News Archive for December 6, 2012
Janesville man arrested in purse thefts
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Yes, it's good news. It doesn't mean you can relax, Janesville Police Department Lt. Keith Lawver said about the Tuesday arrest of a Janesville man police suspect is responsible for multiple purse snatchings in October.
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Four Janesville City Council seats open; two members undecided
By MARCIA NELESEN - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
One Janesville City Council candidate has announced he will seek re-election April 2, and two other incumbents whose terms are up are undecided.
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All three incumbents seeking to stay on Janesville School Board
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
All three Janesville School Board members who are up for re-election in April have committed to running again.
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Snow day refresher course: Conditions, rules influence school cancellations
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
now, ice and bitter cold will come, but will it be enough to cancel school? That's the golden question students and school workers alike already are thinking about, despite recent balmy weather.
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Stoughton man drove drunk 21 times in 30 years: Prosecutor
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Stoughton man prosecutors say has been arrested 21 times for drunken driving was sentenced Wednesday for 10th-offense drunken driving.
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Carlson stands mute on charges in fatal crash
By ANN MARIE AMES - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A not guilty plea was entered Wednesday for a Janesville woman accused of killing one person and injuring three others in a car crash while she was intoxicated.
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Warhawk men, women down La Crosse
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
LA CROSSE --
UW-Whitewater men's basketball team knocked host UW-La Crosse from the unbeaten ranks Wednesday with a 64-52 victory.
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Two accused of keeping a drug house
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville Police Department Street Crimes Unit seized marijuana and other drugs and arrested two people after the search of a Janesville home.
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UW-Rock County men romp past Baraboo
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
BARABOO --
UW-Rock County dominated the first half Wednesday en route to a 69-48 victory over UW-Baraboo in Wisconsin Collegiate Conference Western Division men's basketball.
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Catie O'Leary's dream uniform is red-and-white of Bradley not UW
By MIKE JOHNSON - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
When she closed her eyes, this is what Catie O'Leary had dreamed.
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Walker not planning for country going over cliff
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
MADISON --
If the country goes over the so-called "fiscal cliff" in January, it could mean a loss of several hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue to Wisconsin and force Gov. Scott Walker to propose a more austere state budget than he hoped.
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Public record for Dec. 6, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
Bookworm program gives head start in reading
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Members of the Rock County Association for Home and Community Education hope to use money from their calendar fundraiser to support the Wisconsin Bookworm reading program at Head Start in Rock County.
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Making some student online insults a crime raises problems
By GENE POLICINSKI - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
At issue is a new North Carolina law that took effect Dec. 1 that strengthens the state’s 3-year-old cyberbullying statute. It’s intended to provide extra protection to school employees from online defamation.
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Wisconsin turns to former coach for the Rose Bowl
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
MADISON --
Former coach Barry Alvarez will return to the sidelines to coach the Badgers when they face No. 8 Stanford on New Year’s Day. The announcement Thursday came two days after Bret Bielema stepped down to take over at Arkansas.
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Wish Granted: Packers welcome back No. 25
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
GREEN BAY --
Ryan Grant didn't want his return to the Green Bay Packers to be a distraction, so he figured he'd say a few quick hellos and get right to work.
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'Hog heaven' welcomes Bielema
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. --
Bret Bielema watched from afar in April as Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long handled the difficult circumstances surrounding Bobby Petrino's firing, liking what he saw so much that he wrote Long a letter of support a few months later.
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Pro: With nation in peril, GOP must disavow Norquist’s dictatorial ‘no-tax’ pledge
By REP. LYNN WOOLSEY - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Grover Norquist, an unelected right-wing lobbyist accountable to no one except his wealthy funders, has had the Republican Party in his hip pocket for several decades. All but a handful of congressional Republicans have signed his pledge never, ever to raise taxes. Perhaps no other individual is more responsible for the intransigence and irresponsibility of the modern GOP.
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Con: Norquist may be a whipping boy in D.C., but he’s a hero to beleaguered taxpayers
By WILLIAM F. SHUGHART II - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
LOGAN, UTAH --
Excessive spending is the cause of Washington’s unprecedented trillion-dollar budget deficits in recent years, and spending is the best measure of the burden the federal government imposes on the economy.
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Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
SEATTLE --
The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle’s Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state law.
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10 Things to Know for Today
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
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Parker, Neal score 22 in Spurs' win over Bucks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
SAN ANTONIO --
Tony Parker and Gary Neal each scored 22 points, and the San Antonio Spurs had a season-high 53 rebounds in a 110-99 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.
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Death notices for Dec. 6, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
Teacher exams: an overdue reform
By ESTHER J. CEPEDA - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
CHICAGO --
One word comes to mind when education policy observers ask whether we should hold teachers to rigorous national standards: Duh.
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