News Archive for November 4, 2009
President Obama visits Madison
By STAN STRICKER - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Obama uses visit to tout education reform plan
Taking the fight to the flu
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
JANESVILLE --
In Mercy’s emergency department, the trend is similar, in October 2008, 57 patients visited with flu-like symptoms. That number increased to 300 this year.
Police stand off ends peacefully
By STAN STRICKER - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Police were concerned for man's safety
Elkhorn talent show provides a chance to shine
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
ELKHORN --
Michael Seuss wants to show Walworth County that drumming is a community-building experience.
Edgerton, Big Foot volleyball sweep top honors
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Wedvick, Halma named Rock Valley Players of the Year
Beloit College lecture series investigates infant mortality
By STAN STRICKER - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Rock County has high rate
BTC Board sets course to find new president
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
ROCK TOWNSHIP --
The Blackhawk Technical College Board is wasting no time in planning for new leadership.
Warhawks’ Coppage earns WIAC honor
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Sophomore running back Levell Coppage gained 199 yards rushing and scored three touchdowns to lead the Warhawks to a 41-12 victory at UW-Stevens Point in a battle between the WIAC’s two undefeated teams Saturday.
People who are grieving struggle with holidays
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
JANESVILLE --
HospiceCare offers seminar, tips, programs to help local people cope
Ex-school district worker charged in software purchase
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
JANESVILLE -- The former information technology manager for the Janesville School District has appeared in Rock County Court but has not yet been arrested.
Woman says she awoke to find deputy assaulting her
By STACY VOGEL - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
MILTON --
An 18-year-old woman told police she awoke from a nap at a Halloween party to find an off-duty Rock County sheriff’s deputy assaulting her, according to a criminal complaint.
Walworth County drug unit has a busy day
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
LAKE GENEVA -- Tuesday was a busy day for members of the Walworth County Drug Enforcement Unit.
Janesville compost hours in flux
By MARCIA NELESEN - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
JANESVILLE --
In the middle of the season for raking and hauling leaves, a city council debate about shortening hours at the city compost site next year has left some city resident confused about when the site is open this fall.
Bad tackling? It’s because they don’t practice
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Go watch a professional football practice. You’ll see passers passing, receivers receiving, punters punting and blockers blocking. Yet tackling, one of the game’s essential skills and the punctuation mark to nearly every play, usually gets a miss.
Janesville vets bringing health care home
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
JANESVILLE --
The initial response to house calls was slow, but interest has picked up.
Public record for Nov. 4, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
First Wisconsin flight celebrated in Beloit
By STEVE BENTON - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
BELOIT -- The first airplane to fly in Wisconsin took to the air in Beloit in 1909, and that occasion is cause for celebration this week
Liberals targeting moderates in health care debate
By ALAN FRAM - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
WASHINGTON --
The groups are unleashing blunt and personal broadcast ads and e-mails at moderates even as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., tries to shape a health care bill that can attract the 60 votes it needs to pass.
Death notices for Nov. 4, 2009
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Penn v. Ohio should be another slugfest
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
STATE COLLEGE, PA. -- The winner remains alive in the Big Ten race, in position to pounce should undefeated Iowa falter in the last three weeks of the season.
Goodell turns to Congress for help
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Arguing that sports leagues’ drug programs could be “gutted” if not protected from individual states’ laws, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell asked Congress on Tuesday to intervene with legislation and found at least one powerful ally.
On gritty Phillies, Utley stands out
By STEVE KELLEY - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
PHILADELPHIA -- Like a left-handed Paul Molitor, all quick-twitch and shoulder-turn, Chase Utley turned on a first-pitch A.J. Burnett fastball and turned on a town again.
Pettitte faces old foe
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
NEW YORK -- Martinez to start for Philadelphia
Deng’s big game lifts Bulls
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
CHICAGO -- Limited by injuries in recent seasons, Deng scored 24 points while grabbing a career-high 20 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls rallied from 18 down to beat Milwaukee, 83-81, on Tuesday night.
Seattle cuts ties with James
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
RENTON, WASH. -- The struggling Seahawks cut ties with James on Tuesday, releasing the backup running back who never provided the pop Seattle hoped to get when it signed the 31-year-old in late August.
Former rivals Bird, Magic combine as co-authors
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Larry Bird doesn’t understand what all the fuss was about. So what if LeBron James didn’t shake hands with the Orlando Magic after his Cleveland Cavaliers lost in the Eastern Conference finals?
Zenyatta favorite in Classic
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
ARCADIA, CALIF. -- Zenyatta was made the early 5-2 favorite Tuesday in a field of 13 for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, where she’ll put her 13-0 record on the line against the boys for the first time.
New high-court ethics rules should not, will not stand
By MIKE MCCABE - Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Two of the most powerful lobbying groups in our state were allowed to write a major new portion of the state judicial ethics code.
