News Archive for April 16, 2012
When work is a family matter
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Monday, April 16, 2012
CHICAGO --
Imagine the minefield a Hispanic employee of DHS has to walk through when attending family get-togethers where someone might give you the evil eye—or a full-on tongue-lashing—for working for “la migra.”
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Woman found inner peace after years of anger
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, April 16, 2012
BELOIT --
Local sex assault victim agrees to share her story
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Janesville Jets’ season grounded
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Springfield skates to deciding Game 5 victory as struggling Janesville offense fails to score
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Site being restored as an oak savanna
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, April 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Employees of the Rock County Land Conservation Department were doing a last round of stump cutting and trash removal last week.
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Farm safety demonstrations offer a reminder of the dangers
By STAN MILAM - Monday, April 16, 2012
CLINTON --
The farm safety event took nearly a year of planning by Clinton FFA students.
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Warhawks hit five HRs, sweep Blue Devils
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 16, 2012
UW-Whitewater’s baseball team played home run derby Sunday afternoon.
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Educators to meet in Janesville
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 16, 2012
An organization of educators will hold its state convention Friday through Sunday in Janesville. About 125 members are expected to attend.
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Herpes suit dismissed
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, April 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A lawsuit filed by a Delavan woman who said an Edgerton man gave her herpes has been dismissed in Rock County Court.
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Swap meet raises money for scholarships
By STAN MILAM - Monday, April 16, 2012
ELKHORN --
The scholarships are awarded every year at the Walworth County Fair.
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Janesville company discovers niche repairing old-time typewriters
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Monday, April 16, 2012
JANESVILLE --
They serve Rock, Green, some of Dane and a bit of Walworth counties plus northern Illinois.
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Public record for April 16, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 16, 2012
Obama's Buffett rule impact on taxes, jobs
By ALAN FRAM - Monday, April 16, 2012
WASHINGTON --
President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans.
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New Clemens trial begins, with more prosecutors
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER - Monday, April 16, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The government will again try to prove Clemens lied to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs.
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Pettersson wins RBC Heritage
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, April 16, 2012
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. --
Carl Pettersson used another fast start for a 2-under 69 and a five-shot victory over Zach Johnson on Sunday at the RBC Heritage.
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Beloit, Clinton split series
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 16, 2012
CLINTON, IOWA --
A season-long pattern continued Sunday for the Beloit Snappers.
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Heat forces Boston marathon, runners to adjust
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, April 16, 2012
BOSTON --
The forecast forced organizers to offer a largely unprecedented deferment to the entire field of 27,000 that had spent the last year qualifying, registering and training for what is often a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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MLB pays tribute to Jackie Robinson
By BEN WALKER - Monday, April 16, 2012
NEW YORK --
LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.
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Mike Tyson bares his soul on stage in Las Vegas
By TIM DAHLBERG - Monday, April 16, 2012
LAS VEGAS --
The former baddest man on the planet once made opponents and anyone who came into his path shake with fear. On this night, though, it was all I could do not to run up on stage and give him a big hug.
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Death notices for April 16, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, April 16, 2012
Long political fights ahead over dueling tax plans
By ALAN FRAM - Monday, April 16, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Democrats and Republicans are forcing votes in Congress this coming week on competing tax plans that affect millionaires and smaller businesses, and they know the proposals are doomed from the start.
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Kahne triumphs in return to The Rock
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, April 16, 2012
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. --
Kasey Kahne celebrated NASCAR’s return to Rockingham Speedway with a victory Sunday in the Truck Series race.
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Gambling in Wisconsin becomes $15.8 billion bet
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, April 16, 2012
Legal gambling was a $15.8 billion industry in Wisconsin last year. Another way to think of it: Did that recent $654 million Mega Millions jackpot get your attention? Last year, that’s about what was bet every 15 days at Wisconsin casinos and on lottery games.
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