News Archive for March 22, 2013
Rock County ranks low in health
By NICO SAVIDGE - Friday, March 22, 2013
JANESVILLE --
Rock County is trying to improve residents' health with programs designed to curb childhood obesity, give people more opportunities to be physically active and reduce exposure to secondhand smoke.
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Gateway seeks $49 million for expansion
By NICO SAVIDGE - Friday, March 22, 2013
ELKHORN --
The welding lab at Gateway Technical College today is crowded with equipment, training bays and wires hanging from the ceiling. Still, Dean Michael O'Donnell says classes are full each semester.
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Delavan school district considers its building usage
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, March 22, 2013
DELAVAN --
First graders should not have to ride a school bus for 65 minutes. Everyone agrees on that. What's more difficult to resolve is how to best serve the educational needs of children in an age of dwindling resources.
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Second judge questions competency
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, March 22, 2013
JANESVILLE --
A month after a Rock County judge declared a former Palmyra man incompetent to stand trial, a Racine County judge has ordered two competency exams for the man in another case.
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PHOTO: House fire in Lyons drew crews from Lake Geneva, Burlington, East Troy
By STAFF - Friday, March 22, 2013
Fire crews are responding to a call in Lyons in the area of Ye Olde Hotel.
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State's DNR seeks input on new deer surveys
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 22, 2013
MADISON --
The state Department of Natural Resources is asking deer hunters to fill out two new surveys.
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Necci: Walworth County deputy justified in fatally shooting inamate at Aurora Lakeland
By STAFF - Friday, March 22, 2013
ELKHORN --
A Walworth County Sheriff's deputy who fatally shot an 18-year-old prisoner at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center was considered justified in using deadly forces, according to a report released today from Walworth County District Attorney Dan Necci.
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Students restore prairie on Eagle Nature Trail
By STAFF - Friday, March 22, 2013
EAGLE --
Volunteers at Eagle Elementary School and members of the Eagle Nature Trail Committee are planning a prairie enhancement project at the Eagle Nature Trail, which links the local library and the school in the Village of Eagle.
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UW System head says budget would keep tuitions low
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 22, 2013
MADISON --
Even though the governor's proposed budget could lead to the lowest tuition hikes in a decade, the head of the University of Wisconsin System said Thursday he doesn't support renewing a tuition cap.
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State offers insurance tips for spring travelers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, March 22, 2013
MADISON --
Wisconsin's insurance commissioner has some tips for travelers taking spring vacations.
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Candidate forum for Delavan Districts 2 and 3 set
By STAFF - Friday, March 22, 2013
DELAVAN --
The Delavan - Delavan Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a candidate forum for Aldermen, City of Delavan, Districts 2 and 3, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 28 at the Community Room, Community Bank Delavan, 820 E. Geneva St., Delavan.
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Studio 84's Gala Night: Art with a cause
By STAFF - Friday, March 22, 2013
Studio 84 is holding their third annual Gala Night on March 30, from 6-8 p.m., at 121 W. Center St. in Whitewater. This year’s theme, "A Garden Party," will include a silent art auction, raffle items, live music, and a buffet.
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The 50 percent solution
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, March 22, 2013
WASHINGTON --
Curbing entitlements is the key to their own solvency and that of the country. President Obama has endorsed it on various occasions, and he could make it happen. If he wants.
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The GOP’s strategic failure
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, March 22, 2013
WASHINGTON --
The report from the Republican National Committee on the party’s future inevitably set off an internal GOP conflict. This is not so much a matter of ideology. The emerging argument is between political realists and ideological entrepreneurs.
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