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Jury deadlocked in prayer death case
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
WAUSAU — A central Wisconsin jury has left for the night after deliberating nine hours in the case of a father charged with reckless homicide for praying instead of taking his dying 11-year-old daughter to a doctor. Before leaving the courthouse Friday, the six-man, six-woman jury sent a note to ...Read more, view comments (18) »
Meat animal sale sets record at fair
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 31, 2009
The meat animal sale at the Rock County 4-H Fair set a record today for gross sales even though fewer animals were for sale than usual. Buyers spent about $352,000 on cattle, barrows and lambs, breaking last year's record of $350,000, said Randy Thompson, UW Extension dairy and livestock agent. ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Probation ordered in rage case
Posted by MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE on July 31, 2009
A Chippewa Falls man will spend a year on probation for ramming a vehicle into the rear of another vehicle and using a baby stroller to smash windows on the front of a nearby residence in Eau Claire County. Troy D. Woodford, 19, 11736 28th Ave., pleaded no contest in ...Read more, view comments (15) »
Murder charges dropped against inmate
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has thrown out the murder charges against a man who's been serving a life sentence since 1981 but has always maintained his innocence. Ralph Armstrong was convicted in the 1980 rape and murder of 19-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student Charise Kamps. His conviction was ...Read more, view comments (8) »
Kentucky man charged in slaying of Jefferson County couple
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
JEFFERSON -- Prosecutors have charged a Kentucky man with killing two high school sweethearts who disappeared from a Wisconsin wedding reception nearly 30 years ago. Edward W. Edwards, 76, of Louisville, Ky. faces two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Tim Hack and Kelly Drew, who ...Read more, view comments (24) »
Oshkosh Corp. gets $38M in military contracts
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh Corp. has received nearly $38 million in military contracts to rebuild war-torn trucks and provide vehicle replacement parts. The deals were announced Friday by Oshkosh Defense, the military division of the Oshkosh-based company. A $21 million order from the U.S. Army calls for the repair ...Read more, view comments (5) »
DOT to maintain highway mowing limits statewide
Posted by PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. on July 31, 2009
Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials will not yield to a request from Walworth and six other southeastern counties to lift restrictions on county mowing along state highways, an official said. The state contracts with counties to mow along state highways, but in an effort to save money the state is ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Doyle recall effort aborted
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative group that had explored circulating petitions to recall Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle is giving up. Wisconsin Interests Now announced Friday that it will focus instead on voting Doyle out of office next year should he decide to run again. Doyle has not announced his ...Read more, view comments (19) »
Capital Times files lawsuit against Doyle
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Capital Times newspaper has filed a lawsuit against Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle over an open records issue. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court alleges that Doyle's office took too long to comply with a records request submitted June 4 for information about ...Read more, view comments (19) »
Wisconsin forum explores nuclear energy
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A forum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Friday is focusing on the risks and benefits of nuclear energy. The Wisconsin Public Utility Institute daylong workshop will examine the potential of nuclear energy in the face of pressure to replace greenhouse gas-emitting fuels. It will address strategies ...Read more, view comments (16) »
Wisconsin voters to get letters for verification
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 100,000 Wisconsin residents will be receiving letters asking them to verify their voter information. The Government Accountability Board says the letters it's sending are required by state and federal law under the 2002 Help America Vote Act. Those who receive the letters are being ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Packers address Favre, finances with shareholders
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy was cheered when he brought up the dreaded F-word — Favre — at Thursday's annual meeting with the team's shareholders. The warm reception could be a sign many fans are backing the way the Pack has handled ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Suspect arrested in 1980 Wis. double homicide
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 31, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man was arrested Thursday in connection to the 1980 slayings of two high school sweethearts in a case that has long haunted their southeastern Wisconsin community. Edward W. Edwards was being held in Louisville, Ky., according to a statement released just before midnight by Wisconsin's ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Harley explains problems at York, Pa., plant
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 30, 2009
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A spokesman for Harley Davidson says its motorcycle assembly complex in south-central Pennsylvania has too much capacity. Harley spokesman Bob Klein says the Milwaukee-based company will be studying the York plant’s long-term competitiveness in the next couple of months. He says the company wants to stay ...Read more, view comments (5) »
Doyle: New Chrysler owner won’t buy Kenosha plant
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 30, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says Fiat is unlikely to exercise its option to buy the Chrysler car-engine plant in Kenosha. Doyle on Thursday called the news disappointing but not surprising. Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy last month under a new partnership with the Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA. ...Read more, view comments (14) »
Appeals court upholds Sidoff murder conviction
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 30, 2009
MADISON—The state District 4 Court of Appeals today upheld a Green County woman’s murder conviction. Mary Sidoff, 27, is serving a life sentence in prison for shooting Ardelle Sturzenegger, 88, of Janesville, in October 2005 in the rural Monticello home Sidoff and her husband rented. She also was convicted of ...Read more, view comments (2) »
ESPN plans show on Cubs scapegoat Bartman
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 30, 2009
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Man pleads not guilty in body dumping case
Posted by TED SULLIVAN on July 30, 2009
JANESVILLE -- A Rockford, Ill., man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's lover and dumping his body in Janesville pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges of kidnapping and hiding a corpse. Raymond C. Williams, 39, is suspected of killing Travel Hester, 27, in March 2007 in Rockford and forcing a ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Trial scheduled in Janesville homicide case
Posted by TED SULLIVAN on July 30, 2009
JANESVILLE -- A trial was set Thursday in the homicide case against a Milton man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in Janesville. Kyle E. Hicke, 37, of 108 Forest Lake Drive, Milton, will stand trial Jan. 11. The trial is expected to last about a week. Attorneys on both ...Read more, view comments (19) »
2 Wis. guard units temporarily moved
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 30, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Wisconsin National Guard units in Iraq have been temporarily moved as the U.S. empties detention facilities in Camp Bucca near the southern border. When the state Guard was deployed to Iraq in May, eight of the 27 company-sized units were stationed at Bucca. Military officials ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Former DNR chief files for AG race
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 30, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former state Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Hassett has filed paperwork to set up a run for attorney general. Hassett filed a campaign registration statement with state election officials Thursday. Hassett has yet to officially declare his candidacy, but the statement allows him to raise ...Read more, view comments (4) »
We Energies fined $150,000 for power-plant blast
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 30, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal safety officials have fined We Energies nearly $150,000 for violations stemming from a power plant explosion in February that injured eight workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday also fined the workers' contracting firm about $150,000. The blast occurred in a coal-dust silo at ...Read more, view comments (5) »
Center Avenue lane closures planned July 31
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 30, 2009
JANESVILLE--A water main repair Friday, on Center Avenue, will require both northbound lanes of the road, north of Rockport Road and south of Racine Street, to be closed Friday, July 31. Two-way traffic, however, will be mainted throughout the work zone. Work will begin Friday morning and should end by ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Wis. domestic partners need birth certificates
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 30, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Same-sex couples must provide certified copies of their birth certificates before they will qualify for Wisconsin's new domestic partnership registry. Department of Health Services Secretary Karen Timberlake says those documents can be found in one's birth county or through the state's vital records office. She says ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Janesville National Guard members said to be hitting their stride in Iraq
Posted by STAN STRICKER on July 30, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: Local members of the National Guard, currently serving in Iraq, are said to be hitting their stride after three months on the ground. The commander of the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team spoke to Wisconsin media Wednesday, live from Iraq. Colonel Steve Bensend says the mission ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Fair singing contest results in tie
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on July 29, 2009
JANESVILLE – For the first time ever, the Rock County 4-H Fair STAR singing contest resulted in a tie. The winners of the 14-17 age bracket during the finals Wednesday night at the fairgrounds were Courtney Gors, 15, of Machesney Park, Ill., and Sammi Lynn Tracy, 16, Janesville. Winning the ...Read more, view comments (9) »
Payday lender settles in Wisconsin suit
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 29, 2009
MADISON — The state Justice Department has settled a lawsuit against an Internet payday lender. The agency filed a class-action lawsuit against Arrowhead Investments Inc. in 2007, alleging more than half-a-dozen violations of state law. The allegations ranged from not allowing customers to pay down loans in anything other than ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Advocates decry Reader's Digest joke
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 29, 2009
MADISON — Wisconsin advocates for domestic violence victims are blasting a joke in last month’s Reader’s Digest magazine that makes light of a man who killed a woman with a golf club. Police find the man in an apartment holding a 5-iron over the woman’s lifeless body. When a detective ...Read more, view comments (49) »
Kenosha police ask for public's help
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 29, 2009
KENOSHA — Kenosha authorities are asking the public to report sightings of two men sought in a restaurant shooting that left one employee dead. Police Chief John Morrissey said Wednesday the suspects are 23-year-old Daniel Gonzalez of Illinois and 28-year-old Julian Jerome Miller of Kenosha. Morrissey said they were seen ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Judge orders Elkhorn businessman to pay restitution to investors
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 29, 2009
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Feingold: Health reform could pass by Christmas
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 29, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sen. Russ Feingold says Christmas is a realistic deadline for getting health care reform passed through both houses of Congress. Feingold says President Barack Obama's original goal of having approval by next month was unrealistic because it didn't give lawmakers and the public enough time to ...Read more, view comments (22) »
Lottery sales dip 4 percent from last year
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 29, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Lottery officials say they're pleased that overall sales have dipped only 4 percent since last year, considering the recent levels of consumer uncertainty. Lottery administrators say sales in the fiscal year that ended June 30 were about $473 million. That's down from $495 million the ...Read more, view comments (12) »
Board OKs stimulus cash
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on July 29, 2009
The Janesville School Board raised a critical eyebrow at a gift from the federal government Tuesday night. Ultimately, the board voted 7-0 to accept about $2.4 million in federal stimulus funding, much of which will be used to improve education for students with disabilities. About $900,000 of that sum could ...Read more, view comments (18) »
Tornado touchdown confirmed in Crawford County
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 28, 2009
The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado hit Crawford County Monday afternoon, traveling about four miles with winds between 86 and 110 mph. The twister touched down at 5:16 p.m. about a mile east of Fairview and traveled about four miles to the northeast, said Jeff Boyne, National Weather ...Read more, add a comment »
Report: Childress says Favre not coming back
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 28, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Vikings coach Brad Childress says Brett Favre won’t come out retirement to play for Minnesota. Childress confirmed to The Associated Press in a text message on Tuesday that the three-time MVP quarterback for the Green Bay Packers would not join his team. The story was first reported ...Read more, view comments (42) »
Wisconsin labor secretary to speak Wednesday in Beloit
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 28, 2009
MADISON – At 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman will announce a federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act “green jobs” project that will employ young adults in residential energy conservation efforts. The announcement will take place at home in Beloit. The home is at 902 Randall ...Read more, view comments (8) »
Wisconsin ranks 10th in child well-being
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 28, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report says Wisconsin ranks 10th overall in child well-being, a slight improvement over last year. The annual Kids Count report tracks how well states perform in 10 key indicators of children health including infant mortality rates, teen birth rates and percent of teens not ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Wis. mom of dead girl: Sickness caused by sin
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 28, 2009
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — The mother of an 11-year-old central Wisconsin girl who died of undiagnosed diabetes says sickness is caused by sin and can be cured by God. Leilani Neumann took the witness stand Tuesday in her husband's trial. Dale Neumann is charged with second-degree reckless homicide for praying ...Read more, view comments (73) »
Election plan draws criticism over voter security
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 28, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A five-year strategic plan for running elections in Wisconsin is drawing criticism from the public over how it addresses voter fraud. People at a public hearing in Madison Tuesday said the plan before the Government Accountability Board stresses voter convenience over protecting against voter fraud. Ardis ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Marquette gets $1.4M to study cocaine addiction
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 28, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Researchers at Marquette University have a $1.4 million grant to study treatment for cocaine addiction. The Milwaukee scientists are trying to develop chemicals that can be used to break a cocaine addiction. According to the research team, people who use cocaine casually become addicted when something changes ...Read more, view comments (10) »
Hearings scheduled on transportation plan
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 28, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state plan looking at Wisconsin's long-range transportation needs through the year 2030 will be the subject of public hearings across the state next month. The state Department of Transportation says the plan provides a vision for highways, local roads, air, water, rail, bicycle, pedestrian and ...Read more, add a comment »
Janesville TIF No. 26 grows by 185 acres
Posted by MARCIA NELESEN on July 28, 2009
An expanded southside TIF would give flexibility to the city’s economic development team to attract new business to vacant industrial buildings and give the city additional economic development tools it doesn’t have now. At least that’s the opinion of Brad Cantrell, the city’s community development director. And it appeared good ...Read more, view comments (11) »
British billionaire to make announcement in Wis.
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 28, 2009
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A British billionaire who is financing efforts to create commercial space travel says he has something important to announce in Wisconsin. Virgin Group Chairman Sir Richard Branson is attending the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture gathering in Oshkosh. Branson and engineer Burt Rutan have been building ...Read more, view comments (13) »
To the moon, Alice! EAA features spaceship
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 27, 2009
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An aircraft billed as part of the future of commercial space travel has landed in Wisconsin. Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo soared over thousands of people at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual AirVenture convention in Oshkosh. The craft circled the runway several times as designer Burt Rutan and ...Read more, view comments (5) »
The eyes have it: Man charged with glasses theft
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 27, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An Illinois man is accused of stealing more than $45,000 worth of eyeglasses from suburban Milwaukee stores because he enjoys being around eyewear. Thirty-eight-year-old Jerry Lowery is charged with three counts of armed robbery and one count of fleeing an officer. The charges carry a maximum penalty ...Read more, view comments (12) »
Teen worker killed at Kenosha drive-in
Posted by MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE on July 27, 2009
Jul. 27--A masked robber shot and killed a 18-year-old restaurant worker Sunday night at a Kenosha drive-in, and his 43-year-old manager was shot, but treated and released from a local hospital. Kenosha police identified the victim Monday afternoon as Robert W. Wilde, of Kenosha. According to police, two masked men ...Read more, view comments (12) »
Madison traffic lanes closed
Posted by MARCIA NELESEN on July 27, 2009
MADISON—The following Madison area traffic lanes will be closed tonight: The westbound beltline between Interstate 39/90 and Highway 51, two lanes from midnight to 4 a.m.; Southbound Interstate 39/90/94 at Highway 51 interchange, two lanes closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.; Southbound Highway 51 between Pflaum and Broadway, one ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Human remains recovered in 2002 are identified
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 27, 2009
ELKHORN--The Walworth County Sheriff's Office and Walworth County Coroner’s Office have identified the human remains that were recovered March 26, 2002. The remains have been identified as Daniel M. Walden of South Milwaukee. Walden was reported missing to the South Milwaukee Police Department on December 27, 1998. Walden was 38 ...Read more, view comments (9) »
Police launch air and ground search for suspects in Kenosha shooting
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 27, 2009
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Parkview teachers have tentative contract deal
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 27, 2009
ORFORDVILLE Teachers in the Parkview School District likely will return to school this fall with a settled contract. The school board and the teachers union reached an agreement on the 2009-2011 contract, but it won’t be voted on until Aug. 26, Superintendent Steve Lutzke said. The agreement provides a 3.9 ...Read more, view comments (12) »
Behm runs away with city tournament
Posted by TOM MILLER on July 26, 2009
Matt Behm won his third Janesville Men's City Golf Tournament by seven strokes Sunday.
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Lafayette County may seek aid for storm damage
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 26, 2009
DARLINGTON — Officials in Lafayette County say they may seek a disaster declaration after storms destroyed crops there Friday. The National Weather Service says two tornadoes touched down in the county early Friday evening as severe thunderstorms moved through the area. The weather service says hail damage was observed in ...Read more, add a comment »
State's groundwater to be focus of hearings
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 26, 2009
MADISON — Some Wisconsin lawmakers say they’re going to research groundwater problems. State Rep. Spencer Black, a Madison Democrat, and Sen. Mark Miller, a Monona Democrat, lead the Senate and Assembly environmental committees. Black said groundwater levels have dropped in the Fox Valley, southeastern Wisconsin and Dane County. Black and ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Local baseball teams fall
Posted by TOM MILLER on July 25, 2009
The Janesville American Legion, the West Junior Legion and the Babe Ruth 13-year-old tournament teams all were eliminated from tournament play. The Legion lost a doubleheader to Madison Impact in the district regional, which sent the Madison squad to the state tournament. The West Junior Legion squad lost to Wisconsin ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Behm leads city tournament
Posted by TOM MILLER on July 25, 2009
Matt Behm will take a two-shot lead into today's final round of the Janesville Men's City Golf Tournament. Behm leads Bobby Kennedy by two shots and Sean Halverson and Brent Kern by four shots going into today's 18-hole action at the Janesville Country Club. The leaders tee off at 12:42 ...Read more, add a comment »
Popsicles, Drumsticks and crack: Ice cream vendor charged with drug sales
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 25, 2009
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay man who was granted a permit for his ice-cream truck despite a marijuana conviction has been charged with trying to sell crack cocaine Twenty-three-year-old Lavelle Johnson was charged Friday with delivering between 1 and 5 grams of crack cocaine. The charge carries ...Read more, view comments (51) »
Madison gets lousy allergy rating
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 25, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison typically does well on national quality-of-life rankings. Not this time. An allergy foundation has ranked Madison one of the most challenging places to live for people with spring allergies. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has ranked Wisconsin’s capital the fourth-most challenging city in ...Read more, view comments (3) »
UPDATE: Fitchburg fire victim identified
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 25, 2009
FITCHBURG — The Dane County coroner has identified the woman who died of apparent smoke inhalation after a fire burned in her apartment building this weekend. She is Ruth A. Johnson, 80. The coroner’s office says paramedics on Saturday were able to keep Johnson alive long enough for her to ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Planes-and ticket sales-up at EAA
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 25, 2009
Advance ticket sales up 33 pct for EAA AirVenture MILWAUKEE (AP) — The public will get its first in-person glimpse of the aircraft that could launch tourists into space Monday at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh. Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, or “VMS Eve,” arrives on the annual ...Read more, add a comment »
GE Oil and Gas to lay off 93 from Oshkosh site
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 25, 2009
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Nearly 100 workers at the GE Oil and Gas facility in Oshkosh will be laid off. The company says 93 jobs will be cut by mid-September. That’s about one-third of the manufacturing facility’s 270 employees. Human resources director Jim Mutsch says the move was prompted by ...Read more, add a comment »
Physical evidence ties Janesville man to beating case
Posted by TED SULLIVAN on July 24, 2009
JANESVILLE -- The man accused of nearly fatally beating an Orfordville woman had her blood on the T-shirt he wore the night of the attack, according to the criminal complaint. Dustin L. Sperb, 21, of 440 N. Parker Drive, Janesville, also is likely the contributor to a DNA mixture found ...Read more, view comments (59) »
Man in Rock County Court on kidnapping, hiding a corpse charges
Posted by TED SULLIVAN on July 24, 2009
JANESVILLE -- A Rockford, Ill., man was bound over for trial Friday in Rock County Court on felony charges of kidnapping and hiding a corpse. Raymond C. Williams, 39, is accused of killing Travel Hester, 27, in March 2007 in Rockford and forcing a woman to help him dispose of ...Read more, view comments (10) »
Plane flips on Brodhead runway while landing
Posted by GINA DUWE on July 24, 2009
BRODHEAD—A Tennessee pilot received minor injuries when his single-engine airplane flipped over on the runway while landing at the Brodhead Airport, according to the Green County Sheriff’s Department. According to the sheriff’s news release: A preliminary investigation shows the aircraft was landing just before noon Friday when the landing gear ...Read more, view comment (1) »
1 injured in fire at Johnsonville sausage plant
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 24, 2009
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Sheboygan County authorities say a small fire at a sausage plant left one person with second-degree burns and prompted the evacuation of all of the building’s 325 employees. The fire at Johnsonville Sausage was reported Friday about 11 a.m. It was extinguished in about 30 ...Read more, view comments (10) »
Hospital warns patients of disease exposure
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 24, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University Hospital has notified 53 neurosurgery patients that they are at "extremely low" risk of contracting a deadly brain disorder because of possible exposure to contaminated surgical instruments. The surgical tools were used on a woman who died Tuesday of the brain disorder, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. All ...Read more, view comments (13) »
Jury selection resumes in prayer death trial
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 24, 2009
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A second day of jury selection is under way in the trial of a father accused of second-degree reckless homicide for praying instead of seeking medical help for his dying daughter. Forty-seven-year-old Dale Neumann was charged after the 2008 death of 11-year-old Madeline Neumann from undiagnosed ...Read more, view comments (13) »
Doyle, Pawlenty to annouce river pact
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 24, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plan to make an announcement Friday in Hudson. Doyle's office says he and Pawlenty will tour the St. Croix River via boat and announce a cooperative agreement to clean up and maintain the river. In January the ...Read more, view comments (8) »
Survey asks how to control deer herd
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 24, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State wildlife officials want to hear your ideas about how to control Wisconsin's deer herd. A Natural Resources Board advisory committee plans to post a survey online beginning Saturday. The survey will be online until at least Tuesday. The board created the advisory committee after it ...Read more, view comments (9) »
GM workers take buyout offer
Posted by JIM LEUTE on July 24, 2009
The exodus continues. More than 200 workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Janesville met Thursday’s deadline to take up the automaker on its latest early retirement/buyout program. That’s on top of the 600 or 700 local employees who have transferred in recent months to other GM plants, said ...Read more, view comments (19) »
UPDATED: One injured in crash near airport
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 23, 2009
One person transported for medical treatment after a crash on Highway 51 south of the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, just south of Janesville. The crash happened at about 7:57 p.m. A northbound Pontiac Grand Am was speeding and crossed the centerline while the driver and a passenger argued, another passenger ...Read more, view comments (42) »
Vikings coach has no expectations on Favre
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 23, 2009
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — When it comes to Brett Favre, Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress knows not to take anything for granted. A week before training camp opens, Childress is still waiting to hear if Favre will join the Vikings as their quarterback. With Favre still working out in ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Alleged drunken driver lets child steer vehicle
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 23, 2009
A Janesville man is accused of driving drunk with a child in his lap and two children in the backseat this morning. Julius R. Juniel, 24, of 613 Center Ave., was arrested on a charge of drunken driving with passengers under 16. Department of Natural Resources Warden Mike Dieckhoff saw ...Read more, view comments (25) »
UPDATED: Drivers in Highway 14 crash in good condition
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 23, 2009
JANESVILLE – Rescue units were dispatched to a head-on accident in the 3800 block of Highway 14 west of Janesville around 4:39 p.m. Thursday. The address given was in the 3800 block of West Highway 14, which is west of the Rock River and near the intersection with County E. ...Read more, view comments (18) »
Thunderstorm warning issued
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 23, 2009
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern Rock County and southwestern Walworth County until 5:15 p.m. Thursday. Radar indicated the storm was near Clinton at 4:31 p.m. and was heading southeast. The storm is believed capable of producing hail, lightning and winds in excess of 60 ...Read more, add a comment »
UPDATE: Power restored for Alliant customers
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 23, 2009
JANESVILLE--Eight hundred Alliant Energy customers are no longer without power since lightning blew out one of the circuits at the company's substation at 12:20 p.m. Thursday on the south side of the city, near the Avalon Road bypass, said Scott Reigstad, communications program manager. The damaged circuit has been repaired ...Read more, view comments (2) »
UPDATE: Woman hit by lightning in Bradford Township
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 23, 2009
BRADFORD TOWNSHIP--A 44-year-old woman hit by lightning Thursday afternoon was being treated in the Emergency Department of Beloit Memorial Hospital, said a hospital spokesperson. A report of a person struck by lightning was reported to the Rock County Communications Center at 12:47 p.m. Thursday, a dispatcher said. A spokeswoman for ...Read more, view comments (11) »
Possible lightning strike knocks out traffic lights
Posted by SHELLY BIRKELO on July 23, 2009
JANESVILLE--What might have been a lightning strike, just after noon today, knocked out traffic lights at at least four major intersections in Rock County. "It's not been confirmed,'' said a dispatcher at the Rock County Communications Center. As of 12:13 p.m., callers had reported traffic lights out at these intersections: ...Read more, view comments (23) »
2 brothers charged after Wisconsin plant fire
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 23, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two brothers in southeastern Wisconsin have been charged following a fire that caused $50 million in damage to a meatpacking plant. Twenty-five-year-old Kurtis Popp of Milwaukee and 23-year-old Joshua Popp of Twentynine Palms, Calif. were charged Thursday with second-degree recklessly endangering safety. Prosecutors say the brothers fired ...Read more, view comments (2) »
11 train cars derail in Jackson Co.
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 23, 2009
TOWN OF CLEVELAND, Wis. (AP) — Eleven cars of a Union Pacific train have derailed in Jackson County. But, sheriff's officials say no one is hurt and the train's cargo is intact. The derailment happened about 1 a.m. Thursday in the Town of Cleveland. Union Pacific says it hopes to ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Police suspect charred body is that of New Berlin man
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 23, 2009
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Lawsuit challenges Wis. domestic partnership law
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 23, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Members of a social conservative group are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to invalidate the state's new domestic partnership law. Lawyers representing three board members of Wisconsin Family Action filed the lawsuit on Thursday directly with the state's highest court. The lawsuit claims the law allowing ...Read more, view comments (50) »
UPDATE: Tree has been removed from Burdick Road
Posted by SHELLY BIRKELO on July 23, 2009
JANESVILLE--A tree that was blocking Burdick Road, between Highway 14 and County A, has been removed and both lanes of the road are now open, according to a Rock County Communications Center dispatcher. A Rock County Sheriff’s Office deputy was on scene and the county highway department was called to ...Read more, view comments (21) »
Police looking for cat that bit a boy Wednesday
Posted by SHELLY BIRKELO on July 23, 2009
JANESVILLE—Janesville police need help finding a cat that bit a 9-year-old boy at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot at 509 W. Milwaukee St. The bite resulted in puncture wounds to the child’s right index finger, according to a department press release. That cat is described as a Calico—black, ...Read more, view comments (16) »
Wisconsin life expectancy holds steady at 79.4
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 23, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Anyone born in Wisconsin between 2005 and 2007 is expected to live to be nearly 80 years old. The life expectancy of 79.4 years for those newborns is the same as it was for children born between 2004 and 2006. The latest data was released Wednesday ...Read more, view comments (5) »
Planning starts for swine flu clinics
Posted by GINA DUWE on July 23, 2009
The Rock County Health Department is planning for mass swine flu vaccination clinics this fall. The department is planning locations and volunteers to hold large-scale clinics in a short period of time to vaccinate masses, especially the target populations such as school-aged children, Rock County Health Officer Karen Cain said. ...Read more, view comments (10) »
Men's city golf tournament has new look
Posted by TOM MILLER on July 23, 2009
With defending champion Brad Bohlman not entered in this year's Janesville Men's City Golf Tournament, the event will have a new champ. In addition, the tournament will conclude with 18 holes at the Janesville Country Club on Sunday, which is another first. For a full story, read Thursday’s Janesville Gazette, ...Read more, add a comment »
Janesville West Junior Legion team hits state
Posted by TOM MILLER on July 23, 2009
The Janesville West Junior Legion team opens play in the U-17 State Tournament with a 5 p.m. game Friday against New London in Marinette. Coach Brian Martin is impressed on how his team has come together late in the season. For a full story, read Thursday’s Janesville Gazette, read online ...Read more, add a comment »
Babe Ruth 14s split, 13s win opener
Posted by TOM MILLER on July 23, 2009
The Janesville 14-year-old Babe Ruth tournament team defeated Shawano in its state tournament opener, 2-1, but lost to Wausau, 3-1, in its second game Wednesday night. The Janesville 13-year-old tournament team defeated Stevens Point, 8-4. Both teams play today. For a full story, read Thursday’s Janesville Gazette, read online in ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Football conferences might be gone
Posted by TOM MILLER on July 23, 2009
High school football conferences could be a thing of the past starting in 2010. The WIAA has proposed going to district play to help even enrollment issues in some conferences. Both Janesville schools would play in a district with Beloit Memorial, Burlington, Kettle Moraine, Mukwonago, Muskego and Waukesha West. For ...Read more, view comment (1) »
14s win opener
Posted by TOM MILLER on July 22, 2009
The Janesville 14-year-old Babe Ruth tournament team won its play-in opener in the state tournament, 2-1, Wednesday morning. Janesville, which scored two runs in the top of the seventh and used the complete-game pitching of Dalton Johns, play Wausau at 6 p.m. today in the double-elimination tournament. For a full ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Suspected pot house burns
Posted by MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE on July 22, 2009
MUKWONAGO TOWNSHIP -- The home of an indoor marijuana-growing operation discovered this month by authorities burned to the ground overnight. "We’re looking at this as a suspicious fire," Waukesha County Sheriff’s Detective Steve Pederson said. The sheriff’s department was called about the fire on Sugden Road at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, ...Read more, view comments (17) »
Homemade bombs exploding in Janesville
Posted by TED SULLIVAN on July 22, 2009
JANESVILLE -- The Janesville Police Department is investigating the explosions of two homemade chemical bombs set off Monday and Tuesday nights. A “works” or “MacGyver” bomb was placed inside an open vehicle Monday at 705 Kellogg Ave., damaging the windshield and seats when it exploded, according to a police department ...Read more, view comments (20) »
Fort Atkinson trade magazine publisher lays off 50
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 22, 2009
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Woman who says she was raped sues fraternity
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 22, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A woman who says she was drugged and repeatedly sexually assaulted at a fraternity house in Madison is suing Sigma Chi. The woman’s lawsuit says the Sigma Chi fraternity and the alumni organization that owns the house had an obligation to ensure the safety of visitors. ...Read more, view comments (11) »
No stimulus money for bike tunnel plan
Posted by MARCIA NELESEN on July 22, 2009
The controversial East Milwaukee Street bike tunnel is coming back to the Janesville City Council. The city recently learned the tunnel does not qualify for federal transportation stimulus money. City Manager Eric Levitt said staff would bring the tunnel back to the council as part of the reconstruction of that ...Read more, view comments (79) »
Bill would raise penalties for no-call violators
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 22, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Penalties for solicitors who call people on Wisconsin's no-call list would increase under a bill scheduled for a hearing Wednesday. The bill would increase penalties from the current $100 to between $1,000 and $10,000. The proposal by state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, a Democrat from Waunakee, would ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Governor plans swing through western Wisconsin
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 22, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle is making a three-day swing through western Wisconsin. The governor said the trip that starts Wednesday is meant to encourage tourism, promote environmental initiatives and hear concerns from government and business leaders. Doyle starts with a visit to a museum in Cassville and ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Rock County concerned about emerald ash borer
Posted by BETH WHEELOCK on July 22, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: The Wisconsin Agriculture Department is hanging emerald ash borer traps across the state, but Rock County's UW-Extension Horticulture Educator says local property owners shouldn't panic. Mike Maddox says no emerald ash borer has been reported in Rock County. Although property owners might want to be proactive, ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Evansville faces $132,000 budget shortfall
Posted by GINA DUWE on July 21, 2009
City leaders say everything is open for discussion, including furloughs, to close the city’s $132,000 gap in next year’s budget. That shortfall—more than 6 percent of the budget—needs to be closed just to match this year’s budget before looking at any kind of budget increases, City Administrator Dan Wietecha told ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Iron ore shipments dwindle in Duluth-Superior
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 21, 2009
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Iron ore shipments through the Duluth-Superior Harbor are down 61 percent this season. The Duluth Seaway Port Authority says the Twin Ports haven’t seen lows like that for iron ore shipments since the mid-1930s. Port Authority executive director Adolph Ojard says taconite shipments "have slowed to ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Sheboygan police arrest man for 6 holdups
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 21, 2009
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Sheboygan police say they’ve arrested a man suspected of holding up four gas stations and two restaurants in the last few weeks. Capt. James Veeser says the 32-year-old Sheboygan man was arrested early Tuesday morning, following the sixth armed robbery the night before. Veeser says the ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Father lauds Wisconsin firemen after son is rescued from burning SUV
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 21, 2009
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — The off-duty firefighters and neighbors who helped pull a 4-year-old boy from a burning SUV deserve more gratitude than words can express, the boy’s father said Tuesday. Firefighters Joel and John Rechlitz, who suffered burns to their hands and forearms, are among the brave Milwaukee citizens ...Read more, view comments (7) »
Former Milton High employee sentenced on sex charges
Posted by TED SULLIVAN on July 21, 2009
JANESVILLE -- A former Milton High School employee accused of having a sexual relationship with a student was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail and four years probation. Jamie S. Dutcher, 32, of 3744 Sandhill Drive, Janesville, pleaded guilty or no contest to one felony charge of sexual assault ...Read more, view comments (18) »
2 more Wisconsin lawmakers took questionable donations
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 21, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Campaign finance reports show two more members of the state Assembly accepted contributions while the state budget was in play. Government watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign says Phil Montgomery, a Green Bay Republican and a member of the budget committee, accepted $550 on Feb. 17. The ...Read more, add a comment »
Historic Hillmoor Golf Course sold at auction
Posted by KAYLA BUNGE on July 21, 2009
ELKHORN The historic Hillmoor Golf Course in Lake Geneva was sold at a sheriff's auction Tuesday morning for $17 million to the bank that won a foreclosure action against its former owner. Kennedy Funding, the New Jersey lender through which developer George Wight of Schaumburg, Ill., had a $23.2 million ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Supreme Court bars damages for jail inmates
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 21, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ruled Milwaukee County inmates aren't entitled to monetary awards for enduring overcrowded jail conditions. Inmates began complaining in 1996 that they lived in bug-infested cells, slept next to toilets and spent hours in the booking area. The county eventually settled the ...Read more, view comments (22) »
Appeals court sends case of drunken fan back to trial
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 21, 2009
An Illinois man arrested for drunken driving following a 2006 Dave Matthews Band concert at Alpine Valley Music Theatre should have been allowed to raise an entrapment defense,
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Wis. court: Religious teachers can't claim bias
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 21, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says religious school teachers are not protected by the state's anti-discrimination laws. In a 4-3 decision, the court says religious schools have a constitutional right to choose their own employees to carry out their missions and that includes many teachers. The court ...Read more, view comments (15) »
Wis. hangs 7,000 traps to find emerald ash borer
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 21, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Agriculture Department says it has hung nearly 7,000 sticky, purple traps in ash trees across the state in search of the emerald ash borer. Program manager Jennifer Statz says the tree-killing beetle has been found for the first time in Crawford County. Statz says ...Read more, add a comment »
State treasurer holds unclaimed property tour
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 21, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin treasurer Dawn Marie Sass has stops planned at public libraries across northeast Wisconsin starting Tuesday to call attention to unclaimed property in the state. Sass says there are 50,000 unclaimed property accounts totaling more than $7 million in the 11-county area she's touring. Statewide there ...Read more, view comments (5) »
Larson Acres plans expansion
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on July 21, 2009
Once upon a time, six cows were enough to support one Rock County farm family. Now, the county’s largest dairy farm looks back fondly on those six cows as they look to double a herd already numbering in the thousands. Larson Acres over the weekend filed an application with the ...Read more, view comments (11) »
Milton school taxes could go up 10 percent
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 20, 2009
The Milton School District could increase its tax levy 10 percent under a preliminary budget it will present at its Aug. 17 general meeting. The school board voted to increase taxes to the allowable state limit Monday. It said it has to increase the tax levy because of state aid ...Read more, view comments (20) »
Lanes closed on Interstate tomorrow
Posted by CATHERINE IDZERDA on July 20, 2009
One lane of southbound Interstate 39/90 will be closed at the Rock River bridge near Newville starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday. One lane of the northbound Interstate 39/90 will be closed at the Rock River bridge near Newville starting at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The Department of Transportation will be conducting ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Another Wis. swine flu death
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 20, 2009
MARSHFIELD — A sixth Wisconsin resident has died of the swine flu. Portage County Health Officer Faye Tetzloff says a county resident with an underlying condition has died at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield. The department is releasing few details, including gender, age or exact place of residence in accordance ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Walker renews call for dismantling county government
Posted by MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE on July 20, 2009
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker on Monday renewed his call to blow up county government, suggesting that many functions could be parceled out to the state, municipalities and new entities. “Eliminating a layer of government and consolidating it with other governments is an idea whose time has come,” Walker said ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Wis. lawmakers record contributions during budget
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 20, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Campaign finance reports indicate at least seven Wisconsin lawmakers accepted contributions during budget negotiations despite rules banning the practice. A review of the reports by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign show seven state representatives all recorded receiving contributions between Feb. 17 and June 29. Gov. Doyle introduced ...Read more, view comments (10) »
East Troy archer wins gold at youth championships
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 20, 2009
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Walker raises $1.1 million in governor's race
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 20, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Scott Walker is reporting that he raised $1.1 million in the first six months of the year for the 2010 governor's race. That's a significant increase for Walker, who had raised just $413,000 in the last six months of 2008. He didn't officially enter the ...Read more, add a comment »
Mother, children rescued from burning SUV
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 20, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A mother and her two young children survived a fire that engulfed their SUV when they were pulled from the burning vehicle by off-duty firefighters and bystanders. Police say the SUV driven by the 32-year-old mother crashed on Milwaukee's south side Sunday afternoon, flipped on its side ...Read more, view comments (12) »
Aqua Jays finish second at state
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 20, 2009
The Rock Aqua Jays finished second place at the Wisconsin State/Regional Water Ski Show Tournament in Wisconsin Rapids this past weekend. Mad City Ski Team of Madison won with 1,939 points, followed by Rock Aqua Jays of Janesville with 1,892 points. The Rock Aqua Jays scored the highest in barefoot ...Read more, view comments (6) »
New nonprofit addresses climate change
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 19, 2009
MADISON — A new nonprofit organization in Wisconsin has been created to fight global warming. Gov. Jim Doyle says the Wisconsin Climate Change Action Initiative will bring together leaders in business, government, advocacy organization and researchers to work on the issue. Forming a nonprofit group like this was recommended by ...Read more, view comments (24) »
UPDATE: Suspect taken into custody in standoff
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 19, 2009
A standoff in the 2300 block of Center Avenue, Janesville, has ended and a suspect has been taken into custody, said Sgt. Terry Sheridan with the Janesville Police Department. Ronald Gapski, 49, surrendered peacefully after officers deployed tear gas, Sheridan said. Gapski had been standing on the roof armed with ...Read more, view comments (56) »
Center Ave. blocked for standoff
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 19, 2009
Janesville police have barricaded Center Avenue south of Burbank Avenue because of a standoff, Lt. Tom Wolfram said. A wanted person is threatening to hurt himself if police take him in, Wolfram said. No hostages are involved, he said. Check with www.gazettextra.com later in the day or Monday's paper for ...Read more, view comments (41) »
Police: Woman drove drunk with baby in car
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 18, 2009
MIDDLETON — Police say a Sauk City woman who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving had her 2-month-old son in the vehicle. Middleton police say the woman was arrested early Saturday morning for what would be her third-offense of driving while intoxicated. Police pulled over the 28-year-old for allegedly ...Read more, view comments (20) »
UPDATE: Beloit shooting victim still critical
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 18, 2009
The victim of a Beloit shooting remains in critical condition tonight, though she has stabilized, said Capt. William Tyler with the Beloit Police Department. The 17-year-old woman was shot near Porter Avenue and Switch Track Alley at 1:25 a.m., according to a news release from the department. Police aren't releasing ...Read more, view comments (8) »
Slow and steady, tortoise finds its way home
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 18, 2009
MADISON — A massive tortoise that made a break for freedom this month in Wisconsin has been corralled and sent to rejoin its circus family in New Jersey. The 114-pound male tortoise is part of the Zerbini Family Circus in Trenton, N.J. Berta escaped during a July 7 show in ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Inmate killed in transport crash
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 18, 2009
PARIS, Wis. — A Wisconsin prison inmate has been killed and two others seriously hurt after a transport van carrying 10 inmates from a job site rolled on a state highway. Kenosha County sheriff’s officials said Saturday that the accident happened late Friday night in the town of Paris, about ...Read more, view comments (22) »
Beloit teen critically injured in early-morning shooting
Posted by BETH WHEELOCK on July 18, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: A 17-year-old girl is in surgery Saturday after an early-morning shooting in Beloit. Beloit Police Captain Bill Tyler says the shooting occurred at about 1:25 Saturday morning. Police, fire, and paramedic units responded to the 911 call, and found the 17-year-old in the area of Porter ...Read more, view comments (37) »
Watch out for that dummy!
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 17, 2009
NEENAH — If you’re out on Lake Winnebago this weekend, keep your eye out for a mannequin wearing blue swim trunks. The mannequin went missing on Thursday during a water rescue training session being held by the Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue squad. It sunk into the lake about a quarter mile ...Read more, view comments (13) »
Wisconsin partners with Talgo for high-speed trains
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 17, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has agreed to a $47 million deal with Spanish train manufacturer Talgo for two 14-car passenger trains. The cars would replace the passenger cars that currently run between Milwaukee and Chicago. They would be built with parts manufactured in Spain and assembled at plants in ...Read more, view comments (21) »
Wisconsin high court rules against stadium official
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 17, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says an official at Camp Randall Stadium can be held liable for the 2003 death of a television cameraman. The court ruled 4-3 Friday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of the late ABC Sports cameraman Richard Umansky can ...Read more, view comments (10) »
Wisconsin takes a shot at Ill. man acquitted
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on July 17, 2009
A man acquitted of murder in Illinois is in the Rock County Jail, facing charges that he dumped the body in Riverside Park in Janesville. Raymond C. Williams, 39, Rockford, Ill., was transported to Wisconsin on Wednesday after being extradited. The Rock County criminal complaint states that Williams beat a ...Read more, view comments (5) »
Gov. Doyle to make passenger rail announcement
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 17, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle plans to make an announcement about a passenger rail line between Milwaukee, Madison and Chicago. Doyle has scheduled a news conference for Friday morning at the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison. He says the announcement will generate local jobs and affect the ...Read more, view comments (28) »
Marling builds itself a new home
Posted by JIM LEUTE on July 17, 2009
In it’s 83-year history in Janesville, Marling Lumber has never been the go-to place for olive dip or ladybug cookies. But the dip, the cookies and more will be regularly available starting Saturday when Marling opens its 17,000-square-foot HomeWorks showroom to the public. Founded in 1904 in Madison, Marling has ...Read more, view comments (8) »
Darien board to meet with administrator
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on July 16, 2009
DARIEN--The Darien Village Board on Thursday voted unanimously to meet with Administrator Marc Dennison to talk about his employment status. A date has not been set, President Evelyn Etten said. The vote took place after a two-hour, closed-session meeting. The board did not take action on other agenda items, which ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Authorities recover body of teen from Browns Lake
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 16, 2009
TOWN OF BURLINGTON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a teenager from Browns Lake in the Town of Burlington. A water patrol officer spotted the body floating Thursday afternoon about 100 yards from where a 14-year-old Milwaukee boy went under water on Tuesday. The body was taken ...Read more, view comments (5) »
One man arrested in Cudahy meatpacking fire
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 16, 2009
CUDAHY, Wis. (AP) — Police have arrested a 25-year-old man and located another male who they believe may have launched a military illumination flare that caused a massive fire at a southeastern Wisconsin meatpacking plant. Police arrested the 25-year-old in Milwaukee County on Wednesday evening. The other man lives in ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Water main improvements require Janesville street closure
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 16, 2009
Through traffic will be restricted from using Centerway Street between Cornelia Street and Eisenhower Avenue beginning Monday at 9 a.m., according to a city release. A contractor working for the city of Janesville is scheduled to install water main improvements in the two-block area. Lanes are expected to open by ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Canceled Democratic fundraiser back on
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 16, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A fundraiser for Democratic lawmakers in the Wisconsin Assembly canceled last month amid criticism over its timing during budget debate has been rescheduled for Monday. Democratic Assembly leaders initially defended the $1,000-a-head golf outing saying it didn’t violate a new rule they passed forbidding fundraising by ...Read more, view comments (13) »
Consultant's rates for UW project raise eyebrows
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 16, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four employees of a consulting firm billed more than $200,000 apiece in five months for work on a University of Wisconsin System information technology project. Another 10 employees of Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group charged $100,000 or more for services on the project to install a new ...Read more, view comments (13) »
Police suspect husband shot wife, then self
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 16, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Investigators suspect a Madison man fatally shot his estranged wife in McFarland, then returned to his apartment and killed himself. The Dane County coroner says preliminary autopsy findings show 61-year-old Robert Beaulieu died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday evening. When police in McFarland attempted to ...Read more, view comments (5) »
Construction to begin on new Janesville hospital, clinic
Posted by JIM LEUTE on July 16, 2009
Construction will start in October on the $150 million St. Mary's Janesville Hospital and Dean Clinic on Janesville's east side. "It's a great day for Janesville and a ray of hope for our local economy," said Mary Starmann-Harrison, regional president and CEO of SSM Health Care of Wisconsin. "We're ready ...Read more, view comments (19) »
Harley-Davidson deepens cuts as 2Q profit tumbles
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 16, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — Harley-Davidson Inc. said Thursday it is cutting 1,000 more employees and lowering its motorcycle shipment guidance as quarterly earnings continued to fall due to weaker sales. The Milwaukee-based maker of the famous heavyweight motorcycles said it plans to cut another 700 hourly and 300 salaried employees ...Read more, view comments (21) »
Robson will face challenger
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on July 16, 2009
A local man made it official Wednesday: He’s running against state Sen. Judy Robson in the 2010 elections. Rick Richard, 42, of 2625 W. Highway 14 in Janesville Township, is running as a Republican. The winner of the November 2010 election will represent the 15th Senate District, which comprises most ...Read more, view comments (12) »
Family sues over death
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on July 16, 2009
Edgerton police and Rock County Crisis Intervention workers are to blame for the death of an Edgerton woman killed by her husband, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the woman’s family. Attorneys for Jenni Vordermann’s family on Tuesday filed suit in U.S. District Court in Madison, according to online ...Read more, view comments (54) »
Body found in Ohio in 1970 is missing Wisconsin woman
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 15, 2009
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A cold case involving the disappearance of a Green Bay woman nearly 40 years ago has heated up after authorities used DNA testing to identify a body found in an Ohio cornfield. Police said Wednesday the body has been identified as 18-year-old Jeanne Melville, who ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Darien closed-session meeting rescheduled
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on July 15, 2009
DARIEN--The Darien Village Board has rescheduled a closed-session meeting that was planned for tonight. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Darien Public Library, 47 Park St., Darien. The board planned to talk in closed session tonight about negotiations that apparently have been ongoing between DeVoy’s ...Read more, view comments (13) »
Court: Wis. can't shield names of union workers
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 15, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says state agencies cannot withhold the names of union workers under the open records law. The court ruled 6-1 that union contracts prohibiting agencies from releasing information that identifies workers don't trump the state's open records law. Justice Patience Roggensack says allowing ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Committee considers lawmakers' secret successors
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 15, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee is set to consider a bill that would allow state lawmakers to create secret lists of emergency successors. The measure calls for every legislator to secretly make a list of three to seven people who would succeed them. Lawmakers would have to make ...Read more, view comments (20) »
Fire destroys shed and kills 3 calves
Posted by SHELLY BIRKELO on July 15, 2009
JANESVILLE Three calves died and a machine shed and it’s lean-to were destroyed in an early Wednesday morning fire in Rock Township. Firefighters from three fire departments battled the blaze that was reported at 12:28 a.m. Wednesday at 4608 W. Hanover Road. Firefighters remained on scene for 3.5 hours, said ...Read more, add a comment »
GM workers get transfers
Posted by JIM LEUTE on July 15, 2009
About 170 laid-off General Motors’ workers in the Janesville area could be back on the job as early as Monday. But they’d be punching in 500 miles away at the automaker’s Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan. GM is mailing notification letters this week to Janesville workers who have ...Read more, view comments (73) »
Program on heroin abuse popular in Rock County
Posted by BETH WHEELOCK on July 15, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: A program on heroin abuse in Rock County is so popular, its organizers say it's standing room only. Marv Wopat, Partners in Prevention board member, says the program's speaker has an excellent reputation for his discussions on heroin addiction. Speaker Mike McGowan is a former administrator ...Read more, view comments (5) »
Janesville special-ed funding questioned
Posted by FRANK SCHULTZ on July 14, 2009
JANESVILLE—The Janesville School Board approved $150,000 for projects to improve services to students with disabilities at its meeting Tuesday night. Most of a $2.43 million federal stimulus funding package for special education, however, will have to wait for approval at a future meeting. The board agreed to withhold its approval ...Read more, view comments (22) »
Darien board to meet Wednesday; new complaint filed
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on July 14, 2009
DARIEN—Another complaint concerning the village of Darien has been filed at the Walworth County Sheriff's Office, and the village board on Wednesday night could meet in closed session. A special closed-session meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Darien Public Library, 47 Park St., Darien. The board could ...Read more, view comments (82) »
Swine flu death reported in Milwaukee
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 14, 2009
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee adolescent is the fifth person to die of swine flu in Wisconsin. Milwaukee Health Commissioner Bevan Baker said Tuesday the victim was an adolescent with a common underlying medical condition who died over the last 24 hours at a health care facility. Two adults and one ...Read more, view comments (10) »
Oshkosh Truck to hire workers
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 14, 2009
OSHKOSH — Oshkosh Corp. says it plans to hire as many as 500 workers in Wisconsin and recall up to 650 employees at its Pennsylvania subsidiary. The Oshkosh-based vehicle maker won a $1.1 billion Army contract last month to build new off-road trucks for ground forces in Afghanistan. The company ...Read more, view comments (5) »
Beloit Police Chief retires amid concerns over affair
Posted by BETH WHEELOCK on July 14, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: Concerns about a personal relationship between former Beloit Police Chief Sam Lathrop and a subordinate led to his decision to retire. Beloit City Manager Larry Arft says he first found out about the relationship two months ago. He says he began a dialogue with Lathrop about ...Read more, view comments (51) »
Lawsuit seeks to block 'In God We Trust' engraving
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 14, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based anti-religion group is seeking to block an architect from engraving "In God We Trust“ and the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. The House and Senate passed resolutions this month directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the national ...Read more, view comments (139) »
Reading scores of black Wis. students worst in US
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 14, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Education Department report has disappointing results for Wisconsin. The report released Tuesday compares the performance of white students to those of black and other minority students. It finds that black Wisconsin students in fourth and eighth grades had the nation's lowest reading scores and among ...Read more, view comments (67) »
High court tosses lawsuit over mower mishap
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 14, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a father who accidentally severed the feet of his two-year-old son with a riding lawnmower cannot hold Deere & Company liable for the injury. In a 4-2 decision, the court ruled that bystanders, such as the boy, do not have any ...Read more, view comments (21) »
Wis. high court gives victory to lead paint makers
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 14, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a Milwaukee child sickened by lead paint cannot sue manufacturers for defectively designing the product. The 6-0 decision limits the potential liability for the makers of lead paint facing lawsuits in Wisconsin. About 30 pending cases involving Milwaukee children who ingested ...Read more, add a comment »
1 dead in armed confrontation
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 14, 2009
RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. (AP) — A man was shot and killed by Richland County sheriff's deputies during an armed confrontation at a home in Akan Township Monday evening. Sheriff Darrell Berglin says the deputies were sent to the residence about 5 p.m. after a female called 911 and said there ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Study tests effect of climate change on Wis. loons
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 14, 2009
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — State and federal researchers are examining whether climate change is affecting Wisconsin's loon population. The two-year study is designed to see whether rising temperatures are making water cloudier. That would interfere with loons' ability to feed, since they need clear water to find fish. Department ...Read more, view comments (13) »
Janesville seeks economic development director
Posted by JIM LEUTE on July 14, 2009
The city of Janesville is working to fill another high profile position. Doug Venable, the city’s economic development director, plans to retire at the end of the year. Venable said Monday that he likely will leave his office for good in either November or December, depending upon how much vacation ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Police seek credit card fraud suspect
Posted by BETH WHEELOCK on July 13, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: Beloit Police investigators are joining the search for a man accused of credit card fraud and forgery. The suspect could be from Green, Lafayette or Rock County. Captain Bill Tyler says the first victim lives in Monroe. The suspect used a stolen credit card to purchase ...Read more, view comments (21) »
No more chartered flights: College sports cut back
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 13, 2009
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference won’t hold its baseball championship at Fenway Park next year, choosing a North Carolina venue over far-flung Boston. Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin aren’t printing media guides. The Miami Hurricanes will be busing players to games. As the recession drags on, ...Read more, view comments (8) »
RathGibson seeks bankruptcy protection
Posted by JIM LEUTE on July 13, 2009
Police release sketch of bank robbery suspect
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 13, 2009
The Janesville Police Department released a sketch Wednesday of a male suspect in the robbery of a local bank. Mid America Bank, 2317 Milton Ave., was robbed around 4 p.m. on June 29. The unidentified man gave a bank teller a note demanding money and fled on foot with an ...Read more, view comments (27) »
Kohl urges Sotomayor to discuss issues with candor
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 13, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl urged Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (soh-toh-my-YOR') to discuss the nation's fundamental issues with candor at confirmation hearings in Washington. He made the opening statements Monday as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which conducts the hearings. Fellow Wisconsin Democrat, Sen. Russ ...Read more, view comments (8) »
AAA: Gas price down 12 cents since last week
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 13, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin gasoline prices are down about 12 cents over the past week to an average of $2.48. That's just below the national average of $2.53. A survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express puts the statewide average Monday at $1.61 per ...Read more, view comments (9) »
Flooding may displace family
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 13, 2009
You name it, Bob and Sharon Schrank have tried it. They’ve called a microbiologist, a geotechnical engineer and county, state and federal government officials in an effort to stop the water that has been flowing into their basement for the last year. Nothing has worked. “We can’t get the water ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Wis. base hosts combat exercise
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 13, 2009
CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. (AP) — Incoming! Volk Field in western Wisconsin is playing host to the annual Patriot Exercise, a National Guard combat exercise that involves about 3,000 Guard soldiers and airmen from the world. People from Eau Claire to Randolph may notice a lot more planes in the air. ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Delay for downtown parking structure
Posted by BETH WHEELOCK on July 13, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: The City of Janesville's engineering department recommends bids be rejected for the new downtown parking structure, but that shouldn't delay the project very long. Engineering Manager Mike Payne says the bidders submitted exclusions and additional conditions on the bid forms. He says the city isn't rejecting ...Read more, view comments (9) »
Bicyclist dies in crash in southern Wisconsin
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 12, 2009
DODGEVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A 62-year-old man is dead after he collided with a pickup truck while bicycling on a rural road east of Dodgeville in southern Wisconsin. The Iowa County sheriff’s office says Allen J. Belonger was pronounced dead at Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville on Saturday morning, shortly ...Read more, view comments (49) »
Stricker wins John Deere Classic
Posted by TOM MILLER on July 12, 2009
Steve Stricker shot rounds of 68 and 64 to win the John Deere Classic by three shots Sunday. It was his second PGA Tour win this year and sixth in all, not to mention a heavy dose of momentum heading into the British Open to go with the $774,000 winnner’s ...Read more, view comments (7) »
Police seek information about injured man found on Beltline near Interstate
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 12, 2009
MADISON—Dane County authorities are seeking information about an accident that took place early Sunday near the intersection of the Beltline and Interstate 90/39 in Blooming Grove Township on Madison’s southeast side. Dane County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded at 2:53 a.m. to a report of a possible body on the side ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Minnesota man killed in ATV crash in Wisconsin
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 12, 2009
NEILLSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A 35-year-old Minnesota man has died after losing control of his all-terrain vehicle and crashing it in central Wisconsin. The Clark County Sheriff’s Department says David Holzwarth of Mabel, Minn., was on an ATV trail in the Township of Dewhurst on Saturday afternoon when he lost ...Read more, view comments (7) »
Annual deer observation underway in Wisconsin
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 12, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials have begun their annual summer deer observations. Each summer for three months Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources workers along with federal agriculture and forest staff create a record of deer they see. The observations play into deer population estimates and herd health monitoring. ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Man who fled Kenosha prison surrenders
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 11, 2009
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a Milwaukee man who escaped from a minimum security facility in Kenosha on July 3 has turned himself in. Department of Corrections spokesman John Dipko says 29-year-old Eric Adams surrendered about 1:30 p.m. Saturday at a detention facility in Milwaukee. Dipko says the department ...Read more, view comments (9) »
Diver dies in Lake Michigan near Port Washington
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 11, 2009
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — Another diver has died in Lake Michigan near Port Washington. The Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office says it received the distress call from a charter boat about 10:15 a.m. Saturday. He was pronounced dead when the county rescue boat arrived back at the harbor. The name ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Wisconsin officials defend bear kill
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 11, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are defending their decision to shoot a cornered bear in La Crosse. The 300-pound black bear wandered into Myrick Park on June 27. A crowd followed it with video cameras until it climbed a tree. Wildlife officials say the crowd ignored orders to ...Read more, view comments (18) »
Beloit police chief announces retirement
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 10, 2009
BELOIT--City of Beloit Police Chief Sam Lathrop on Friday announced he will retire. Lathrop has worked for the department since April 1978. He was promoted to a sergeant and then a captain after starting as a patrol officer, according to a news release from the department. He was named chief ...Read more, view comments (19) »
Wisconsin touts new economic development programs
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 10, 2009
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin came up empty in the competition to land a new General Motors Corp. car plant, but tax breaks that were a part of the state’s pitch may end up helping other businesses stay or expand. “Coming in second or ...Read more, view comments (12) »
2 recommended for Janesville school posts
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 10, 2009
JANESVILLE—Steve Sperry is likely to become the new director of administrative and human services for the Janesville School District. Keith Pennington is being recommended to be the district's new chief financial officer. Sperry is currently the principal of Janesville's Edison Middle School. Pennington was chief financial officer at Rosecrance Health ...Read more, view comments (5) »
Wisconsin court: Witnesses cannot seek medical damages
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 10, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday tossed out a $200,000 award to a father who watched one of his twin sons die during birth in 1998. In a case closely watched by doctors and trial lawyers, the court ruled 5-2 that Wisconsin’s medical malpractice law does ...Read more, view comments (13) »
Odor prompts evacuation at Milwaukee airport
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 10, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee authorities say a mysterious odor at General Mitchell International Airport caused several agents to feel lightheaded, prompting the temporary evacuation of the ticketing area. Sheriff's spokeswoman Kim Brooks says a number of Transportation Security Administration agents reported feeling disoriented Friday about 9:45 a.m. She says the ...Read more, view comments (9) »
1 killed when tree falls on car
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 10, 2009
OREGON, Wis. (AP) — One person was killed Friday morning when a tree fell on top of a car in Dane County. Coroner John Stanley says the victim was a man in his 20s. The accident happened on North Main Street, which was closed as emergency personnel responded.Read more, view comments (11) »
Wisconsin touts new economic development tools
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 10, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin came up empty in the competition to land a new General Motors Corp. car plant, but tax breaks that were a part of the state's pitch may end up helping other businesses stay or expand. Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still says incentives used as ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Wis. fort to host war games
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 10, 2009
FORT MCCOY, Wis. (AP) — Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin will host a 'best soldier' competition next week. Twenty-eight Army reservists from around the country, including three from Wisconsin, will gather at the fort July 13-17 for the reserve's Best Warrior competition. They'll compete in a number of tests, including ...Read more, add a comment »
UW-Madison: New Google deal boosts access to books
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 10, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison says a new agreement with Google will expand public access to its library collection. The university says readers across the country will be able to preview its books for free and buy access to the full texts online. In addition, universities, colleges ...Read more, add a comment »
UPDATE: Two injured in I-90 crash
Posted by SHELLY BIRKELO on July 10, 2009
FULTON TOWNSHIP--Traffic flow in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90/39 is back to normal after a vehicle vs. a motorcycle crash that happened just before 6:30 a.m. today at mile marker 163, under the Highway 59 overpass, in Fulton Township, according to a Wisconsin State Patrol spokeswoman. According to State ...Read more, view comments (32) »
Doyle discusses engine plant with Chrysler CEO
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 10, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle has met with the head of Chrysler to discuss the possibility of keeping the Kenosha engine plant open. The governor's office says Doyle went to Michigan on Thursday to meet with Chrysler Group LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne. Doyle's spokesman, Lee Sensenbrenner, told the Milwaukee ...Read more, view comments (3) »
State seeking disaster aid
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 09, 2009
MADISON — The state is seeking disaster assistance for victims of flooding last month in Kenosha and Racine counties. Thunderstorms that moved through June 18 and 19 dumped more than 5 inches of rain in parts of southeastern Wisconsin. Flash flooding and sewer backups were reported in both counties. In ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Police seize 26 pounds of pot
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 09, 2009
Janesville police seized 26 pounds of pot from the basement of 1835 S. River Road this afternoon, said Sgt. Jim Holford. The residents of the home, Thomas R. Reents, 40, and Shirley C. Rotzoll, 38, were arrested on charges of posession of marijuana with intent to deliver. The arrests and ...Read more, view comments (191) »
Wisconsin regents approve 5.5 percent tuition increase
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 09, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tuition will rise 5.5 percent on most University of Wisconsin System campuses but low-income students will be shielded from the impact. Under a budget approved by the Board of Regents on Thursday, tuition will go up by $617 at UW-Madison, $359 at UW-Milwaukee and about $280 ...Read more, view comments (7) »
Tallman Arts and Music Festival canceled
Posted by SHELLY BIRKELO on July 09, 2009
JANESVILLE—The 2009 Tallman Art and Music Festival has been canceled, the Rock County Historical Society announced today in an issued press release. The two-day event was scheduled to take place Aug 1-2 on the Lincoln-Tallman House grounds, 440 N. Jackson St. “We don’t know if it is directly related to ...Read more, view comments (27) »
UPDATED: lllinois man flown to Madison after crash near Milton
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 09, 2009
MILTON TOWNSHIP—An Illinois man was flown to a Madison hospital after his car struck a semitrailer truck at 8:50 a.m. Thursday on Highway 59 near Clear Lake Road. His condition was not immediately available. Scott M. Kurcz, 39, of Schaumburg, Ill., was driving east on Highway 59, turned left into ...Read more, view comments (36) »
Walworth County selected for national health study
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 09, 2009
Walworth County is one of 15 sites nationwide selected to participate in a landmark federal health study.
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Wis. DNR plans youth deer-hunt workshop
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 09, 2009
NECEDAH, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin youths interested in learning how to hunt deer have a deadline coming up. Applications for a deer-hunting workshop and special hunt at Buckhorn State Park located on the Castle Rock Flowage near Necedah are due by July 15. Coordinators say there's still space available. Buckhorn ...Read more, view comments (3) »
UW System regents to consider tuition, fee hikes
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 09, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The president of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents says a proposed tuition increase of 5.5 percent is modest given the state's budget mess. Chuck Pruitt says the increase strikes a balance between maintaining the quality of the system's 13 four-year universities and keeping ...Read more, view comments (9) »
Wis. proposal requires teaching of organized labor
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 09, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state bill up for a hearing Thursday would require Wisconsin public schools to teach the history of organized labor and the collective bargaining process in the U.S. Labor unions support the requirement. But groups representing school boards and administrators have registered against it saying they ...Read more, view comments (12) »
Madison, Milwaukee ranked high for safe drivers
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 09, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An insurance company ranks Madison and Milwaukee in the top 20 on its national list of cities with the best drivers. Allstate Insurance Co. ranked Madison 13th and Milwaukee 19th on its list, released Wednesday. The rankings are based on how frequently drivers in the nation's 200 ...Read more, view comments (3) »
United Way changes funding methods
Posted by STAN STRICKER on July 09, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: The United Way of North Rock County is changing the way it awards funding. United Way Vice President Janine Peterson says organizations must now submit a letter of intent on how they'll meet four newly identified community impact areas. The four areas of education, income, health, ...Read more, add a comment »
Assembly mulls geographic diversity of UW regents
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 08, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Assembly committee took testimony Wednesday on whether University of Wisconsin System regents should be required to come from all parts of the state. The Committee on Colleges and Universities is considering the bill that would require at least one member on the 18-member board to ...Read more, add a comment »
Attorney General warns of phishing scam
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 08, 2009
The Wisconsin Attorney General’s office is warning residents of a phishing scam that has recently been reported in the state. A man identifying himself as “Officer Smith with the United Law Enforcement and Investigation Department,” has reportedly contacted Wisconsin residents, according to a release from the office. The caller attempted ...Read more, view comments (6) »
Milton police officer resigns
Posted by STACY VOGEL on July 08, 2009
Milton police officer Jason Casper has resigned, according to a news release from the Milton Police Department. Casper, the department's liaison to the Milton School District, is under a criminal investigation after an 18-year-old woman claimed he inappropriately touched her while she was a student at Milton High School and ...Read more, view comments (26) »
Stubborn fire at meatpacking plant extinguished
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 08, 2009
CUDAHY, Wis. (AP) — The fire that gutted part of a sprawling meatpacking plant in suburban Milwaukee is out. That declaration came Wednesday afternoon as the damage estimate soared to at least $50 million. The fire broke out Sunday night in the Patrick Cudahy Inc. plant in Cudahy. Heavy smoke ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Wisconsin regulators to consider plans for wind farm
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 08, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State regulators plan to vote Thursday on a Wisconsin utility’s plans to build a massive wind farm in southern Minnesota. Wisconsin Power & Light Co., a subsidiary of Madison-based Alliant Energy, wants permission to start the first phase of the farm on 32,500 acres just north ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Fees for UW students going up
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 08, 2009
MADISON — Students who live in University of Wisconsin System residence halls and have meal plans could be hit with fee increases averaging $335 this year, budget documents show. Some students said Wednesday the proposed hikes for student activities, services and room and board seemed excessive during a recession. But ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Sanitary landfill scale reopens July 10
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 08, 2009
JANESVILLE--The landfill scale replacement project will be finished and the new scale will open for use Friday, July 10, according to a press release from Rebecca Smith, management assistant, for the City of Janesville. All haulers and residents who use the scale may return to weighing at the sanitary landfill ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Deaths of couple believed accidental
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 08, 2009
JANESVILLE—Investigators say the deaths of a couple in their home north of Janesville appear to be accidental. The bodies of a husband and wife were found in separate bedrooms at the residence, 4421 N. Polaris Parkway, on Tuesday night, according to a Rock County Sheriff’s Office news release. The deceased ...Read more, view comments (16) »
Ice Bowl ticket stub makes it to the hall of fame
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 08, 2009
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Assembly mulls geographic diversity of UW regents
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 08, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Assembly committee is considering whether University of Wisconsin System regents should be required to come from all parts of the state. A bill on the topic is up for a public hearing Wednesday in front of the Committee on Colleges and Universities. It would require ...Read more, view comments (2) »
New Wis. business group draws GOP criticism
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 08, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker is criticizing a new statewide business group, saying it's nothing more than a front for Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle. The Wisconsin Business Council includes representatives from a broad range of companies including AT&T, Park Bank and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. But ...Read more, view comments (4) »
I-90/39 eastbound rest area reopened
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 08, 2009
The eastbound rest area of Interstate 90/39 at the 168 mile marker, between Townline and Manogue Roads in Harmony Township of Rock County is now reopened, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. A semi caught on fire at 1:15 a.m. and the scene needed to be cleared, according to a ...Read more, view comment (1) »
Wis. proposal: Don't count cons for redistricting
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 08, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A state lawmaker is proposing that prisoners not be counted as part of the census when Wisconsin redraws its political maps. When the state updates its political boundaries every 10 years, it uses the census to make sure every district has an equal population. The census currently ...Read more, view comments (9) »
I-90/39 eastbound rest area closed
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 08, 2009
The eastbound rest area of Interstate 90/39 at the 168 mile marker, between Townline and Manogue Roads in Harmony Township of Rock County will remain closed until about 8 a.m. today, according to the Wisconsni State Patrol. A semi caught on fire at 1:15 a.m. and the scene is still ...Read more, add a comment »
Lane closures expected on I-90
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 08, 2009
From the the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, lane closures expected July 8th and 9th: Southbound I-39 at mile marker 161 near the Dane/Rock County line will have a lane closure Wednesday, July 8 from 5 a.m. to noon for pavement repairs. Southbound I-39 near the WIS 73 exit, Dane County, ...Read more, add a comment »
Downtown bar is asked to deal with crowd control issues
Posted by STAN STRICKER on July 08, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: The Janesville Alcohol License Advisory Committee has asked managers at Corvina's Exchange to work with police in an effort to curb incidence of violence. The ALAC asked for a report on progress with a month. Deputy Police Cheif Steve Kopp says other taverns have found success ...Read more, view comments (19) »
Two found dead on Janesville’s north side
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 07, 2009
HARMONY TOWNSHIP—Two people were found dead Tuesday in a home on Polaris Parkway on Janesville’s far northeast side, said Rock County Sheriff Bob Spoden. Janesville and Rock County emergency responders were dispatched at 7:37 p.m. to the home. Sheriff’s office and Rock County Coroner’s Office officials still were on scene ...Read more, view comments (16) »
Pickens calls off massive wind farm in Texas
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 07, 2009
HOUSTON (AP) — Plans for the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he’s looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines. Pickens has already ordered the turbines, which can stand 400 feet tall — taller than ...Read more, view comments (10) »
Marijuana operation uncovered
Posted by MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE on July 07, 2009
WAUKESHA -- Drug officers are calling the discovery of an indoor marijuana-growing operation in Mukwonago Township the most elaborate and sophisticated found in Waukesha County. The operation was capable of producing three crops per year, Waukesha County Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Unit Commander Capt. Charles Wood said. The current crop was ...Read more, view comments (63) »
GM incentives revealed
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 07, 2009
JANESVILLE—The cities of Janesville and Beloit and the county of Rock combined to pledge incentives of up to $38 million during the recent competition to build a new small car for General Motors, according to a news release issued Tuesday. The state of Wisconsin’s contribution to the package was not ...Read more, view comments (25) »
Wis. court: medical lawsuits came too late
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 07, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ruled a woman whose husband died after surgery brought a wrongful death lawsuit days too late. According to the court's decision, Robert Genrich of Rio had ulcer surgery in July 2003. The doctors left a sponge in him and he died ...Read more, view comments (12) »
Wis. secretary to gather info on medical records
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 07, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials want to gather input on how to share electronic medical records. Department of Health Services Secretary Karen Timberlake plans to launch a series of summits to gather comments on e-record sharing at a meeting in Sauk City on Tuesday morning. The idea is ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Finances keep hospital on hold
Posted by JIM LEUTE on July 07, 2009
Plans for a new Janesville hospital and clinic exist on paper, and it’s that paperwork that’s keeping officials busy as they wait for credit markets to thaw so they can lock in financing for the $150 million project. Three months after breaking ground for the new hospital and physician office ...Read more, view comments (7) »
Road closed for new Walgreens
Posted by MARCIA NELESEN on July 06, 2009
South Arch Street between West Court Street and Rockport Road will be closed on Tuesday beginning at 7 a.m. Traffic will be detoured. Driveways can be accessed only from Rockport Road. The street will be closed so a private contractor working for a developer can install storm sewer for the ...Read more, view comments (13) »
Mayor declares emergency in Cudahy fire
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 06, 2009
CUDAHY — The mayor of a suburb south of Milwaukee has declared a a state of emergency as fire continued to burn at a meatpacking plant. The fire Monday at the Patrick Cudahy meatpacking plant caused residents and businesses within a mile radius to evacuate because of concerns about exposure ...Read more, view comments (3) »
FEMA grant will allow city to purchase, remove homes from floodplain
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 06, 2009
The city of Janesville received more than $900,000 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency Monday for the purchase and removal of nine structures on the floodplain. The homes were heavily damaged by the 2008 flooding. “The acquisition will help prevent future structural losses, emergency repair costs and the financial obligations ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Road project to start this week
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 06, 2009
The rehabilitation of North Washington Street from North Franklin Street/Highland Avenue to Hamilton Avenue and West Memorial Drive from North Washington Street to North Oakhill Avenue will start as early as today and continue through late summer. The City of Janesville will administer the $284,000 project. Half of it will ...Read more, view comments (3) »
I-90/39 closures scheduled Tuesday north of Edgerton
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 06, 2009
Lanes will be closed Tuesday for repairs on Interstate 90/39 north of Edgerton. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced it will close southbound I-90/39 lanes from 5 a.m. to noon at mile marker 161 just north of the Dane/Rock county line. Motorists should anticipate delays. Alternate routes are recommended.Read more, view comments (2) »
Witnesses: Engine problem in crash that killed 3
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 06, 2009
SHELDON, Iowa (AP) — Two witnesses reported hearing a plane's engine "coughing, sputtering and missing" before it crashed in northwest Iowa last month, killing three local men. That's according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, which says the witnesses saw the plane at a low altitude. ...Read more, add a comment »
I-43 to have virtual weigh station
Posted by CATHERINE IDZERDA on July 06, 2009
Wherever you go, the Wisconsin State Patrol will know how much you weigh. That’s a slight exaggeration. The State Patrol covers the Interstate and state highways. And officers really aren’t interested in all the weight you’ve put on since high school. They are, however, interested in preserving roads and keeping ...Read more, view comments (9) »
Stimulus dollars to fund bike trail
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 06, 2009
JANESVILLE—The City of Janesville will receive $435,000 from the Department of Transportation to build 1.8 miles of paved bicycle/pedestrian trail. The new trail, the Rotamer Connector, will begin at the intersection of Wright Road and Highway 14. The trail will continue west along the north side of Highway 14 and ...Read more, view comments (53) »
Road work begins on Highway 11 west of Janesville
Posted by STAN STRICKER on July 06, 2009
From the WCLO newsroom: Resurfacing work begins Monday on Highway 11 from the bypass to Footville. The almost six mile project is expected to be completed in September. The $2.8 million project is being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Governor Doyle says the effort is intended to ...Read more, view comments (11) »
Janesville firefighter injured after responding to blaze
Posted by TED SULLIVAN on July 05, 2009
JANESVILLE—A Janesville firefighter was injured Sunday afternoon while responding to a house fire. The fire was reported at 5:41 p.m. Sunday at 2214 S. Grant Ave., according to a Janesville Fire Department news release. A firefighter, Justin Wiskie, 28, was injured, according to the news release. Wiskie was treated at ...Read more, view comments (8) »
Janesville fireworks show lacked community support
Posted by TED SULLIVAN on July 05, 2009
JANESVILLE -- The three-day Fourth of July festival in Janesville lacked attendance, collected few donations and lost thousands of dollars, an organizer said Sunday. The local Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Wisconsin Lodge 14, hosted Rock ‘N’ Thunder for the first time this year after the Janesville Jaycees lost its ...Read more, view comments (71) »
Wis. Legislature has yet to act on drunken driving
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 05, 2009
MADISON — The Wisconsin Legislature is expected to take up bills to strengthen the state's drunken driving laws in September. State Rep. Tony Staskunas, a Democrat from West Allis, says he believes the Assembly will vote on his bill in September to require ignition interlock devices for first-time offenders with ...Read more, view comments (24) »
Magazine: Lambeau Field best stadium experience
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 05, 2009
GREEN BAY — A new poll on pro sports' best franchises lists Lambeau Field as the best place to watch a game and the Milwaukee Brewers as the seventh best team to watch. ESPN The Magazine rankings in the current issue come from a variety of sources, including analyzing team ...Read more, view comments (2) »
Wisconsin boy suffers head injury from fireworks
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 05, 2009
TOWN OF FARMINGTON — Authorities say a 12-year-old southeastern Wisconsin boy suffered a head injury when he was hit by one of the fireworks being discharged at a home during a Fourth of July party. Jefferson County Sheriff Paul Milbrath said the call came in just after 10 p.m. on ...Read more, view comments (10) »
Wis. watches for bleeding fish disease
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 04, 2009
MADISON — Wisconsin wardens are watching this weekend to make sure anglers and boaters don't spread a gruesome fish disease. The Department of Natural Resources has been working for years to contain viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, an exotic disease that causes a wide array of fish species to bleed ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Mom, child killed in N. Ill. head-on crash
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 04, 2009
WADSWORTH, Ill. — A 24-year-old Wisconsin mother and her 1-year-old son have died in a head-on collision in northern Illinois that authorities believe was alcohol-related. Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Susan Ewald says Nicole Polk of Algoma, Wis., was traveling southbound on I-94 Friday night near Wadsworth when her car ...Read more, view comments (46) »
Economic Outlook: Wisconsin shows signs of rebound
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 03, 2009
MADISON — Revenue officials say Wisconsin's economy is showing signs of a rebound, but the recovery in employment and personal income isn't expected to start until 2010. The quarterly Wisconsin Economic Outlook issued Friday by the state Department of Revenue notes that the national economic recession remains severe but adds ...Read more, view comments (15) »
Five motorcycles crash on I-90, tying up traffic
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 03, 2009
STOUGHTON — Traffic is moving again on Interstate 90 near Stoughton after five motorcycles crashed Friday morning. The Wisconsin State Patrol says there were serious injuries. A MedFlight helicopter was at the scene. The patrol says the crash happened about 10:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the interstate. All ...Read more, view comments (77) »
Milwaukee Mile in financial trouble
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 03, 2009
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Mile is in financial trouble, and even its biggest boosters wonder whether the nation's oldest auto racing facility will see its 107th birthday. The facility has been running auto races at State Fair Park since 1903. But now, the office is closed and all 12 staff ...Read more, view comments (7) »
Word up! Conference focuses on hip hop teaching
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 03, 2009
MADISON — Word up! Forty teachers from nine states are gathering next week for a program to discuss the merits of using hip hop in the classroom. The conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will also address using spoken word as a teaching tool. Spoken word involves telling a story ...Read more, view comments (46) »
Summerfest winds down in Milwaukee
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 03, 2009
MILWAUKEE — A staple of summer in Milwaukee winds down after this weekend. Summerfest, which calls itself the world's largest music festival, ends Sunday after an 11-day run. Every year, 800,000 to 1 million people pack the 75 acre grounds along Lake Michigan to listen to all kinds of music ...Read more, add a comment »
Former Wis. lawmaker buys lobbying firm
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 03, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Assembly Speaker John Gard and his wife have purchased a lobbying company. Gard and his wife, Cate Zeuske (zoo' - ski) say they bought Wisconsin Independent Businesses Inc. from founders Tom and Nancy Dohm. The firm lobbies legislators on behalf of small businesses and ...Read more, view comments (7) »
GM waits for judge's ruling on sale plan
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 02, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in the General Motors Corp. bankruptcy case adjourned a three-day hearing without indicating when he will rule on the company’s plan to sell its good assets to a new company. U.S. Judge Robert Gerber asked GM’s attorneys to submit a proposed order that would ...Read more, view comments (14) »
One dead as ATVs crash in Jackson County
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 02, 2009
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. — A collision of two all-terrain vehicles in central Wisconsin left one person dead. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday the ATVs were going in opposite directions on a trail in the town of Brockway Wednesday afternoon when they collided on a curve. A 50-year-old ...Read more, view comments (4) »
Reckless homicide charge in Neshkoro child's death
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 02, 2009
MONTELLO, Wis. — A charge of first-degree reckless homicide has been filed against a town of Neshkoro man in the death of his 6-month-old son. A criminal complaint filed against 27-year-old Benjamin Kamedulski said he called 911 on March 18, saying the baby was injured in a fall down the ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Highway deaths fall in 2009, lowest since ’61
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 02, 2009
WASHINGTON — Fewer people died on the nation’s highways during the first three months of 2009 as motor vehicle fatalities continued to fall to levels not seen in nearly a half-century. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday about 7,689 motorists were killed in the months of January through ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Baby sitter sentenced to 13 years in prison
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 02, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison-area baby sitter has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for causing the death of an infant in her care. Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan handed down the sentence Thursday during an emotional hearing in a packed courtroom. A jury in April convicted ...Read more, view comments (17) »
Pierce Manufacturing gets $10M Navy contract
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 02, 2009
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Two days after Oshkosh Corp. scored a billion-dollar defense contract, one of its subsidiaries has landed its own $10 million military contract. Pierce Manufacturing of Appleton said Thursday the U.S. Navy has ordered 29 special fire trucks. That follows a separate order for two Pierce hazardous-material ...Read more, view comments (15) »
Some fireworks retailers feeling pinch of economy
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 02, 2009
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Some fireworks retailers in central Wisconsin say the sour economy is affecting their sales heading into the Fourth of July weekend. Jerry Bamke of Fireworks Country in Wittenberg says customers are spending less this year and commenting that they have to cut back. Derrick Sukow of ...Read more, view comments (21) »
Power outage in downtown area
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 02, 2009
Alliant Energy crews remain at the scene at the corner of Wall St. in front of St. Mary's Church in downtown Janesville where a hit-and-run crash damaged a switch gearbox. The crash happened at 1:17 a.m. Thursday morning. Janesville police are still investigating. The outage is isolated to the Janesville ...Read more, view comments (7) »
Tenn. governor says GM wanted $250 million for plant
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 01, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said Wednesday that Tennessee wouldn’t have met General Motors’ cash requirements to build a small car at its Spring Hill plant even if the state’s finances were in better shape. GM last week selected a facility near Detroit to assemble small and compact ...Read more, view comments (37) »
Local beans to go to Korea
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 01, 2009
BISMARCK, N.D.—North Dakota’s lieutenant governor says four Midwestern companies, including Clinton's DeLong Co., have a $5 million deal to export about 275,000 bushels of soybeans to South Korea for tofu products. Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrymple said SB&B Foods of Casselton, N.D., Brushvale Seed of Wahpeton-Breckenridge, N.D., SunOpta of Moorhead, Minn., ...Read more, view comments (5) »
TV book in Friday’s paper in stores, racks
Posted by GAZETTE STAFF on July 01, 2009
The Janesville Gazette will not publish Saturday, July 4. The “On Entertainment” TV book normally distributed in copies of the Gazette sold in stores and racks Saturdays will be inserted in Friday’s edition. Subscribers who receive “On Entertainment” will get their copies between Wednesday and Friday, as always.Read more, view comments (2) »
Immigration authorities auditing companies
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 01, 2009
CHICAGO — The Obama administration is investigating hundreds of U.S. businesses as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on employers who hire illegal workers, including, apparently, some in Wisconsin. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is notifying businesses of plans to audit their I-9 forms. Those are employment eligibility documents ...Read more, view comments (25) »
Court orders Wisconsin man to turn over deer head
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 01, 2009
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Racine man must give a deer head he took from a roadside carcass to wildlife officials, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday. According to the ruling from the 2nd District Court of Appeals, John Longo found a dead deer ...Read more, view comments (41) »
Oshkosh evaluates job needs after $1B contract
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 01, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Oshkosh Corp. says it's too early to know how many jobs its new billion-dollar military contract will create, but the number is "significant." The contract awarded Tuesday to the Oshkosh-based company calls for more than 2,200 bomb-resistant all-terrain trucks. The Defense Department says it urgently needs strong ...Read more, view comments (3) »
Wis. Supreme Court gets child porn case
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 01, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether viewing child pornography amounts to possession. The question involves 58-year-old Benjamin Mercer of Fond du Lac. He was convicted of more than a dozen counts of possession of child pornography in 2007 after ...Read more, view comments (9) »
Funny cars, dragsters, classics rolling in for Delavan show
Posted by DAN PLUTCHAK on July 01, 2009
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Briggs & Stratton to close Jefferson plant
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 01, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Briggs & Stratton said today it will close its Jefferson plant in fiscal 2010. The facility manufactures generators and pressure washers. The Milwaukee engine maker says production in Jefferson will be consolidated into its existing engine and lawn and garden plants. Briggs & Stratton estimates about $11 ...Read more, view comments (15) »
Republican Neumann announces candidacy
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 01, 2009
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Congressman Mark Neumann announced his candidacy for governor Wednesday. The 55-year-old Neumann joins Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and Appleton businessman Mark Todd in the Republican field for next year's race. In an interview on WTMJ-AM, Neumann says his private sector experience as a businessman are ...Read more, view comments (10) »
Deputy hit by drunken driver
Posted by ASSOCIATED PRESS on July 01, 2009
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Dane County deputy was injured when his squad was struck by a suspected drunken driver. Sheriff's officials say the deputy was traveling with the department's dog in the Town of Pleasant Springs about 6 p.m. Tuesday when a 43-year-old Oregon woman crossed the centerline and ...Read more, view comments (31) »
Grant money will help retrain displaced workers
Posted by ANN MARIE AMES on July 01, 2009
The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday announced the release of a second portion of a $3.8 million grant for training programs to help dislocated autoworkers in Rock County. “This is good news,” said Bob Borremans, director of the Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board. The county applied for the National ...Read more, view comments (6) »
