News Archive for February 19, 2012
Gift ensures Crossridge YMCA will go forward
By JIM LEUTE - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A $1 million gift from a family with deep roots in Rock County will allow a new YMCA to open its doors between Janesville and Milton, perhaps as early as the end of this year.
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Public record for Feb. 19, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
Whitewater Polar Plunge boosts Special Olympics
By NEIL JOHNSON - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Some 350 people took the plunge into frigid, 41-degree water at the Special Olympics Wisconsin Polar Plunge at Cravath Lakefront Park in downtown Whitewater on Saturday.
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Mine proposal could end federal flood insurance
By STAN MILAM - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
MADISON --
The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would end federal flood insurance statewide, affecting more than 600 policyholders in Rock and Walworth counties, says a lawmaker who focuses on environmental issues.
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Milton wrestlers head to state
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
The boys are back!
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Working on basic dental health for Walworth County children
By TODD MISHLER - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
Tooth decay is the most common disease of childhood -- five times more prevalent than asthma -- affecting nearly 60 percent of kids. And the Pew Center on the States says that for every child without medical insurance, nearly three of them go without dental insurance.
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Middleton takes Big Eight gym title
By GAZETTE STAFF - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
MIDDLETON --
Middleton made itself right at home
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Middleton proves too much for Craig
By KEN VELOSKEY - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Cougars made a positive statement, but the visiting Cardinals stood their ground.
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Crowder leads No. 12 Marquette over UConn 79-64
By PAT EATON-ROBB - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
HARTFORD, CONN. --
Marquette outrebounded and outhustled a much bigger Connecticut team on its way to a 15-point road win that keeps the Golden Eagles in position for a double bye in next month's Big East tournament.
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Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year
By CHRIS KAHN - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
NEW YORK --
At $3.53 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1. And experts say they could reach a record $4.25 a gallon by late April.
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Kyle Busch edges Stewart to win Shootout
By JENNA FRYER - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. --
Kyle Busch edged Tony Stewart in a thrilling finish to the first race of 2012, using a sling-shot pass Saturday night on the last lap of the exhibition Budweiser Shootout to beat the defending NASCAR champion to the checkered flag.
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No. 17 Michigan beats No. 6 Ohio State 56-51
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
ANN ARBOR, MICH. --
Michigan coach John Beilein had one of the longest days of his career on Saturday.
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Shooting the ‘messenger’
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
CHICAGO --
On a video of a dad shooting his teenager's laptop after she complained that her life is too hard because of all the chores she has to do.
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Civility is golden
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Are we less civil today than in the past? Not really, though thanks to the pervasiveness of media, it seems that way. And, thanks to the general coarsening of the culture amid the breakdown of traditional institutions, not to mention families, rules of decorum have suffered.
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