News Archive for December 15, 2012
Packers try to clinch division against rival Bears
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
LAKE FOREST, ILL. --
As if the league's oldest and fiercest rivalry needed an extra kick, Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall added some spice this week when he railed against the Green Bay Packers.
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Conn. gunman broke in, shot kids multiple times
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
NEWTOWN, CONN. --
The gunman behind the Connecticut elementary school massacre stormed into the building and shot 20 children at least twice with a high-powered rifle, executing some at close range and killing adults who tried to stop the carnage, authorities said Saturday.
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Local officials train to prevent shootings
By MARCIA NELESEN - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Local law enforcement and school personnel said Friday they would continue to emphasize training to be prepared for incidents such as the mass shooting Friday in a Connecticut school.
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Court sets bond at $250,000 in murder case
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Bond was set at $250,000 in Rock County Court on Friday for the Janesville man accused of strangling his estranged wife.
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Police find marijuana mailed from California
By ANN MARIE AMES - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Two Clinton men and an Illinois man face felony drug charges after an alert postal inspector tipped local police to a two-pound box of marijuana in the mail between California and Clinton.
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Partnering to create good workers
By CATHERINE IDZERDA - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
TOWN OF ROCK --
The three R’s of education traditionally have referred to reading, writing and arithmetic. For a changing world, businesses and schools are adding three more R’s—rethinking, recreating and returning—to their formulas.
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Salvation Army's Christmas campaign hits halfway mark
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
As of Wednesday, the Salvation Army had raised $164,491 to move halfway past its $325,000 Christmas campaign goal.
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Public record for Dec. 15, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
Absent Milton superintendent getting pay, severance in deal
By NEIL JOHNSON - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
MILTON --
Superintendent Mike Garrow said the last several weeks have been a “nightmare” for him and his family, even if some details explaining why just emerged publicly Friday.
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Afton man gets probation in sexual assault case
By ANN MARIE AMES - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
JANESVILLE --
An Afton man was sentenced Friday to five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in July 2011 behind a Janesville bar.
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Ellis leads Bucks past Cavaliers 90-86
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
CLEVELAND --
Monta Ellis scored a season-high 33 points and the Milwaukee Bucks recorded their season-high fourth straight win with a 90-86 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Police, world wonder about Conn. shooting motive
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
NEWTOWN, CONN. --
The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, a 20-year-old described as brilliant but remote, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims.
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