Story archive for February 2009
Sunday, March 1
- Downtown Edgerton development faces uncertain future
- Public record for March 1, 2009
- Text a tip: CrimeStoppers has a new way to collect clues
- Some shooting for business dreams despite economy
- Schulte steps in
- Death notices for March 1, 2009
Saturday, Feb. 28
- Parkview falls short of upset
- Delavan-Darien girls lose in regional
- Milton gymnastics team heads to state
- Furseth settles for second at state
- Parker eases into sectional semfinals
- Cougars bounce out of regional
- Beloit home damaged by fire
- Economy moving in reverse faster than predicted
- Latest scores
- Fort Atkinson, Milton fall in finales
- Elkhorn cruises in Lakes finale
- Edgerton's final spurt trips Evansville
- Area WIAA wrestling results, matchups
- Furseth pins down finals berth
- Bluebirds fall short of state
- Geert Wilders and the global assault on free speech
- Celebrate Read Across America on Monday, every day
- Couple planting seeds for a green inn
- Local woman finds unpleasant surprise in her potato chips
- Death notices for Feb. 28, 2009
- Cell tower could go on St. Mark property
- Councils make their own rules on public comments
Friday, Feb. 27
- Caution urges for ice fishing
- Death notices for Feb. 27, 2009
- Students step into shoes of others
- Faith, hope and necessities: Love INC celebrates its first year
- County board evenly splits ATC money
- AMTEC lays off 55 in Janesville
- Sub-Zero reducing by 350
- Icy roads briefly close Interstate ramps
- Darien employees file notices of claim
- Public record for Feb. 27, 2009
- School board forum is March 9
- Economists question budget's economic assumptions
- Latest scores
- Verona's Ziemer ruins script
- Craig's Furseth, Elkhorn's Kessler and Slack reach Division 1 semifinals
- UW-Whitewater women routed out of WIAC tournament
- Platteville hangs on to edge Warhawks in overtime
- Parker's early lead doesn't hold up at Middleton
- Albany, Faith Christian fall in girls tourney play
- McFarland nips Brodhead girls in overtime; Delavan-Darien gets rematch with Union Grove
- Janesville gymnasts qualify for state
- Memorial tops East in Big Eight showdown
- Obama leads us down a slippery slope
- Parkview girls win Division 3 thriller
- Tiger Woods makes an exit after Clark's big day
- Local wrestlers begin state tournament
Thursday, Feb. 26
- Rock County Board approves equal amounts for parks, conservation
- Assembly Speaker to visit Rock County Job Center
- Phenom falls flat: Help!
- Raffle of last Janesville-built Tahoe pushes United Way past goal
- Police chief's future remains in question
- Doyle eyes uses for GM plant
- Death notices for Feb. 26, 2009
- Public record for Feb. 26, 2009
- Mercy Walworth slated for expansion
- Three will be recognized for contributions to the arts in Rock County
- Battle of the Books event slated to start Monday
- Police warning residents of phone scam
- Teacher charged with drug possession pleads not guilty
- Officials test powder after incident
- GM posts $9.6B 4Q loss, burns through $6.2B cash
- Recession, bailout, stimulus: US security threats?
- Packers to hold line on ticket prices
- O’Leary eager to take down state wrestling assignment
- Brewers get the hits but not the win
- Bucks pummeled by Mavericks
- Marquette loses game to UConn, loses James to broken foot
- Tiger is back, and it’s as if he never left
- Brewers OF Gwynn could miss a month
- Obama shows penchant for taking risks
- First day back: Tiger Woods wins as the world watches again
- Three elbow surgeries later, Fox still pitching
Wednesday, Feb. 25
- Long meetings don't affect school board decisions
- County Board to debate use of funds
- Kids risk health to fight mom’s deportation
- Local Congressman offers suggestions for economic recovery
- UW-Rock County students stage "read-in"
- Computer report draws board's ire
- Death notices for Feb. 25, 2009
- Two local residents facing federal drug charges in Utah
- Board allows solar panel
- Retired GM worker wins the last Tahoe off the line
- Robber took money, vanished downtown, Edgerton police say
- Wilson School gets extra teacher for rest of school year
- Common error delays tax refunds
- Public record for Feb. 25, 2009
- Downturn forces company to end tuition benefit
- Whitewater man killed in crash
- Beloit man killed in Tuesday crash
- New president making his mark
- Latest scores
- Area wrestlers gear for individual state tournament
- Faith Christian, Albany girls win in Division 4
- Parkview wins, Clinton falls in Divison 3 regional play
- New teacher at Wilson School to help reduce calls to police
- Bradford girls knock off Milton, earn shot at Parker
- UW-Whitewater men hold off River Falls in tourney opener
- Bluebirds advance to sectional finals
- Cartoonist is free to be offensive
- Big Foot, Brodhead, Monroe, Lakeside girls win Divison 2 openers
- Brewers’ Mike Cameron almost was a Yankee
- Tankersley shines in South Central bowling
- Young Bucks eager to avoid road burns
Tuesday, Feb. 24
- Craig advances in regional
- Fatal traffic crash west of Orfordville
- Janesville police honor own
- Officials: Most troops out of Iraq in 18 months
- Residents urged to fill out Beloit School District survey
- United Way plans big annual meeting
- Always up, and never down
- Death notices for Feb. 24, 2009
- Police still searching for Edgerton bank robber
- Hockey team decision delayed
- Rock County Humane Society hires new leader
- Milton to hire outside lab for enrollment projections
- Public record for Feb. 24, 2009
- Darien camera investigation could end Wednesday
- Council continues public hearing on comprehensive plan
- Attempted homicide suspect to stand trial
- Superintendent reaches out digitally
- Spinning motion: Macha experimenting with rotation alignment
- Suter announces retirement
- Edgerton police seek robbery suspect
- McFarland's fourth quarter jolts Edgerton; Edgewood gets title clincher against Milton
- AP state basketball ratings--Week 8
- Hart attacks stamina issue: He hopes to avoid late-season fade
- UConn’s Thabeet to challenge Marquette
- Woods chases new title: Comeback player of year
- UW defenders miss session: Injuries bother Levy, Casillas
Monday, Feb. 23
- Latest scores
- Ethical lawyers and accountants could have saved the day
- From GM to gardens: Rotary Gardens has a new executive director
- Death notices for Feb. 23, 2009
- Schools’ computer system needs overhaul, consultant says
- Could school districts save money by working together?
- Tobacco Prevention, Control Program puffing out smoking locally, statewide
- Public record for Feb. 23, 2009
- Low-cost love: Tips for dating on a dime
- Finding a name for a Janesville hockey team
- Finding your call
- Beloit International Film Festival a break from Hollywood’s flash
- Demand for GED classes increase with job losses
- Parker girls coach lobbies against No. 1 seed
- Beloit Memorial and Elkhorn lead boys basketball seeding
- Stricker botches another tournament
- Kenseth and crew make it two in a row
- Villanueva sparks Bucks past Nuggets
- Spartans rebound to top Badgers
- City of Parks could become City of Pucks
- Politics, money motivate Madison’s abortion program
- Conversion formula: McCarthy working out switch to 3-4
- Plot twist: Depleted Bucks are a really good story
Sunday, Feb. 22
- Clinton urges China to keep buying Treasury bonds
- Author exposes myth of 'post-racial' society
- We spend now on education or pay later on incarceration
- Green thumbs getting greener at BTC
- BTC hopes to turn blue collars into environmentally friendly color
- Dozens brave icy water to benefit Special Olympics
- Stimulus money could help local law enforcement agencies
- Public record for Feb. 22, 2009
- Government officials, businesses eye their slices of $787 billion pie
- Death notices for Feb. 22, 2009
- Big Foot students to be required to take finance class
Saturday, Feb. 21
- Craig comes up short at Sun Prairie
- Craig gym-dandy at conference meet
- Big day for East Troy
- On to state
- Craig's Hazekamp medals at state
- Warhawk men defeat River Falls but lose No. 2
- WIAA girls basketball tournament pairings
- Comets get it done without overtime; Wilmot helps Elkhorn clinch title
- Oregon's hot shooting burns Milton
- East Troy clinches Rock Valley North boys title
- Latest scores
- Obama tries to halt talk of bank nationalization
- James, Cavaliers hammer Bucks
- Brodhead wins RVC South title
- History maker
- "Fairness Doctrine" talk, libel case raise free-speech worries
- Pro: Her toughness and tact will strike fear in polluters and win global applause
- Con: Age demands policy directed by a scientist, not a zealot
- Council to decide on ice center remodeling
- End of an era approaching at Milton barber shop
- Public record for Feb. 21, 2009
- Comprehensive plan on agenda
- Former school employee facing assault charges released on bond
- Death notices for Feb. 21, 2009
- Darien board members allegedly violated Open Meetings Law
- Contractor theft garners a high number of complaints
Friday, Feb. 20
- Extreme Makeover: Fourth Ward Edition
- Beloit Police search for Janesville teen, mom
- Some Rock County voters asked to verify status
- Death notices for Feb. 20, 2009
- School worker accused of sex contact with teen
- Janesville tech firm launches software
- Janesville-based company preparing for Iraq
- Leaving three sisters: Buchholtz follows family role models into service
- Darien recount yields no changes
- Local tavern league members to attend Legislative Day
- Public record for Feb. 20, 2009
- Fontana's Pollitt remembered as quiet leader
- Footville exploring hiring fire department employees
- LaHood eyes taxing miles driven
- Latest scores
- Middleton outshoots Parker in Big Eight title showdown
- Goike's last-second lay-up wins for Craig
- Verona rolls over Craig to Big Eight co-champions
- Lake Mills gets second win over Lakeside boys
- Bluebirds advance to sectional
- Delavan-Darien girls repeat as Southern Lakes champs
- Milton girls win Badger finale; Monroe shares another title
- Obama reacts passively to pummeling in foreign affairs
- Madison East and Sun Prairie come out on top
- UW extends winning streak
- Iowa women beat Wisconsin
- Brodhead, Jefferson win Rock Valley girls titles
Thursday, Feb. 19
- UW-Whitewater focuses on distracted drivers
- Tough economy hits city council members
- Stolen guns still missing in Beloit
- Planning underway for Janesville's Farmer's Market
- Gladiators to hold tryouts Saturday
- Republican marching orders: ‘Nope, two, three four…’
- Craig sends seven to state swim meet
- WIAC poised for multiple NCAA berths
- Harms plans her return to coaching
- Death notices for Feb. 19, 2009
- Recount tonight in Darien
- GM plant's last day finalized
- Project Linus asks for help with increased demand for blankets
- Badgers finally showing signs of maturity: Smarter play keys recent streak
- BTC instructors' pay going up
- Public record for Feb. 19, 2009
- Janesville man faces federal charges
- Top seeds prepare for swim meet
- Fed says US economy will get worse in 2009
- Streak ends despite Jefferson's 32 points
- Madison Tech ends UW-Rock men's season
- Andy Horton has 30-point finale for Beloit
- Beloit College women dominate Lawrence
- UW-Whitewater women rout Oshkosh
- UW-Oshkosh stuns UW-Whitewater men
- Obama must keep up good fight for bipartisanship
- Economy yields silver lining for college students
- Weight lifted: Happier Fielder raring to go
Wednesday, Feb. 18
- Five Beloit teens arrested in burglary case
- BIFF launch party
- "E-waste" could be banned from Janesville landfill
- Beloit teachers refuse to renegotiate contract
- Janesville Transit System may qualify for federal stimulus
- Obama unveils $75 billion mortgage relief plan
- Firearms reported stolen in Beloit
- 911 tapes: Public access helps assess emergency response
- Death notices for Feb. 18, 2009
- After 10 years, advocates say they're close to regulating traveling sales
- Dredged Leota adds 'lake' to its name
- Jail death consistent with hanging
- Neighbors: Ethanol plant still stinks
- SSM delays plans for Janesville
- Sound "no" to Clinton schools referendum
- Motions denied in 10-year-old homicide case
- CB&K Supply brings some workers back
- LiquiPur delays Janesville production
- Public record for Feb. 18, 2009
- Three incumbents survive Darien primary
- Incumbents survive Turtle board race
- Burwell, Polzin advance in Delavan chairman race
- Current, former Lake Geneva aldermen win primary
- Voting machine problem causes delay
- Newcomers win primary for Fontana School Board
- Latest scores
- WIAA state team wrestling pairings
- Youth baseball registration set
- Clinton, Parkview fall short in sectional wrestling
- Memorial's power shows against Parker
- Elkhorn girls' free throws pay off against Milton
- Monona Grove upsets Milton boys
- Waterford keeps Elkhorn from clinching outright title
- Be calm, grasshopper, and prosper, Obama says
- Whitewater extends Edgerton's losing streak
- Stoughton edges Delavan-Darien wrestlers
- Evansville boys top McFarland; Big Foot upsets Brodhead
- Hart, Gagne agree to deals with Milwaukee
- Defense lifts No. 10 Marquette over Seton Hall
- Aaron is and always will be the home-run king
- Truth, whole truth and nothing but? A-Rod 1-for-3
- Dreaming bigger: Victory impressive, but Bucks not satisfied
Tuesday, Feb. 17
- Mixed reaction to proposed state budget from local legislators
- Janesville Interim Superintendent of Schools tackles budget deficit
- Rock County stands to gain from federal stimulus
- Obama signs massive stimulus package
- Mr. Burris goes out for lunch
- Beloit police get special training
- Death notices for Feb. 17, 2009
- Some districts win and some lose in open enrollment
- Junior hockey would boost high school enrollment
- Falling temps could hurt street cleanup
- Adult league participation down in some sports, steady in others
- Elkhorn police department to move into old courthouse
- Professor: Numerous factors contribute to decline
- Voters hit polls today
- Darien board forgoes vote on police chief
- Public record for Feb. 17, 2009
- Communities approve fire study
- Applications available for early school start
- Inmate found dead at Rock County Jail
- TV stations get ready to cut analog signal
- Parkview wrestlers celebrate tournament title
- Work ethic helps keep Hoffman in game
- UW-Marathon ends UW-Rock women's season
- UW-Rock men win playoff shootout
- Althoff scores 33 in Clinton victory
- Latest high school scores
- AP state basketball ratings--Week 7
- Nicklaus makes rare appearance
- Ryan says young Badgers are working hard
- Kenseth win is a tough sell in NASCAR’s big event
- Surprising Bucks refused to fade away
Monday, Feb. 16
- Fund raisers remain optimistic about Beloit Public Library
- Committee to consider public awareness campaign on plastic bag use
- A Janesville cardiologist promotes exercise for a hearthier heart
- We’ve lost the war on drugs; let’s try something that works
- Special sale of dog and cat licenses in Janesville
- County gets two requests for same $1.8 million
- Death notices for Feb. 16, 2009
- Voters to narrow fields in Tuesday primaries
- Building owner finds scaly surprise in vacant apartment
- Wave of students, teachers contribute to giant mural
- Number of feed mills in Wisconsin keeps grinding down
- Public record for Feb. 16, 2009
- Two face robbery, battery charges
- Fire kills bird, displaces two tenants
- Sharon board candidate might face April trial
- Craig sends swimmers to state meet
- Parker girls get No.1 sectional seed
- For road crews, stimulus promises more opportunity
- Rock Summer Baseball sign-up set for Tuesday
- Latest scores
- Cell tower planned for Janesville church
- Shaq, Kobe winners again in All-Star game
Sunday, Feb. 15
- Kenseth wins rain-shortened Daytona 500
- McNeal’s 20 points spark Marquette past St. John’s
- UW gets past Ohio State
- Savoring win, Obama celebrates 'major milestone'
- Deputies make the most drunken-driving arrests on Highway 51
- Have Republicans forgotten the Clinton economy?
- Balancing act: Dining at UW-Whitewater gone trayless
- Public record for Feb. 15, 2009
- Seminar to focus on homeless teens
- Darien could vote Monday on police chief
- Mixed views on need for hotel space in Janesville
- Milton students create art, exercise
- Death notices for Feb. 15, 2009
- Short move for two sex offenders
Saturday, Feb. 14
- Craig gymnasts earn season high score
- Parkview wrestlers pull a surprise
- Comets win regional title
- Thirteen head to sectionals
- Fury ends regular season with victory
- Bluebirds celebrate Valentine's day
- Flat-out good
- Whitewater slips past Point
- Craig, Parker swim up stream
- Clinton urges NKorea against 'provocative' actions
- Parkview girls win on buzzer-beater; Brodhead clinches title tie
- Area boys basketball
- Local girls basketball
- Sauk Prairie leaves behind girls behind
- Elkhorn girls stay in title contender; Delavan-Darien ties for lead
- Pro: U.S. embassy in Iran could help defuse Mideast time bomb
- Latest high school scores
- Con: Don’t resume diplomatic relations with Iran until its stops funding terrorists
- Odd Fellows to be new host of Janesville’s Fourth of July celebration
- Levitt: City would make money on hockey team
- Death notices for Feb. 14, 2009
- Public record for Feb. 14, 2009
- SSI lays off 40 in auto parts division
- Ice fishing is a Wisconsin tradition
- Job seekers on the hunt at library’s free, open lab
- Edgerton might use payout to revitalize downtown
Friday, Feb. 13
- Foreclosure forces convicted sex offenders to relocate
- Odd Fellows may take over annual event
- Death notices for Feb. 13, 2009
- Group hopes funds help retain GM
- Girls Who Rock program plants seeds to help girls grow into better women
- Police: Man exposed himself to kids
- Curtain falls on shows at New Court Theatre
- Janesville man accused of sexual assault
- Public record for Feb. 13, 2009
- Students provide services, gain experience
- Business sought for Lear building
- Turtle Town Board candidates
- Fontana School Board candidates
- Despite stimulus, no quick turn for jobs, economy
- Latest scores
- Bluebirds overwhelm Eastside Lakers
- Edgewood clinches Badger South title tie
- Another early outburst carries Beloit past Verona
- Milton boys shock Monroe
- Elkhorn boys clinch title tie; Delavan-Darien rallies to beat Badger
- La Follette holds off Parker boys' upset bid
- East rallied to top Craig boys in overtime
- Sometimes a smoke is just a smoke
- Why did so few notice near-miracle in Iraq?
Thursday, Feb. 12
- Parker girls deliver
- Evansville upsets East Troy; Edgerton falls at McFarland
- Second delay in grant funds for Janesville's flood-damaged properties
- Anniversary of Obama's visit to Janesville
- World trade greatly affects state agriculture
- Darwin at 200: Still controversial after all these years
- Forward Janesville plans lobbying day
- Are men ready for more shovel-ready household labor?
- Beloit's New Court Theatre drops the final curtain
- Clubhouse Chorale: "The Breakfast of (cheating) Champions"
- Death notices for Feb. 12, 2009
- Hufcor laying off 60
- Grainger to lay off 50 here
- Edgerton narrows its city hall options to two
- Janesville man helps his historic 'buddy' celebrate 200th birthday
- Winery has deep roots in Milton
- Lincoln really did sleep here
- Public record for Feb. 12, 2009
- East Troy woman gets five years in fatal overdose case
- Schulte seeks superintendent post
- New Beloit College president announced
- Obama faces double dilemmas in Mideast
- Parker gymnasts top West
- Warhawk women fight off Pioneers
- Landry reaches 1000-point mark as Badgers roll over Iowa
- Whitewater defense shuts down Platteville
- Elkhorn senior aiming high
- No more tears: Favre tells agent to tell Jets he’s really through playing
- Finally, nightmare comes to end
- Forward motion: Jefferson’s 32 cap first half of season
- Work in administration a reality check for Biden
- UW-Fond du Lac routs UW-Rock County
- Beloit College upsets Carroll
- Beloit College women cruise past Carroll
Wednesday, Feb. 11
- Lincoln Tallman House plans commemoration
- Rock County dog competes among champions
- Police arrest group of teens in car vandalism
- Local legislator pushes for tougher drunk driving laws
- Cuba’s truth lies in the pain of the exiled
- Federal regulator urges foreclosure halt
- Volunteers sign up for BIFF
- Death notices for Feb. 10, 2009
- Freedom Plastics hopes buyer will emerge
- Crash has 'left such a hole'
- Evert, board part ways
- Smart kids, helpful parents mark Monroe Elementary's 10th science fair
- Sex offender being released Monday
- Public record for Feb. 10, 2009
- Clinton voters face referendum
- Eight in race for Darien Village Board
- Two vie for Delavan chairman
- Lake Geneva District 2 Alderman
- Latest scores
- Bluebirds fall at Middleton
- Second-ranked Madison Memorial nets come-from-behind victory at Beloit
- East Troy holds off Edgerton boys
- Elkhorn boys dominate Delavan-Darien
- Monroe girls earn "Sweet 16" win over Milton
- Delavan-Darien, Elkhorn victims of Southern Lakes upsets; Badger jolts Union Grove
- Brodhead girls turn back Big Foot's upset bid
- Obama’s 'pet goat': President’s greenness quickly shows through
- Latest high school scores
- A-Rod still has a lot to protect
- Reynolds lifts No. 13 Villanova to 6th straight
Tuesday, Feb. 10
- Craig continues dominance
- Political activist paints bleak picture of campaign funding
- Fluctuating temperatures wreak havoc on water mains
- Those Republicans know how to throw a party
- Unemployed workers need to stay connected
- Beloit College to introduce new president
- Beloit shooting victim autopsy completed
- GM cuts 10,000 salaried jobs, trims employees' pay
- Death notices for Feb. 10, 2009
- Parts supplier motors in
- E-mails raise questions about superintendent
- Personnel matter back on closed-door agenda
- New parking lot too pricey: Council
- Walworth square is tough spot in reconstruction
- Window display provides public display of affection
- That sinking feeling comes early
- City man accused of robbery attempt
- Town of Beloit investigates racial slurs
- Public record for Feb. 10, 2009
- Man charged with drunken driving in fatal crash
- Town of Avon church burns
- Obama to GOP: No lectures on stimulus
- UW-Rock County ends regular season with a thriller
- A-Rod soap opera is beyond sordid, yet we still watch
- Balancing act a smash: Group jells, powering rout
- Craig girls' comeback can't overtake Verona
- Whitewater boys roll over Brodhead; Turner, Big Foot win
- Latest scores
- AP state basketball ratings--Week 6
- Medicare crooks like Cuba why?
- Looper agrees to one-year deal
- Craig outshines Madison West gymnasts
- Wisconsin coach doesn’t know if Leuer will start
- Everybody’s a player in rough, tough Big Ten
- Madison East and Sun Prairie log wins
- Packing a 1-2 punch: Sessions steps in, excels at both guard positions
Monday, Feb. 9
- BIFF experience enhanced by education
- League of Women Voters hosts discussion on campaign finance reform
- Area legislator wants campaign finance reform
- Obama can’t restore U.S. to rule of law by ignoring abuses of the Bush era
- Stimulus is too slow, wasteful
- Fire destroys barn in Newark Township
- Superintendent search moves forward in Beloit
- Death notices for Feb. 9, 2009
- School board faces tough budget choices
- GOP leaders try to rally party's troops
- Competing needs: Milton could need new school, fire station, public works building
- Finding inexpensive gifts for Valentine's Day
- Police: Burglary connected to heroin
- Public record for Feb. 9, 2009
- Father, son dead in crash
- Snowmobiler pulled from Koshkonong ice
- Goats lost in Monday morning barn fire
- Unemployed use time for health, hobbies and family
- A-Rod’s worries are just beginning
- Brewer fans worry about starting rotation
- Brewer backup plan needs work
- Kvapil will race at Daytona
- Fitzgerald leads NFC over AFC 30-21
- Truex claims pole for Daytona 500
- Badger and La Follette win in Dubuque
- Brodhead gets past Dodgeville
- Defense delivers as Wisconsin wins at Penn St.
Sunday, Feb. 8
- Janesville City Council to discuss Senior Center parking
- Evansville man safe after snowmobile accident
- Small company in salmonella scandal had wide reach
- Latest scores
- Republicans face formidable challenge in climbing 'the blue wall'
- Lawmakers want to curb drunken driving
- It's nice on ice
- Death notices for Feb. 8, 2009
- Public record for Feb. 8, 2009
- School board still mum on personnel issue
Saturday, Feb. 7
- Stoughton, Milton wrestlers share Badger South title
- Milton swims to Badger South championship
- Delavan-Darien wrestlers make history
- Bluebirds recover from 3-0 deficit
- Evansville wins Rock Valley title
- Pistons nip Bucks in overtime
- Parker rules Big Eight again
- Fury score big at Marshfield
- Craig's Hazekamp second in backstroke at Big Eight meet
- Badger/Big Foot wins Lakes' swim title
- Janesville native assigned new military command
- Proving his point
- Obama: Economic bill necessary to save jobs
- South Florida upsets Marquette
- Wisconsin skates past Minnesota
- Mac attack
- East takes it to Craig
- East trips up Craig
- Elkhorn rolls to victory
- Gregory bags 39 for Tide
- Yes: Plan would send prices soaring and put a huge burden on consumers
- Openness should govern public petitions, too
- No: Resolute action will show world we’re ready to lead again
- Death notices for Feb. 7, 2009
- 'A perfect match': High-level certification building better workers
- Janesville wishes Guard members farewell with dinner and ceremony
- Public record for Feb. 7, 2009
- Economy not increasing criminal activity
- City to address funding for extra plowing
- Council considers senior parking
Friday, Feb. 6
- Janesville School Board plans second closed-door meeting
- Janesville Craig hires new football coach
- Latest high school scores
- Death notices for Feb. 6, 2009
- Chronic wasting disease remains unchanged in deer population
- Public record for Feb. 6, 2009
- Students learn about careers in changing economy
- Rotary Gardens workshop to cover community gardens
- Beloit police seize 151 pounds of marijuana
- Janesville hosts national curling event
- School board tight-lipped after closed-door meeting
- Parkview board accepts Paulson's resignation
- Stores see January sales fall; Wal-Mart posts rise
- Janesville gymnasts prevail
- Roherty leads Milton girls to victory
- Stores see January sales fall; Wal-Mart posts rise
- Hot-shooting Sun Prairie grounds Parker boys
- Brodhead moves ahead of Parkview in conference race
- Latest scores
- Bluebirds regain winning form
- Badgers finally break loose
- Wrestling roundup
- Edgerton girls' upset bid falls short
- Elkhorn, Delavan-Darien, Union Grove girls win in Lakes
- Craig boys get back in win column
- Good work, no pay
- Honeymoon is over for Obama presidency
- With 1,000 wins, Summitt looking at next goal
- Magic trade Bogans, cash considerations for Lue
- Lakeside Lutheran rolls over Waterloo
- Williams Bay blasts Johnson Creek
- Memorial downs LaFollette
Thursday, Feb. 5
- DWD Secretary to visit BTC
- Janesville community prepares to honor soldiers
- Rock County POROS plan almost ready for approval
- Rock county wage and benefit survey underway
- Cheney sets the trap
- Beloit businesses aided by U-W Whitewater
- Death notices for Feb. 5, 2009
- Growth spurt ends for United Alloy
- Employee count fluctuates at R&M Manufacturing
- Woodbridge to end operation of auto seats in April
- Milk prices going sour
- U.S. Snow Sculpting Championship begins in Lake Geneva
- Burglary victims feel 'violated'
- Police investigating midnight incident
- Boy struck by car in guarded condition
- Potential buyer for former Case Feed building
- School board to discuss personnel issue
- Public record for Feb. 5, 2009
- Obama views children's health bill as step one
- Bucks’ Bogut to miss at least eight weeks
- Badgers “building a fence” around state recruits
- Frederick ready to excel on field, in classroom
- Area players sign college football letters
- UW-Whitewater wrestlers settle for tie with Stevens Point
- Full rosters may tighten Rock Valley meet
- Ten schools meet to decide Big 8 wrestling title
- Delavan-Darien positioned for wrestling championship
- UW-Rock County women edge out UW-Richland
- UW-Rock County men survive late rally
- Addition of Gregg might offset egg left by Daschle
- Entering the wild west of fertility treatment
- Parker wrestlers blank Memorial
- Curlers meet here for Senior Nationals
Wednesday, Feb. 4
- Beloit teen sentenced in shooting
- Statewide coalition promotes changes in school funding
- United Alloy announces cutback in production and layoffs
- Death notices for Feb. 4, 2009
- Freedom Plastics will be placed up for sale
- Hanging up the habit
- Promotion results in super turnout at Denny's
- Brodhead School Board facing tough decisions
- Fire destroys rural Clinton farm house
- SMILES benefit asks donors to pony up
- Wolfgram bows out of Town of Delavan chair race
- Public record for Feb. 4, 2009
- Gazette honored at awards banquet
- Obama seeks to weather nomination woes
- Latest scores
- Wrestling roundup
- Defense never rests
- Cesarz scored 36 in Delavan-Darien's victory over Milton; Brodhead, Lakeside set up showdowns
- Verona nets Big Eight win; Bay falls at Waterloo
- Edgewoood stings Milton boys; Oregon upsets Monroe
- Delavan-Darien, Waterford boys win
- Elks' second-half rally overtakes Badger High boys
- Brodhead boys rally to jolt Jefferson; Edgerton, Whitewater, Evansville, East Troy, McFarland win
- From Beijing to bongs
- Selig brushes off salary cap suggestions
- Middleton defeats Parker in makeup gymnastics meet
- Poor shooting dooms Bucks in loss to Nets
- No. 8 Marquette wins 12th straight game
- Fredricks wins, sets rink record in Germany
- New staff to move Kampman
- Brewers manage dynamic balance
- Beloit College splits games against Ripon
Tuesday, Feb. 3
- Local transit systems earn federal awards
- Union members rally in Beloit
- Fire damages Janesville apartment
- Cabinet nominees: They never tell, they never learn
- Good news for Janesville's Riverside Wading Pool
- Prediction Machine
- Janesville liquor license in limbo
- GM offers buyout to laid-off workers
- Reward offered for whereabouts of Janesville shooting suspect
- Death notices for Feb. 3, 2009
- Couple charged in child abuse case
- Town of Beloit police vote against chief
- Talking to teens about dating, intimacy
- Milton to look at cuts in high school plan
- Beating remains under investigation
- Many candidates unopposed in April 7 election
- Eight area candidates have criminal convictions
- Public record for Feb. 3, 2009
- Milton teen charged with raping girl
- Mock trial competition is Saturday
- Teen taken from river to hospital
- Genesis to host group for dislocated workers
- Obama comes under sharp criticism...from himself
- Marquette remains under the radar
- Verona gets the best of Bluebirds
- Delavan-Darien boys fall in double overtime
- Jefferson, Whitewater girls get Rock Valley wins
- Latest scores
- AP state basketball ratings--Week 5
- Pat Summitt denied; Paris and Oklahoma keep her at 999 wins
- Steelers’ core group should be intact for another Super try
- Michael Phelps becoming his own worst enemy
- McCarthy’s staff finally complete: Pair of moves complete revamp
Monday, Feb. 2
- Janesville School Board to discuss long-range plans
- Local leaders discuss economic development
- Big push is on for local United Ways
- Republicans want America to stay in Bush’s moral sinkhole
- Beloit School Board members face deep cuts in budget
- Rock Deputies patrol snowmobile trails
- Death notices for Feb. 2, 2009
- Workers on Isuzu line keep building medium-duty trucks
- Rock County begins snowmobile patrols
- Milton ethanol plant retains its optimism
- Can I do taxes on the cheap?
- Winter brings beastly injuries
- Public record for Feb. 2, 2009
- Janesville man arrested in carjacking incident
- Janesville man arrested after carjacking
- Americans' saving more, spending less
- Holmes goes from drug dealer to Super Bowl MVP
- Cardinals’ game plan didn’t include Larry Fitzgerald enough
- Another thrilling finish in the Super Bowl
- Skiles truly making a difference with Bucks
- Michaels and Madden strike a Super balance
- Bucks’ brutal schedule eases in February
- Nadal ousts shaken Federer in 5 sets in Australia
- Amazing game overshadows all the distractions
- Harrison’s 100-yard return swings Super Bowl
- Holmes, Big Ben headed for Disney World
- Six-pack Steelers: Last-minute drive lifts resilient Pittsburgh to title
- Open enrollment begins Monday
- Three months of sewer work begins Monday in Janesville
Sunday, Feb. 1
- Analysis: Team Obama preoccupied with Bush
- Badgers losing streak hits six
- Congress must take time to get spending bill right
- Group helps musicians get heard
- Women plan big occasion to thank departing Guard troops
- Public record for Feb. 1, 2009
- Paul George remembered as the white-hatted friend of the fair
- Police unit tracks gang activity
- Demand dwindles for recycled materials
- Death notices for Feb. 1, 2009
