News Archive for March 21, 2012
Parkview candidates explain how to unite district
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
ORFORDVILLE --
All six candidates for Parkview School Board agree that the district's elementary students need to be consolidated. How to get there is where they disagree.
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Students get sneak peek at GOP budget plan
By STAN MILAM - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
WASHINGTON --
An hour before Capitol Hill heard about the 2013 House GOP plan for a federal budget, student researchers from Janesville's Washington Seminar were briefed by the budget's author, Rep. Paul Ryan.
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Hartwig earns first-team honor
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Ashley Hartwig is one of the top three-sport athletes in the Big Eight Conference, but basketball continues to be her strong suit.
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Milton closes door on plan to rent home
By NEIL JOHNSON - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
MILTON --
After complaints by neighbors, the Milton City Council killed a request for a conditional-use permit by Milton residents David and Barbara Bendlin to rent out part of the downstairs of their home to overnight guests.
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Fuller tops boys list
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Sun Prairie High junior is sorting through a stack of scholarship offers to play Division I basketball.
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Ho-Chunk approves casino agreement
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
BELOIT --
Ho-Chunk Nation legislators approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Beloit and Rock County on Tuesday, paving the way for a Beloit casino application to head for federal approval.
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Beloit school referendum asking for $70 million
By GINA DUWE - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
BELOIT --
The Beloit School District on April 3 will ask voters for $70 million to build a new intermediate school, renovate seven existing schools to create three other intermediate schools and build a new pool at the high school.
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Six run for four seats on Beloit City Council
By DENNIS HINES/CSI MEDIA - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
BELOIT --
Three newcomers and three incumbents are on the April 3 ballot for four seats on the Beloit City Council.
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Milton junior earns Badger South honor
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Morgan Blumer’s incredible season didn’t go unnoticed in Badger South Conference girls basketball.
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Kedzie stands firm on natural resources, building consensus
By STAN MILAM - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
LA GRANGE TOWNSHIP --
Nobody knows for sure if the Legislature would have passed an iron mining bill if Neal Kedzie's committee hadn't been dissolved.
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Vinehout seeks support in Rock County
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Kathleen Vinehout won't soon forget Feb. 8. That was the day she became the second declared Democrat hoping to unseat Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election.
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Tim Tebow traded from Broncos to Jets
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
NEW YORK --
Tim Tebow has been traded to the Jets.
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Saints' Payton suspended for season by NFL
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The NFL has suspended New Orleans head coach Sean Payton for the 2012 season, and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is banned from the league indefinitely because of the team's bounty program that targeted opposing players.
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Bucks extend streak to six
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
PORTLAND, ORE. --
Drew Gooden scored 19 points and the Milwaukee Bucks beat Portland 116-87 on Tuesday night in the Trail Blazers’ first home game since coach Nate McMillan was fired last week.
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Dekker earns Player of the Year honor
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
State tournament hero headed to Wisconsin
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UW isn’t overconfident knowing ’Cuse is Fab-less
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
There might never be a truly good time to run into a top-seeded, two-loss team—but if there was, this might be it.
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Marquette coach liable to say anything
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Throughout his four-year tenure as the Golden Eagles’ head coach, Williams has gone out of his way to say that “it’s not about me”—that people should pay attention to the accomplishments of his players rather than anything he does.
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Lucroy keeps low profile while catching high-level staff
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
PHOENIX --
Jonathan Lucroy has quietly brought a sense of stability to the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Veras can provide Brewers seventh-inning relief
By TOM HAUDRICOURT, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
GLENDALE, ARIZ. --
The 6-foot-6, 242-pound Veras, an imposing figure on the mound, is a fastball/curveball pitcher for the most part but his curveball is kind of a “slurve,” a mix of a curve and slider.
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Death notices for March 21, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
GOP targets new cost-cut board in Obama health law
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama's health care law: If they can't repeal the whole thing, they'll try to pick off pieces.
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Griner dunks Florida
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Brittney Griner became the second woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game Tuesday night, slamming one down with her right hand early in the second half of top-seeded Baylor’s 76-57 win over ninth-seeded Florida at Bowling Green, Ohio.
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A rose isn’t always a rose
By KATHLEEN PARKER - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
WASHINGTON --
What Secret Service code names tell us about the presidential candidates.
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