News Archive for June 16, 2011
Lincoln Tallman House in Janesville may be getting new roof
By STAN STRICKER - Thursday, June 16, 2011
A surprising change is planned
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Parkview parents express concern about busing plan
By GINA DUWE - Thursday, June 16, 2011
ORFORDVILLE --
School board panel split on elementary closure decision
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Fukudome, Soriano homer as Cubs beat Brewers 12-7
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, June 16, 2011
CHICAGO --
Kosuke Fukudome had three hits and broke it open with a three-run homer, Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Pena also went deep, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-7 on Thursday.
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Collective bargaining law will affect Janesville, other communities
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
Nonunion government workers can expect to start seeing smaller paychecks after June 29, when a law stripping most of their collective bargaining rights is expected to go into effect.
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Contract revision amendment remains in bill
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, June 16, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Even with the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s validation of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, school districts and their unions still would be able to open selected pieces of employment contracts if the state’s 2011-13 biennial budget passes with an amendment authored by Rep. Joe Knilans, R-Janesville.
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Exhale slowly: Patience the key for Stricker
By RON GREEN JR. - Thursday, June 16, 2011
BETHESDA, MD. --
As the world’s fourth-ranked golfer—and the top American—Stricker finds himself as one of the central characters as another national championship begins.
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Janesville girls play Friday in 9 a.m. all-star basketball game
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
The high school girls basketball season was very good to Amanda Hamilton and Danielle Flood.
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Janesville Legion prepares for tourney
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
Rain forced the cancellation of the American Legion baseball game Wednesday between Hononegah and Janesville at Riverside Park.
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Officials: Pastor knew of sex club
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Thursday, June 16, 2011
ELKHORN --
A church pastor failed to notify authorities of a club in which young boys performed sex acts on each other at Faith Christian School in Williams Bay, according to police reports and court documents.
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JPAC director leaving
By DAVID BRAZY - Thursday, June 16, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville Performing Arts Center announced the departure of a key leader Wednesday.
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New interim CEO/dean selected at UW-Rock County
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
JANESVILLE --
UW-Rock County Associate Dean Kim Kostka will serve as interim campus executive officer and dean starting July 1 while a national search is conducted for a successor to Diane Pillard.
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Pardeville beats the rain, other scores
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
GRAND CHUTE --
Pardeeville High School’s baseball team beat the rain and the competition, thanks to another late rally, in Wednesday’s semifinals of the WIAA state baseball tournament.
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Evansville School District business manager loses battle with cancer
By GINA DUWE - Thursday, June 16, 2011
EVANSVILLE --
Deb Olsen was the most caring and patient person anybody could imagine, Evansville School District Superintendent Heidi Carvin said.
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Beloit withstands rally
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
BELOIT --
The Beloit Snappers survived the Cedar Rapids Kernels’ ninth-inning rally Wednesday to post a 6-5 victory in Midwest League baseball.
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Williams Bay superintendent stepping down
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Thursday, June 16, 2011
WILLIAMS BAY --
The Williams Bay School Board unexpectedly received news this week that Superintendent Fred Vorlop will retire.
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Search resumes today for missing Janesville man
By GINA DUWE - Thursday, June 16, 2011
GRAND MARAIS, MINN --
A team of eight people and additional equipment will return today to Swan Lake in an attempt to recover what is believed to be the body of a missing Janesville man in the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area.
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Official: Hot drill bit leads to fire, causes $100,000 in damage
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
JANESVILLE --
A basement fire in a Janesville home caused $100,000 in damages Wednesday afternoon.
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Behm loses in third round
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
LAKE GENEVA --
Matt Behm of Janesville lost 1-up to Ricky Hearden of Green Bay in the third round of the Wisconsin State Golf Association Match Play tournament Wednesday at Grand Geneva.
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Wanless won’t enforce his usual coaching philosophy on all-stars
By JOHN BARRY - Thursday, June 16, 2011
EDGERTON --
Mark Wanless, the coach of the Division 3 South All-Stars, spent 18 productive seasons at Edgerton High School utilizing a proficient half-court offense and a suffocating man-to-man defense. Neither one will be on display when Wanless’ South team plays the North at 12:30 p.m.
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Public record for June 16, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wisconsin Senate debating Walker's budget bill
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, June 16, 2011
MADISON --
Gov. Scott Walker's first budget, which Democrats attacked with fierce rhetoric but didn't have the votes to stop, moved close to passage Thursday as the Senate prepared to approve the same version the Assembly cleared on a pre-dawn party line vote.
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WAGS program seeks volunteer puppy raisers
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, June 16, 2011
JANESVILLE --
The wait time is at least two years because WAGS usually has only eight or nine volunteer puppy trainers, who help raise, train and socialize puppies in their homes.
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And they had such hopes!
By RICK HOROWITZ - Thursday, June 16, 2011
Pakistan arrests five who helped CIA track down Osama bin Laden. U.S.-Pakistan relationship deteriorating. Ripped from the headlines.
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Don't know much about history
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Thursday, June 16, 2011
CHICAGO --
The nation's history report card is in and the poor grades it contains may say more about needed changes in teacher recruitment and classroom assignment policy than they do about how students are performing.
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Goalie leads Bruins to Cup title
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, June 16, 2011
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA --
The Cup is headed back to the Hub of Hockey.
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Death notices for June 16, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, June 16, 2011
Al-Qaida: No. 2 al-Zawahri succeeds bin Laden
By HAMZA HENDAWI - Thursday, June 16, 2011
CAIRO --
Al-Qaida's longtime No. 2 leader, a doctor from a prominent Egyptian family who worked with Osama bin Laden for decades, has succeeded the slain terrorist as head of the global network, the group said Thursday.
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Weeks hits HR and 2 doubles, Brewers beat Cubs 9-5
By ANDREW SELIGMAN - Thursday, June 16, 2011
CHICAGO --
The Milwaukee Brewers were looking for a spark, and Rickie Weeks was there to provide it.
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Wis. Assembly passes budget on party line vote
By SCOTT BAUER - Thursday, June 16, 2011
MADISON --
The Republican-controlled state Assembly passed Gov. Scott Walker's state budget early Thursday over objections from Democrats who derided it as an assault on the middle class that will hurt public education, weaken programs for the poor and make it harder to get health care services.
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