News Archive for October 11, 2008
Parker runners warm up at Middleton
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
MIDDLETON -- Big Eight Conference Meet is next
Bucks fall to 0-4 in preseason
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
MILWAUKEE -- Detroit hands Milwaukee another loss
Burton wins at Charlotte
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Driver moves into Chase contention
Warhawks pull away from Falcons
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
RIVER FALLS -- Coppage runs for 181 yards as UW-Whitewater goes to 5-0
Craig boys soccer team falls
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
Cougars drop to 0-9 on the road
Parker second at relay event
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
ROCKFORD, ILL. -- Vikings match finish of last year
Rattlers fall in title game
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
NEENAH -- Undefeated season is dashed
No. 6 Penn State dismantles Wisconsin 48-7
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
MADISON --
Daryll Clark threw for a touchdown and ran for two more scores to help No. 6 Penn State dismantle Wisconsin 48-7 on Saturday night.
Will cheap gas mean return to gas-guzzling ways?
By SANDY SHORE - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
DENVER --
Prices at the pump are dropping fast, and gas could fall below $3 a gallon in a matter of weeks, if not sooner. Does that mean Americans will return to their heedless, gas-guzzling ways?
Latest scores
High school football
Eight points enough to nip Evansville
By CRAIG HENQUINET/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
EVANSVILLE -- McFarland downs Blue Devils, 8-2, was late TD
Big Foot survives defensive battle with Brodhead/Juda
By TIM WESTER/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
BRODHEAD -- Missed extra-point kick proves to be difference
Top-ranked East trims Craig swimmers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
MADISON -- Purgolders win every event in 105-65 victory
Parker swimmers celebrate a win over La Follette
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
JANESVILLE -- Vikings dunk coach Nickel after their victory
Parker keeps playoff hopes alive
By JOHN BARRY - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
JANESVILLE -- Joe Allen and LaVell Hewlett scored two touchdowns each, and Parker broke open a 7-7 halftime deadlock with 20 points in the third quarter.
Sun Prairie outlasts West
Cardinals roll with Huemmer to 28-21 victory
Union Grove upsets Badger High
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
Waterford takes one-game lead in Lakes with Badger loss
GM plant to close by year's end
By ASSOCIATED PRESS AND GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
JANESVILLE -- The final day of production of sport-utility vehicles for Janesville's General Motors plant will come by the end of this year, sources said Friday.
Teen charged in crash pleads not guilty to violating bond
By TED SULLIVAN - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
ELKHORN --
A Genoa City teen charged in a Nov. 3 fatal drunken-driving crash pleaded not guilty Friday to violating her bond a second time by drinking alcohol.
Krystal A. Hart, 17, waived her preliminary hearing on the bail jumping charge and was ordered to stand trial. She also was cited for misdemeanor underage drinking stemming from the violation.
Hart is suspected of blowing 0.147 on a breath test in LaFayette Township at 12:30 a.m. Sept. 20 despite a court order not to drink alcohol, according to the criminal complaint.
She also is accused of drinking alcohol at a March 15 party in Lake Geneva, resulting in her first bail jumping charge, according to the criminal complaint.
Crimson Tide wins wild shootout
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
EDGERTON --
The Crimson Tide and the Whippets combine to throw 87 passes for 567 yards and six touchdowns in a Rock Valley football aerial battle Friday night. Edgerton wins ground game, gaining 187 yards on 35 attempts to beat Whitewater, 33-21.
Oregon jolts Milton in Badger upset
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
OREGON -- Milton High’s football team passed for 310 yards Friday night, but it wasn’t enough to save the visitingRed Hawks. Oregon found creases in Milton’s defense and pulled off 24-21 victory for the upset of the season in the Badger South.
Craig's offense mows down Madison East
By AARON BRENNER - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
MADISON -- Craig coach Bill O’Leary was more impressed with his defense’s effort on a chilly Friday night at Lussier Stadium.
Pro: Bill will stop the bleeding, but economy needs many more fixes to recover fully
By THOMAS J. DONOHUE - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
WASHINGTON --
There will be a time and place to get to the bottom of what went wrong, to learn from mistakes, to hold people accountable, and to modernize and where necessary strengthen the regulatory underpinnings of our capital markets. But first, we had to stop the bleeding. We had to save and try to stabilize the patient.
When pastors turn pulpits into partisan platforms
By CHARLES C. HAYNES - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
Nothing in the tax code prohibits sermons that address public-policy questions of concern to people of faith. The IRS draws the line only when clergy take sides in political campaigns by endorsing (or opposing) political parties or candidates when speaking from the pulpit.
Con: Bailing out the blunderers won’t fix anything
By MARK WEISBROT - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
WASHINGTON --
So much for dire warnings from the Bush administration that Congress was risking a Great Depression if it did not quickly fork over the dough. The bailout’s supporters said Congress had to do something to unfreeze the credit markets. It didn’t work.
Terry, Mavs crush Bucks in preseason game
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
LA CROSSE -- Jason Terry scored 15 points, including a 40-foot 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer, in the Dallas Mavericks’ 105-79 preseason victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.
Darien sewer system needs repair
By KAYLA BUNGE - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
DARIEN -- Many of Darien's oldest sanitary sewer pipes are in disrepair, and fixing the problems could cost up to $1.4 million, according an August evaluation of the system.
Sidewalk requested for safety reasons
By MARCIA NELESEN - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
JANESVILLE -- A stretch of sidewalk in the Village Green apartment complex in Janesville could become the only new sidewalk included on the 2008 sidewalk program.
Man faces trial in contract killing case
By MIKE DUPRE' - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Joseph R. Chrislaw Sr.’s defense to charges that he tried to have his estranged wife and her boyfriend killed apparently will be that he tried to back out of a deal that he is charged with making with an undercover cop.
Chrislaw, 46, of 733 Kellogg Ave., No. 3, Janesville, is charged with two counts of soliciting first-degree intentional homicide. He was bound over for trial Friday in a preliminary hearing. Court Commissioner Stephen Meyer entered not guilty pleas on his behalf.
Chrislaw remains in custody at the Rock County Jail in lieu of $30,000 cash bond—$15,000 on each charge. His next court date has not been scheduled.
'Supernanny' to finish filming Sunday
By GINA DUWE - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
EVANSVILLE -- ABC's filming of "Supernanny" in Evansville will wrap up Sunday, but an air date for the episode featuring the local family has not been set.
Monterey Stadium might get new owner
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
JANESVILLE --
The city of Janesville is proposing to transfer ownership of Monterey Stadium to the Janesville School District.
The district has leased the stadium from the city since 1985, when the city and district became separate fiscal entities.
Over the years, the district has been in charge of making improvements to the facility in Monterey Park. Recently, the city and district split the cost of building a ramp to make the concrete grandstand accessible to people with handicaps.
The city recently approached the district, asking if there is interest in transferring ownership, according to recent memo to Superintendent Tom Evert from Doug Bunton, director of business services.
Superintendent to retire after 14 years
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Will the next Janesville public schools superintendent provide the stability that comes from holding that post for more than a decade?
Death notices for Oct. 11, 2008
Death Notices for Oct. 11
Autism therapy providing results for local children
By GINA DUWE - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
EVANSVILLE --
The Wisconsin Early Autism Project is helping area children with autism make surprising improvements.
