News Archive for November 27, 2009
Public record for Nov. 27, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
Curve on new Highway 59 causing concern
By STACY VOGEL - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
MILTON --
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation was examining the stretch just outside of Milton on Wednesday to see how to make people more aware of the approaching curve and stop sign, officials said.
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Accord possible in Lake Geneva
By KAYLA BUNGE - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
ELKHORN --
Lake Geneva Mayor Bill Chesen has agreed to rescind the suspensions of city council members Mary Jo Fesenmaier and Tom Spellman and to drop the charges he brought against them and council members Arleen Krohn and Penny Roehrer. But the agreement is contingent.
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Sharon loses stimulus grant
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
SHARON --
The EPA has decided the village jumped the gun and is taking back a promised $547,000 stimulus grant.
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Janesville to receive $400,000 earmark
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Janesville is getting a $400,000 earmark to renovate its wastewater treatment plant, courtesy of Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., through Congress’s annual appropriations bill.
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Two die, six hurt in I-90 crash
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
EDGERTON --
Two Minnesota residents died and six people were injured Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 90/39 near Newville Road, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
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Defense withdraws motions in homicide case
By TED SULLIVAN - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
JANESVILLE --
The man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in the city’s Fourth Ward neighborhood has withdrawn two motions in his case.
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Volunteers are key to holiday meal
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
JANESVILLE --
This is the way it works at the Salvation Army Thanksgiving dinner: One volunteer brings a friend of a family member and they become, more or less, a permanent part of the team.
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Where is space available in Edgerton?
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
EDGERTON --
Here’s the latest on three Edgerton buildings with available industrial space.
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Edgerton facing uphill fight to fill vacant industrial space
By STACY VOGEL - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
EDGERTON --
Edgerton’s economy has moved on, but the loss of long-time companies has left plenty of empty industrial space.
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Police seek hit-and-run suspect
By KAYLA BUNGE - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
WHITEWATER --
Police are looking for a suspect in a hit-and-run accident that injured a UW-Whitewater student about 5:25 p.m. Tuesday at Main and Prince streets.
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Holiday decorations could contain lead
By BETH WHEELOCK - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
Some decorations aren't suitable for small children.
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Beloit Police report three shootings this week
By BETH WHEELOCK - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
Police say least one incident is gang-related.
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Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry
By GEORGE TIBBITS - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
SEATTLE --
Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods.
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Kill the bills and do health reform right
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
WASHINGTON --
The fundamental problem with the 2,074-page Senate health-care bill (as with its 2,014-page House counterpart) is that it wildly compounds the complexity by adding hundreds of new provisions, regulations, mandates, committees and other arbitrary bureaucratic inventions.
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