News Archive for March 19, 2010
Wireless Internet touted for downtown Janesville
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, March 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Initial response has been favorable
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Delavan group looking to make its own history
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, March 19, 2010
DELAVAN --
The Delavan Historical Society plans to be around for a long, long time—even if its current location isn’t a permanent one.
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Monroe gets closer to state
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
Cheesemakers to play Union Grove in sectional finals
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Wisconsin avoids upset, beats Wofford
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 19, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. --
Fourth-seeded Wisconsin held off No. 13 seed Wofford 53-49 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament Friday.
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Darien official resigns
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, March 19, 2010
DARIEN --
Dennison began job as tumult started
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Youth doesn’t prevail for Hamilton squad
By DAVE WEDEWARD - Friday, March 19, 2010
MADISON --
The young Wildcats led Milwaukee Marquette by seven or eight points most of the first half Thursday night and 25-17 at halftime. But a 19-9 fourth quarter told the story in Marquette’s 48-43 victory.
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Hixson gets challenger in 43rd
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, March 19, 2010
WHITEWATER --
A retired military paratrooper with an eye on business development, state spending and education has jumped into the race for the 43rd Assembly District.
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Memorial rings up case for Big Eight
By DAVE WEDEWARD - Friday, March 19, 2010
MADISON --
The 58-41 final score pretty well tells how decisive it was. The 33-13 spread with a minute left in the first half does it even better.
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Two BTC Board seats filled
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
The chairmen of the Rock and Green County boards have appointed two people to the Blackhawk Technical College Board.
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Detectives investigate damage in jail cell
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Rock County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating who is responsible for damaging a heavy metal security screen in a cell in C-Unit at the Rock County Jail.
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Public record for March 19, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
Pets and owners alike are enjoying Paw Print Park
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, March 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Although park permits were not issued that first year, they have been ever since. In 2006, 616 park permits were bought. That number peaked at 1,012 in 2008 and dipped to 992 in 2009.
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Youth education programs take flight at Rotary Gardens
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, March 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Designed to give kids a chance to reconnect with nature, the hour-long Story and Stroll program is offered the first and third Wednesdays of the month through December. Tours start at 10 a.m. and include a story, activity and snack.
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Coming Sunday from CSI Media: The rise in traffic fatalities, sports, opinion and more
By CSI MEDIA STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
Here's what's coming Sunday in Walworth County Sunday, The Janesville Messenger and the Stateline News.
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Harvard police seek pickup involved in fatal hit-and-run
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
A bicyclist was struck and killed near Harvard Thursday evening by a motorist who police said left the scene.
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Fargo floods turn farm fields into sprawling lakes
By JOHN FLESHER - Friday, March 19, 2010
KRAGNES, MINN. --
As the cities of Moorhead, Minn., and next-door Fargo nervously wait for the Red River's expected crest on Sunday at 20 feet above the flood stage, some of the region's farmland is already under water after smaller rivers, swollen with melting snow, overflowed.
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Hunters get DNR update
By STEVE BENTON - Friday, March 19, 2010
ROCK COUNTY --
The D.N.R. gives hunters in Rock, Jefferson, and Southern Dodge counties a report on the 2009 deer hunt, and an update on how the 2010 hunt is shaping up
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Pellet-gun shooter accidentally injures two at Whitewater party
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
WHITEWATER --
A man will undergo surgery after two people were shot with a pellet gun at a party in Whitewater.
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Despite reports of cries for help, search on Turtle Lake turns up empty
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Friday, March 19, 2010
DELAVAN TOWNSHIP --
Emergency personnel were unable to locate anyone in danger Thursday night after a neighbor reported hearing cries for help.
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Girl incarcerated in overdose death of friend
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, March 19, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Will it happen again? Will a Rock County teen looking to get high lose his life to a pocket full of painkillers?
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Darien administrator resigns
By ANNE MARIE AMES - Friday, March 19, 2010
DARIEN --
After a tumultuous first year in office, Village Administrator Marc Dennison has resigned.
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Death notices: Kohlmann, Pomorski
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
Walworth County death notices for March 19, 2010.
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Weekend convention honors role-playing game pioneer
By KAYLA BUNGE - Friday, March 19, 2010
Gary Con is slated for Friday, March 19, through Sunday, March 21, in Lake Geneva.
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Lake Mills councilman faces hearing over contract with B.R. Amon subsidiary
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
LAKE MILLS --
Lake Mills City Councilman Pat Kordus faces a hearing on his removal from office following allegations of improper influence over a road contract with a subsidiary of B.R. Amon and Son.
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Death notices for March 19, 2010
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
Two students stabbed, one hit outside Racine high school
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 19, 2010
Park High School in Racine plans to beef up security Friday after three students were injured in a fight outside the school.
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Resource fair celebrates sixth year of connection and education
By CSI MEDIA STAFF - Friday, March 19, 2010
Come for the connection and education, stay for the inspiration at the Women’s Resource Fair Lake Geneva.
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Democrats push toward Sunday vote on health care
By ERICA WERNER - Friday, March 19, 2010
WASHINGTON --
Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama's health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics.
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Arrowhead, Marquette to meet tonight
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 19, 2010
MADISON --
A big run set the tone early for the Hartland Arrowhead boys basketball team Thursday night. Then the big man took over late.
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Ohio upends Georgetown
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 19, 2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --
Third-seeded Hoyas no match for Bobcats
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UW promised a game
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 19, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. --
Sure, the Terriers have the smallest enrollment of any team in the NCAA tournament (1,450 students), have no starters taller than 6-6 and are making their debut on college basketball’s biggest stage. But the Southern Conference champions have as much confidence and swagger as any of the big boys.
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‘Fools gold’ stumps Marquette
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 19, 2010
SAN JOSE, CALIF. --
Golden Eagles can’t pan 15-point lead into win
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Biden incident rattles relations
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, March 19, 2010
WASHINGTON --
Why this astonishing one-sidedness when it comes to the Obama administration's policy toward Israel? Who knows?
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