News Archive for October 4, 2008
Sweet day for Craig runners
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
Craig High's Ryan Ahren races to an individual title at the Chocolate City Invitational as the Cougars place five runners among the top 10 finishers.
Pryor, Wells lift No. 14 Ohio State over Wisconsin
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
MADISON --
Ohio State's new double-threat backfield led the 14th-ranked Buckeyes to a 20-17 victory over No. 18 Wisconsin on Saturday.
Hardy, Brewers stave off elimination with NLDS win
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
MILWAUKEE --
J.J. Hardy and the Milwaukee Brewers did just enough to keep their postseason alive for another day.
Kvapil puts Yates on pole, DEI also strong
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
TALLADEGA, ALA. --
Janesville native Travis Kvapil took the pole for Sunday's Sprint Cup race in Talladega, Alabama.
Two killed in Jefferson County crash
By BETH WHEELOCK - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
A husband and wife driving separate vehicles were involved in the crash.
It's wait and see after Bush signs rescue plan
By JIM ABRAMS - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
WASHINGTON --
After two weeks of anguishing debate, Congress has passed and President Bush signed a massive plan to save the financial industry and the economy at large from an unthinkable free fall. Now, the world holds its breath, seeing if it will work.
Big Eight girls tennis
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
Madison West wins championship
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High school football
Verona, Middleton stay tied for Big Eight football lead
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
Wildcats hold off West, 24-21, in battle of co-leaders
Evansville rolls past Whitewater
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
The Blue Devils protected their perfect record by quickly taking advantage of Whitewater mistakes.
Elkhorn slips past Union Grove
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
The Elks (4-2, 2-1) handed the Broncos (4-2, 3-1) their first conference loss.
Fort suffers second straight overtime loss
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
Edgewood survives, 29-27, after Blackhawks rally from 21-6 halftime deficit
Jefferson doubles up Edgerton
By TIM WESTER/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
JEFFERSON -- Jefferson's Pete Linse became a star in front of a spunky homecoming crowd, leading Jefferson to a stunning 42-21 victory over Edgerton.
Defensive heroics lift Milton over Stoughton
By CRAIG HENQUINET/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
STOUGHTON -- Milton High was desperately looking for someone to step up and make a big catch Friday night.
Craig airs out Parker
By JOHN BARRY - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Joey Kennedy scored three touchdowns, and the Janesville Craig offense finished with 385 yards in a 27-12 win over crosstown rival Janesville Parker in the battle for the Monterey Rock on Friday night.
Sarah Palin builds bridge to somewhere
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
WASHINGTON --
The Sarah Palin who performed so miserably in one-on-one media interviews was nowhere to be seen during Thursday night’s debate with Joe Biden. Instead, the affable, tough, determined pit-bull-hockey mom presented to the GOP convention was back with a jaw-jutting, happy-warrior vengeance.
Vice presidential debate rises above low expectations
By ELLEN GOODMAN - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
BOSTON --
Blessedly this turned out not to be Bobby Riggs versus Billie Jean King. Biden and Palin were more surrogates for their candidates than their gender. The idea that Biden would pat her pretty little head in public was laid to rest. The idea that Palin would ratchet up a female sympathy vote died with it.
Case involving fake Web page may have chipped away at student-speech rights
By GENE POLICINSKI - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
At least one federal judge says school officials can reach off-campus and into cyberspace and the home to punish what the court agreed was a “vulgar and lewd” Web posting aimed at a school principal.
Con: Investors will ignore invasion of Georgia and continue investing in booming Russia
By GENE COYLE - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, IND. --
An unemotional look at the facts of the brief war between Georgia and Russia will not convince European or probably even American investors that there is any moral reason to “punish” Russia by shunning long-term investment there.
Pro: Foreign investors should sound retreat as Putin expands reach for global power
By BOGDAN KIPLING - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Foreign investors wisely are beginning to beat a retreat from Russia reminiscent of Napoleon’s Grande Armee as Vladimir Putin expands his apparently limitless appetite for power within—and beyond—Russia’s borders.
Teacher denies possessing cocaine
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
ELKHORN -- A second-grade Walworth Elementary School teacher arrested in the school parking lot on a cocaine possession charge pleaded not guilty Friday.
Walworth County busy protecting neglected or abused children
By TED SULLIVAN - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
ELKHORN -- Incidents involving parents who are unfit to raise their children are becoming more common in Walworth County.
Pigskin and politics: Voter registration held at football game
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
JANESVILLE --
Janesville Clerk Treasurer Jean Wulf spent her Friday night at the Craig-Parker football game.
No shortage of vaccines as flu season begins
By GINA DUWE - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
JANESVILLE --
There’s no need to fear a shortage of flu vaccine this year, area officials say.
Volunteers are meal ticket to the success of Lunch Buddies
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
Since Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rock, Walworth and Jefferson Counties launched Lunch Buddies six years ago, it has expanded from one elementary school to 20 schools in seven communities with more than 250 matches.
GM Ohio SUV factory to close on Dec. 23
By GAZETTE STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
MORAINE, OHIO -- General Motors Corp. said Friday it will shut down its SUV assembly plant here on Dec. 23 as the company shifts focus to smaller vehicles.
Death notices for Oct. 4, 2008
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
A slice of the season
By TED SULLIVAN - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
ELKHORN --
Picking apples is much more than simply pulling fruit off trees.
