News Archive for November 9, 2012
Lower taxes, higher fees: Hearing set on '13 city budget
By MARCIA NELESEN - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
The 2013 Janesville city budget advances to its first public hearing Monday with a proposed decrease in the tax rate but an increase in fees.
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Local communities announce Veterans Day activity schedules
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
Area communities are hosting programs this week to honor the service of veterans.
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Make-A-Wish group seeking volunteers
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Anna Vierck has been helping make dreams come true since 2009. That's when she first became a Make-A-Wish Wisconsin volunteer wish granter. Since then, she's worked on 12 wishes, including seven that already have been granted.
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Teen boys accused of imprisonment in robbery
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
LAKE GENEVA --
Four teen boys are accused of restraining two adults and two children in a home in the 900 block of Marshall Street in Lake Geneva, according to a news release from the Lake Geneva Police Department.
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Milton's Natter is Badger South's Defensive Player of the Year
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
A.J. Natter was a marked man this season. The Milton High senior and University of Nebraska recruit was constantly double-teamed at his defensive end position.
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Three convicted of illegally shining deer
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Three Rock County men will be paying fines, losing hunting licenses and serving jail time after being convicted of illegally shining deer, according to a news release from the Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Law Enforcement.
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Big Foot seniors Co-Backs of Year in Rock Valley South Conference
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
Walworth Big Foot High's Mason Dixon and teammate Carter Hehr were named Co-Backs of the Year for the Rock Valley Conference South's All-Conference team.
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Officials considering charges in Orfordville man's crash death
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
WALES --
The Waukesha County District Attorney's office will consider whether charges will be filed in an accident that killed an Orfordville man near the village of Wales.
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Milton swimmers set sights on 'three-peat'
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
The stage is set for the Milton High girls swim team. The Red Hawks will attempt to make it three straight Division 2 championships tonight at the WIAA state meet at the UW-Natatorium in Madison.
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History lands at Parker
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Today's high school students were born decades after the Vietnam War ended, but some at Parker High School got a chance to reach back through all those years Thursday.
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Public record for Nov. 9, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
Ryan to spend time with family, reflect on election
By FRANK SCHULTZ - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is spending time with his family in Janesville after two months in which he's had precious little time to do that, according to a spokesman.
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Connecting jobs, sports and the American Dream on Veterans Day
By SHERMAN GILLUMS JR. - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
When more than 600 veterans in wheelchairs descended upon Richmond, Va., this past summer for the 33rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games, it presented at least 600 opportunities to help disabled veterans go from the athletic stage to the workplace.
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Pot votes in CO, WA raise specter of weed tourism
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
DENVER --
Marijuana legalization votes this week in Colorado and Washington state don’t just set up an epic state-federal showdown on drug law for residents. The measures also open the door for marijuana tourism.
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Luck runs for 2 TDS, Colts beat Jaguars 27-10
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. --
The Indianapolis Colts' Andrew Luck ran for two touchdowns and showed he could tackle and take a hard hit in a 27-10 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night.
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Death notices for Nov. 9, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
Reconstructing the GOP
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The conservative task over the next few years is not the preservation of a rigid ideology but the reconstruction of a political appeal along improved but principled lines.
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Janesville’s Ryan remains national election winner
By ARTHUR I. CYR - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
Paul Ryan has made headlines and sparked debate with dramatic proposals for comprehensive budget reform. His measures focus heavily on health care. Ironically, the hostility generated may strengthen his hand in trying to avoid the dreaded “fiscal cliff,” which early next year would bring draconian budget cuts.
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Fixing immigration issue is way forward for GOP
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, Nov. 9, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Republicans lost the election not because they advanced a bad argument but because they advanced a good argument not well enough. Mitt Romney ran a solid and honorable campaign, but he is by nature a Northeastern moderate. He sincerely adopted the new conservatism, but he still spoke it as a second language.
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