News Archive for February 3, 2009
Local transit systems earn federal awards
By BETH WHEELOCK - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
The triennial review scrutinizes transit practices.
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Union members rally in Beloit
By BETH WHEELOCK - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
The school district employees protested before Tuesday's school board meeting.
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Fire damages Janesville apartment
By STAN STRICKER - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
All but one pet were saved
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Cabinet nominees: They never tell, they never learn
By RICKHOROWITZ - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
You’ve already worked your way through the first 62 questions, and if it wasn’t obvious before, it certainly is now: They want to know everything. Everything that could even conceivably mean trouble for a new administration loudly and publicly committed to changing the ways of Washington.
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Good news for Janesville's Riverside Wading Pool
By BETH WHEELOCK - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
A consultant's review shows the city can save money on repair work.
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Prediction Machine
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Picks set for Tuesday night games
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Janesville liquor license in limbo
By STEVE BENTON - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville liquor license will remain unused until July 1st
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GM offers buyout to laid-off workers
By JIM LEUTE - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Cash and a car. That's the gist of the latest General Motors cost-cutting offer to its 62,000 hourly employees, including the 2,000 or so laid off from its assembly plant in Janesville.
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Reward offered for whereabouts of Janesville shooting suspect
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Janesville police want the public's help locating a suspect in a 4 a.m. Saturday shooting.
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Death notices for Feb. 3, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Couple charged in child abuse case
By TED SULLIVAN - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Parents from Janesville are charged with beating their 3-year-old daughter so severely that she required emergency brain surgery.
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Town of Beloit police vote against chief
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
BELOIT TOWNSHIP --
Town of Beloit Police Department employees have announced a vote of no confidence in Police Chief John Wilson.
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Talking to teens about dating, intimacy
By STACY VOGEL - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
EDGERTON --
Teenagers in Edgerton answer some tough questions about dating and intimacy.
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Milton to look at cuts in high school plan
By STACY VOGEL - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
MILTON --
Much has changed in Milton since July, when the high school design team recommended a $76.7 million building project. Now, the school district will try to reflect those changes in its building plans.
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Beating remains under investigation
By TED SULLIVAN - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Police this morning continued investigating a fight in which a man was beaten with a baseball bat.
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Many candidates unopposed in April 7 election
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Candidates for some town and village boards will have opposition in the April 7 election, and a handful will square off in a Feb. 17 primary.
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Eight area candidates have criminal convictions
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Eight area candidates who will be on ballots in Rock and Walworth counties April 7 have criminal convictions, according to a check of online court records by The Janesville Gazette.
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Public record for Feb. 3, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Milton teen charged with raping girl
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
An 18-year-old Milton man has been charged with sexual assault of a child between 13 and 15 years of age.
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Mock trial competition is Saturday
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
The Rock County Courthouse is one of 10 sites hosting the 26th Annual Wisconsin High School Mock Trial Tournament, sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin, on Saturday.
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Teen taken from river to hospital
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
A suicidal teen who jumped into the Rock River on Monday afternoon was taken to Mercy Hospital for further evaluation, Janesville police said today.
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Genesis to host group for dislocated workers
By ANN MARIE AMES - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville counseling center will host a free support group for dislocated workers.
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Obama comes under sharp criticism...from himself
By CALVIN WOODWARD - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
WASHINGTON --
Normally the picture of calm and confidence, Obama performed mea culpas in a series of TV interviews following Tom Daschle's withdrawal from consideration as health and human services secretary.
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Marquette remains under the radar
By MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
MILWAUKEE --
The Golden Eagles often seem an afterthought, even as a Big East title contender.
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Verona gets the best of Bluebirds
By CHRIS ETHERIDGE/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Wildcats pull out 4-1 victory in battle of Big Eight leaders
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Delavan-Darien boys fall in double overtime
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Uniion Grove squeezes past Comets, 60-58
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Jefferson, Whitewater girls get Rock Valley wins
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Eagles rout Evansville to take tie for North Division lead
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Latest scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
High school boys basketball, girls basketball, boys hockey
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AP state basketball ratings--Week 5
By GAZETTE STAFF - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Elkhorn boys back in Division 1 top 10; Edgerton moves up to No. 8 in Division 2
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McCarthy’s staff finally complete: Pair of moves complete revamp
By MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
GREEN BAY --
Mike McCarthy’s revamped coaching staff for 2009 is complete, according to a source, after two moves were recently made.
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Pat Summitt denied; Paris and Oklahoma keep her at 999 wins
By MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY --
Before a national television audience and 12,552 fans at the Ford Center, with college basketball history on the line, the drama and intrigue extended into the last minute Monday night.
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Steelers’ core group should be intact for another Super try
By MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
TAMPA, FLA. --
Please don’t mention the word “repeat” when you’re around Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. And don’t bother with the catchphrase “defending champions.”
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Michael Phelps becoming his own worst enemy
By JIM BAUMBACH - Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
The best thing to do in the immediate wake of controversy is to admit your mistake, say you’re sorry so that America can move on and we can erase that moment of public embarrassment from your Wikipedia page.
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