News Archive for April 8, 2011
Baker, Soto homer, Cubs beat Brewers 7-4
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, April 8, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
Jeff Baker had four hits and drove in four runs, including his first homer of the season, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 on Friday.
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Elkhorn man gets maximum term in nine-year-old's death
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Friday, April 8, 2011
ELKHORN --
A Whitewater minister comforting a family after the tragic death of their son learned he was the therapist for the man who killed the 9-year-old boy in a mysterious car-truck collision, according to testimony Thursday in a Walworth County sentencing.
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Milton chooses new schools superintendent
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, April 8, 2011
MILTON --
Michael Garrow, principal of Mount Horeb High School, has accepted an offer to become top administrator at Milton, according to a news release this week from the Milton School District.
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Milton OKs police chief contract
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 8, 2011
MILTON --
The Milton City Council approved a contract Wednesday for incoming Police Chief Dan Layber, according to a release from the city.
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Evansville, Union leaders talk sharing of services
By GINA DUWE - Friday, April 8, 2011
EVANSVILLE --
The city of Evansville and town of Union officials renewed an effort Thursday night to work together on agreements such as boundaries and shared services.
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Wagner, Rusch among inductees
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 8, 2011
Milton just had another night to remember some of its greatest sports accomplishments and honor the individuals who made it happen.
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Evansville to vote on student home sale
By GINA DUWE - Friday, April 8, 2011
EVANSVILLE --
The Evansville School District is set to close on a deal to sell one of the two student-built homes the district has been trying to unload.
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Janesville Parker rolls past Madison West, Craig loses
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 8, 2011
Janesville Parker remains perfect in Big Eight Conference softball.
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Bartender prosecution plan losing momentum
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Friday, April 8, 2011
ELKHORN --
Proving a case against a careless bartender who overserves a patron would be almost impossible, a prosecutor told the Walworth County Highway Safety Commission on Thursday.
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Janesville Parker, Craig collect victories
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 8, 2011
Janesville Parker earned its first girls soccer victory of the season Thursday.
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Canvassers meeting draws crowd
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, April 8, 2011
JANESVILLE --
With the likelihood high for a recount in the state Supreme Court election, Thursday's meeting of the Rock County Board of Canvassers drew more attention than usual.
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Sewer backup at Wilson School remains a mystery
By MARCIA NELESEN, FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, April 8, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The cause of a sewage backup that closed Wilson School on Monday, endangering a city polling place the day before elections, might never be known.
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Back home: Jets look for NAHL series lead
By TOM MILLER - Friday, April 8, 2011
If the Janesville Jets can hold “serve” tonight and Saturday, the local North American Hockey League team will be going to the division finals.
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Janesville Cougars see errors of their ways, Parker wins
By JOHN BARRY - Friday, April 8, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Eleven miscues send Craig to Big Eight loss
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District fundraiser gets first donation
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, April 8, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Nathan, Bradley and Kyle Warda, Lincoln students who are 10, 8 and 6, collected money from their mom and neighbors to donate in an effort to raise money for the district.
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Public record for April 8, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 8, 2011
Wisconsin court challenger raising recount dollars
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 8, 2011
A stunning discovery of votes in Wisconsin could give the state’s hotly contested Supreme Court race to the conservative incumbent in an election largely seen as a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s explosive union rights law.
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Terror suspects held weeks in secret
By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Friday, April 8, 2011
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN --
The Pentagon has previously denied operating secret jails in Afghanistan, although human rights groups and former detainees have described the facilities.
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New faces in Augusta
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, April 8, 2011
AUGUSTA, GA. --
The flair of Rory McIlroy. The sheer power of Alvaro Quiros. These are but two of the fresh faces in golf who offered more evidence Thursday at the Masters that a new generation is on the way.
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Death notices for April 8, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, April 8, 2011
Poll: Few confident US ready for nuclear emergency
By MATTHEW DALY - Friday, April 8, 2011
WASHINGTON --
Most Americans doubt the U.S. government is prepared to respond to a nuclear emergency like the one in Japan, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. But it also shows few Americans believe such an emergency would occur.
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Vote-counting error rocks Wisconsin court race
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, April 8, 2011
WAUKESHA --
A stunning discovery of votes in Wisconsin could give the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race to the conservative incumbent in an election largely seen as a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's explosive union rights law.
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Cubs prepare for weekend visit to Miller Park
By DAVE VAN DYCK - Friday, April 8, 2011
CHICAGO --
The suddenly pitching-short Cubs take their show on the road for the first time this season, starting this weekend in Milwaukee and then going through Houston and Colorado.
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Cuts with consequences
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, April 8, 2011
WASHINGTON --
It is not realistic to take credit for cuts while forbidding a discussion of their consequences. Republicans were drawn into
this debate when they proposed major reductions in foreign assistance, believing this category of spending to be an easy political target. Instead, they have stumbled into what one poet called "a problem on the borderline of ethics and accounting."
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Ryan’s leap
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, April 8, 2011
WASHINGTON --
The conventional line of attack on Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan is already taking shape: It cuts poverty programs and
"privatizes" Medicare in order to cut taxes for the rich. Major demagoguery on all three counts.
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