On Charges against Brodhead man dismissed

Posted on November 22 at 1:13 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Good decision. The public is adequately protected by the 40 year sentence. The family doesn't have to go through the ordeal, the taxpayers don't pay for an unneeded trial. It's WIN WIN WIN.

Kudos to Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Kohl, I love it when public officals show good old fashioned common sense.

On Man wins appeal in gun case

Posted on November 22 at 12:58 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

The appeals Judges undoubtedly felt their position was strengthened by recent Supreme Court decisions, supporting the right to bear arms. DC handgun ban overturn etc. It wouldn't surprise me if this one went all the way to the Supreme Court.

On Man wins appeal in gun case

Posted on November 21 at 10:28 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The law is overkill. It might make a bit of sense if the ban on firearms affected only those convicted of Domestic Violence, that involved a firearm. However not the case, any conviction, even for misdemeanor domestic violence, triggers the ban. Hopefully this is the start needed, down the road to correct this issue.

On Wis. firm sues rival over search-engine keywords

Posted on November 19 at 12:14 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I just searched Habush Rottier as well as Habush Habush & Rottier on BING both went directly to Habush.com as the first entry. I see no problem worth suing over.

On Stupak Amendment is an insult to women

Posted on November 17 at 1:44 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

The health care deal won't pass the Senate, so the "Stupak amendement" is a "mute point"

On Cops check in: Evansville police make calls to elderly residents

Posted on November 17 at 1:35 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Cops should be cops......Not social workers....

On Janesville woman seeks dog that bit her

Posted on November 14 at 9:29 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

If it were me, in this same situation, I would decline the rabies shot. The chances that a dog, kept as a pet, under the direct control of it's owner, at the time of the bite, has rabies, is pretty much 0. Wisconsin, oft times, goes years without a reported case of rabies in domestic pets. If the dog had been running loose, at the time of the bite, might slightly raise the risk. The cost of the shots and having uneeded medication in my system would be the reasons. Any bite involving a wild animal, that couldn't be located, I would take the shots.

On Janesville woman seeks dog that bit her

Posted on November 14 at 8:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

"she’ll have to start painful rabies shots"

Say what? While this was true many years ago, when a large needle was used and shots given to the stomach area, it is not true today. Initial shots are given near the bite area and follow-up shots in the deltoid muscle (shoulder). For most people, the rabies shots are no more painful than tetanus shots. The more, the painful rabies shots "myth" is spread around by the media, the more bite victims hesitate.

On Expand drug-dog use? School board to consider options

Posted on November 12 at 7:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

""Board member Kevin Murray asked what the downside of dog searches is.""

The downside Kev, living in a "Police State" isn't conducive to a good learning environment.

On Housing market may be primed

Posted on November 10 at 12:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Another example of the Gazette trying to "pump" the local housing economy. Much like they were "pumping" the product line for the plant. Wishing don't make it so.....