News Archive for June 27, 2008
Janesville Legion outscores Beloit
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 27, 2008
BELOIT --
Meehan hits two home runs, Grall hits one in 12-8 victory
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Janesville company withdraws membership from powerful lobby group
By BETH WHEELOCK - Friday, June 27, 2008
JP Cullen & Sons has a contract for an expansion project with Epic Systems, which objects to the WMC.
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Janesville's Behm two strokes off the lead in Fischer golf tournament
By JOHN BARRY - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Franksville's Andy De Keuster set first-round pace with 65
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Tourism grant may be available for Janesville
By STAN STRICKER - Friday, June 27, 2008
Floods prompt reaction from Department of Tourism
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Alliant Energy is running out of workers
By STAN STRICKER - Friday, June 27, 2008
Half of workforce is nearing retirement
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Take five: Janesville residents to help select city manager
By RYAN DOSTALEK, MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, June 27, 2008
Who will be Janesville's new city manager? A panel of eight residents representing a cross section of the community will interview the five finalists in mid-July and give impressions to the city council.
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Death notices for June 27, 2008
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 27, 2008
Flood damage won't raise taxes
By STACY VOGEL - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Flooding could have caused as much as $9.9 million damage to public property in Janesville, but the cleanup probably won’t raise local property taxes.
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Summer sounds will be abuzz
By RYAN DOSTALEK - Friday, June 27, 2008
The typical sounds of summer will have a rhythmic beat of hands thwacking legs and arms as mosquito populations make a return to normal Wisconsin levels this summer.
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Cow couture: Bessie statue fine as good idea goes bad
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
It started with a simple idea: Dress up Bessie the Cow to mark the grand opening of the cow’s nearest neighbor, the Del Taco restaurant.
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Chemical company starting cleanup
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Production should return to normal next week at the Evonik Goldschmidt chemical company in Janesville, but the cleanup from Rock River flooding will last much longer.
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Walworth County residents preparing for cleanup
By TED SULLIVAN - Friday, June 27, 2008
SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP --
Along a remote, narrow drive accessing waterfront property on Lake Wandawega, Matthew Stovich has been trying to rescue his uncle’s house from floodwater.
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Summit's focus is forward
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Hundreds of ideas were generated Thursday at a communitywide brainstorming on the future of the local economy.
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Fire victim benefits set for Saturday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Joey Ashmore will come home Saturday, his grandmother Laurie Ginter told The Janesville Gazette in an e-mail.
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Public record for June 27, 2008
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 27, 2008
Towns continue work on wind ordinances
By GINA DUWE - Friday, June 27, 2008
UNION TOWNSHIP --
The town of Union plan commission extended a moratorium on large wind turbines to November at a meeting Thursday night while the town continues work on an ordinance to regulate the turbines.
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Several street projects start Saturday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Street resurfacing activities are expected to begin on these streets beginning Saturday and continuing through July 16.
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Couple celebrate 68 years of true love at Gathering Place
By STACY VOGEL - Friday, June 27, 2008
MILTON --
Louis and Lucille Sunby celebrated 68 years of marriage Thursday at a celebration of married couples at Milton's Gathering Place.
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Second shift, last time at GM
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Second-shift workers at General Motors in Janesville worked their way into the plant Thursday for what was the last day of two-shift production at the facility.
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County OKs subdivision plan
By KAYLA BUNGE - Friday, June 27, 2008
ELKHORN --
Robert Clemen slashed his original Covered Bridges subdivision proposal in half and received unanimous approval Thursday from the Walworth County Zoning Agency.
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GM chief tells Obama how to save auto industry
By MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE - Friday, June 27, 2008
PITTSBURGH --
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama asked the head of General Motors Corp. on Thursday what he could do to preserve the U.S. auto industry if elected.
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Cops issue warning about suspicious person
By MIKE DUPRE' - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Janesville police issued an alert Monday afternoon about a stranger who approached two children Saturday evening.
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Two Delavan schools not meeting standards
By KAYLA BUNGE - Friday, June 27, 2008
DELAVAN --
Delavan-Darien High School and Phoenix Middle School are on notice for failing to meet requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law called "adequate yearly progress."
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Gun ban ruling has Chicago thinking it's next
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, June 27, 2008
CHICAGO --
As news spread of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the handgun ban in Washington, D.C., one thing was clear in Chicago: The city’s own ban now faces a challenge as serious as any in its 26-year history.
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Special in many ways: Hanson earns state honor
By JOHN BARRY - Friday, June 27, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Allan Hanson is a special athlete. And a very special person. The 56-year-old Janesville man has been named the 2008 Special Olympics Wisconsin Male Athlete of the Year.
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Bucks pick Alexander in No. 8 spot of draft
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, June 27, 2008
MILWAUKEE --
The Milwaukee Bucks acknowledged they may have reached by picking Joe Alexander No. 8 in the NBA draft on Thursday night.
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Arias pitches Snappers over LumberKings
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, June 27, 2008
CLINTON, IOWA --
Beloit goes to 7-1 for Midwest League's second half
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Obama's flip-flops show his long march to the center has begun
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, June 27, 2008
WASHINGTON --
Normally, flip-flopping presidential candidates have to worry about the press. Not Barack Obama.
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An illegitimate culture
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Friday, June 27, 2008
Teens making a pact to get pregnant enjoyed several news cycles not because it was so unbelievable, but because it was, alas, so believable.
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