News Archive for February 22, 2012
Vote went smooth under new rules
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The first election under Wisconsin's new voting rules and redrawn ward lines was about as smooth as could be expected, elections officials said Tuesday.
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Janesville Bluebirds’ season ends
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
The season came to an end Tuesday night for the Janesville Bluebirds.
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Janesville man facing trial in domestic homicide
By ANN MARIE AMES - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man told police he shoved his girlfriend once the night she died in the basement of their home.
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UW-Whitewater Warhawks hit 14 three-pointers in win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
WHITEWATER --
The UW-Whitewater women’s basketball team is headed to Eau Claire for a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal game Thursday.
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Ballot set for Edgerton School Board
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
EDGERTON --
A candidate who said earlier this month that he doesn't want to serve on the Edgerton School Board is in the running for the April 3 election.
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Clinton survives senior’s big night, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
Tate Harnack tried to spoil the Rock Valley South title celebration for Clinton High’s boys basketball team Tuesday night.
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Greenlee, Schreiber advance in Beloit Township
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
BELOIT TOWNSHIP --
The two candidates emerging from Tuesday's primary in the Beloit Town Board race say they want to restore trust in the board and rebuild a positive image of the town.
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Primary narrows field for Walworth County Board seats
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
ELKHORN --
Most of the four candidates who got the nod in Tuesday's primary for two open seats on the Walworth County Board said they were not surprised they are headed into the April 3 election.
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Fort Atkinson remains on a roll, Milton wins
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
Fort Atkinson’s girls basketball team ran its winning streak to four Tuesday night.
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Kujava earns NAHL honor
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
The North American Hockey League named Janesville Jets goaltender Tony Kujava one of the league’s three weekly stars.
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Hintz, Gonzalez earn nods in Delavan-Darien race
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
DELAVAN --
Lori Hintz and Sharon Gonzalez both want to make the Delavan-Darien School District the place to be.
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Elkhorn breezes after big first half
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
Elkhorn High’s big first half sent Lake Geneva Badger, 46-35, Tuesday in Southern Lakes Conference boys basketball.
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DeWitt, Phillips move on in Delavan
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
DELAVAN --
An alderman with more than a decade of experience and an obscure candidate will advance to the general election for the Delavan District 2 alderman's seat.
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SHINE to meet with NRC staff
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Members of the public will be able to participate in a Thursday meeting of representatives of SHINE Medical Technologies and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Sheriff's office hopes to buy motorcycles
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
JANESVILLE --
This summer, Rock County taxpayers could get a break on gas prices.
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Woman breathes new life into lung cancer advocacy
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Rhysa Romstad wants people to know that lung cancer affects everybody, not just smokers. "It is the leading cause of cancer deaths and kills more women than breast cancer does," she said.
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Six in running to be Evansville superintendent
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
EVANSVILLE --
Four of the six finalists to be the new Evansville school superintendent are administrators in area districts.
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School builds blessings in a backpack
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
DELAVAN --
Earlier this year, Wileman Elementary School in Delavan received a three-year, $50,000 grant to provide snacks for low-income children to take home every weekend.
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Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
WASHINGTON --
A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.
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Public record for Feb. 22, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
Cramer, Wedeward among Janesville Hall inductees
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
Geschke, Loveland, Stabb also to be honored May 26
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Home sales up, but prices down in Walworth County
By STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
Home sales up, prices down: January home sales in Walworth County were up only slightly this year over 2011, with 63 sales this January compared to 62 sales last year. The latest statistics released from the Wisconsin Realtors Association also show that the median price in Walworth County was $125,880 in January, down from $141,500 in January 2011.
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Buell's back and still one-of-a-kind in mass-marketed motorcycle world
By STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
EAST TROY --
Erik Buell survived a break with motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson and the crash of a post-startup, Buell Motorcycle Company, to gain international recognition with his racing bikes, created by new company Erik Buell Racing.
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Burlington, Delavan-Darien school district races in
By STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
WALWORTH COUNTY --
Two challengers were the top vote-getters in Tuesday's primary for Burlington Area School Board, but the two incumbents also advance to the April 3 election for two board seats.
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Internships open at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
By NEWS RELEASE - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
EAST TROY --
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI) is looking for two full-season interns and two summer interns to learn and work in Stella Gardens, a two-acre market garden specializing in perennial fruits and annual vegetables. Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, located in East Troy, is a public 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the mission to cultivate the ecological, social, economic and spiritual vitality of food and farming systems through education, research, policy and market development.
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McCrory, Hoag to vie for seat on Rock County bench
By ANN MARIE AMES - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
JANESVILLE --
One attorney and a court commissioner are left standing from a pool of six vying to replace retiring Rock County Judge James Welker.
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McHenry County man dies after falling through ice
By STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
MCHENRY COUNTY, ILL. --
A McHenry County homebuilder died Sunday evening when he fell through the ice of his backyard pond as he was readying for a hockey game with his 14-year-old son, according to a Chicago Sun-Times article by Frank Main.
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Authors picture the past in Janesville history book
By CAROL M. PAUR - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
The world steams forward, but there are those who want to preserve the past. Janesville residents Judith and Den Adler are some of those exploring history, while crossing over into the future. The Adlers have captured Janesville’s past in their recent book, “Janesville.”
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Melvin isn’t worried about Greinke
By TOM HAUDRICOURT, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
PHOENIX --
Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin won’t let the fact Zack Greinke has no agent deter him from making a contract extension offer once he determines the time is right to do so.
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Gamel enters camp in shape
By TOM HAUDRICOURT, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
PHOENIX --
Gamel, 26, decided to become more proactive over the winter, hiring personal trainer Grady Zapata to work out with him daily back home in Neptune Beach, Fla.
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Michigan hits again, Ohio State wins
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
EVANSTON, ILL. --
Northwestern needed another marquee victory to bolster its chances of making the school’s first-ever NCAA tournament bid.
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Death notices for Feb. 22, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
When I chose life
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
CHICAGO --
Sure, Rick Santorum was supporting his ardent pro-life stance, but that doesn’t make wrong his statement that prenatal testing is a gateway to abortion.
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The trials of Saint Santorum
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Rick Santorum is being characterized as a Neanderthal throwback for his personal belief that man should not interfere in the natural cycle of life, no matter how inconvenient the results.
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