News Archive for June 18, 2012
Homeowners do have options to protect trees
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, June 18, 2012
The evil green beetle is here. Or almost here, and that's close enough. Last week, two emerald ash borer infestations were discovered in Walworth County.
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Janesville Legion gains split, wins tournament
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, June 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
The Janesville American Legion settled for a split, but still won the Father’s Day tournament Sunday at Riverside Park.
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Skinners put heart, soul in garden
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, June 18, 2012
Tom and Sue Skinner's garden is among seven home gardens and a botanic garden featured in this year's Rotary Botanical Gardens Home Garden Tour on Saturday, July 21.
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Milton Raptors suffer first loss
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, June 18, 2012
The Milton Junction Pub Raptors suffered its first Rock River League loss of the season Sunday.
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Albion blanks Cambridge
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, June 18, 2012
The visiting Albion Tigers defeated the Cambridge Blues, 4-0, behind Matt Buhrow’s two-hit pitching Sunday in Home Talent League baseball.
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Book details Rock County 'unsolved' murders
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, June 18, 2012
It reads like a cross between a murder mystery and a Rock County Coroner's Office scrapbook. It's been described by one Wisconsin prison inmate as more popular than the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.
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Something burning under the sun
By ESTHER CEPEDA - Monday, June 18, 2012
CHICAGO --
Despite years of warnings about the perils of skin cancer, national melanoma rates have been rising steadily, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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Bees defeat Beloit Snappers
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, June 18, 2012
BELOIT --
The Beloit Snappers were tagged for six runs through the final four innings Sunday en route to a 6-2 loss to the visiting Burlington Bees in Midwest League baseball.
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Son helps dad relive glorious GTO past
By MARGARET PLEVAK - Monday, June 18, 2012
Over the years, Jim Sharp heard the story time and again from his dad about the car that got away—at least until Friday.
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Riley's Sports Bar (formerly Weirdo's) remodeling its downtown location
By ANN MARIE AMES - Monday, June 18, 2012
Riley's Sports Bar & Grill opened June 3 at 209 W. Milwaukee St., Janesville, after considerable restoration to the inside of the building at the corner of Milwaukee and Franklin streets.
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Janesville parks workers need to adapt to reductions
By RYAN BROEGE - Monday, June 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
When you drive past Lower Courthouse Park in downtown Janesville, what you see is not what Laura Neuenschwander sees. Neuenschwander, 23, of Janesville works for the city parks department.
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Public record for June 18, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, June 18, 2012
Police report no arrests at Romney appearance
By NEIL JOHNSON - Monday, June 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Despite a small clash with protesters, police reported no incidents of violence and no arrests at the Monday appearance of presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Monterey Mills plant in Janesville.
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Romney wows supporters in Janesville
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Monday, June 18, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Mitt Romney wowed a crowd of hundreds inside the Monterey Mills factory Monday morning, saying he is the candidate who can set America back on a course to freedom, jobs and balancing the budget.
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Earnhardt Jr. snaps four-year, 143-race winless streak
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, June 18, 2012
BROOKLYN, MICH. --
Earnhardt held on smoothly at Michigan International Speedway for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory since 2008.
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James, Heat rally to defeat Thunder
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, June 18, 2012
MIAMI --
Halfway to a title, and LeBron James shows no sign of letting this one get away.
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Death notices for June 18, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Monday, June 18, 2012
Simpson bests tested champions for US Open title
By ANTONIO GONZALEZ - Monday, June 18, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. --
After a week that restored the toughest test in golf, this was not the look or score of a mediocre man.
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Span has RBI single in 15th; Twins beat Brewers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Monday, June 18, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS --
Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke emphasized the positive after a grueling game.
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The games of Walkerfest
By STEVEN WALTERS - Monday, June 18, 2012
No reporters or news crews were allowed into Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s brats-and-beer Kumbaya summit for cabinet secretaries, legislators, their spouses and two staff members per lawmaker last week.
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