 12, 2010
JANESVILLE --
A fire left a family homeless and prompted the evacuation of Roosevelt Elementary School on Thursday.
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Henke throws his hat in the ring
By TERE DUNLAP - Friday, March 12, 2010
MONROE --
Monroe Common Council President Dan Henke is running as a Republican for the 80th Assembly District in a bid to replace Brett Davis.
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Illinois upsets No. 13 Wisconsin
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 12, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS --
Fifth-seeded Illinois hung on for a 58-54 upset of No. 13 Wisconsin in Friday's Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
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Albany edges past Juda
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 12, 2010
Albany High’s girls basketball team saved its best for last Thursday night.
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Four burglary suspects arrested Tuesday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 12, 2010
JANESVILLE --
A four-month investigation of burglaries to storage units yielded the arrests Thursday of four Janesville teens.
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Overdose death prompts effort to ensure prescription drug safety
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, March 12, 2010
EDGERTON --
After a local teen’s fatal overdose on oxycodone Feb. 9, rural Edgerton resident Ken Kidder decided to help. His plan: To put the area’s youth prescription drug problem under lock and key.
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‘The sharpener guy’ is on cutting edge at Rotary Gardens
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, March 12, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Jerry Wilson has hosted more than one informal sharpening class for Master Gardener volunteers and members of the public.
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Public record for March 12, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 12, 2010
Johnson sends Cards soaring
By CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN - Friday, March 12, 2010
BRODHEAD --
Brodhead (16-8, 13-3 Rock Valley South) earned a shot at the top-ranked Monroe Cheesemakers (22-1) in a regional final at 4 p.m. Saturday at Verona. The winner plays Richland Center (21-2) or Sauk Prairie (20-4) at Waunakee in the semifinals of the Janesville Craig Sectional.
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Need for results drives Obama's domestic juggle
By BEN FELLER - Friday, March 12, 2010
WASHINGTON --
President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections.
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Coming Sunday from CSI Media: Taxing dilemma, Help for Haiti and more
By CSI MEDIA STAFF - Friday, March 12, 2010
Here's what's coming Sunday in Walworth County Sunday, The Janesville Messenger and the Stateline News.
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Beloit man dies in motorcycle crash
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 12, 2010
BELOIT TOWNSHIP --
One person is dead and another critically injured after a crash Thursday afternoon at Riverside Drive and Inman Parkway, according to a Town of Beloit Police Department press release.
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Journalism group picks top news photos of the year
By DAN PLUTCHAK - Friday, March 12, 2010
Judging is currently taking place for the top news photographs of the year at the Wisconsin News Photographer Association's annual Picture of the Year Contest.
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Death notices: Clauer, Olcott
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 12, 2010
Walworth County death notices for March 12, 2010.
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Military adviser brings lessons to a real-world classroom
By UWW MEDIA RELATIONS - Friday, March 12, 2010
WHITEWATER --
Graduate student Brad Miller has found important ways to use his safety education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater while deployed in Iraq with the Army Reserve.
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Teen overdose victim had 20 times normal dosage in his body
By TED SULLIVAN - Friday, March 12, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Ashlee R. Brown had a plastic bag half full of oxycodone pills when she met her boyfriend and Alexander Aiken, who swallowed and snorted four tablets.
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Delavan mayoral candidate to hold listening session
By NEWS RELEASE - Friday, March 12, 2010
DELAVAN --
Alderman and mayoral candidate Ron Siedelmann will hold a community listening session from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 20 the Delavan Community Centre, located next to Community Bank Delavan.
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WIAA basketball preview: Delavan-Darien boys vs. Edgewood tonight
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 12, 2010
Delavan-Darien vs. Edgewood in a sectional semifinal
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Beloit man killed in motorcycle crash
By STEVE BENTON - Friday, March 12, 2010
An accident involving a motorcycle and an SUV claimed the life of the cycle operator.
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Dance performances stretch the limits of art and movement
By UW THEATRE/DANCE - Friday, March 12, 2010
Dancers from across the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus will present original work choreographed by students, faculty, and guest choreographer Joe Chvala during the annual DanceScapes performances.
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Death notices for March 12, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 12, 2010
GM's Lutz says hybrids, electrics are future
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 12, 2010
WARREN, MICH. --
General Motors Co. will keep making big trucks and SUVs because U.S. buyers demand them, but a major portion of them will be gas-electric hybrids in the near future, retiring Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Friday.
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Gophers eye Spartans
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 12, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS --
Devoe Joseph scored 15 points to help Minnesota beat Penn State 76-55 on Thursday night in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.
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Wolf looks impressive
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 12, 2010
PHOENIX --
Milwaukee’s biggest offseason acquisition is working on a nice spring with his new team.
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Brewers-Go-Go Gomez
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 12, 2010
PHOENIX --
Carlos Gomez is almost too fast for his own good, and the Brewers wouldn’t mind him slowing down just a little.
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In praise of the rotation of power
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, March 12, 2010
WASHINGTON --
The rotation of power is the finest political instrument ever invented for the consolidation of what were once radical and deeply divisive policies. The classic example is the New Deal.
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National School Breakfast Week shines light on hunger’s effects on learning
By SEN. HERB KOHL - Friday, March 12, 2010
The message from teachers, child development experts and health care providers is clear: When kids come to school hungry, education suffers. Across the country, we have seen increased demands stretch food pantries and nutrition programs to the limits as families cope with job loss and other economic setbacks.
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