Janesville News

Rich Deeney and his wife, Kay, have been constantly pumping water out of their basement on Putnam Avenue in the city of Janesville since January of 2008.

Non-union employees will not receive a similar cost-of-living increase, although some employees in both categories are eligible for merit or longevity increases.

The union representing those workers says the district can afford to give them a raise.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 9:43 p.m. MADISON a ' The state Assembly decided against voting on a bill toughening drunken driving laws even after it approved a similar measure and the Senate passed it unanimously earlier Thursday.

Janesville police responded around 8:45 a.m. today to a house in the 1200 block of Badger St., for a report of a man threatening suicide, said Sgt.

By GAZETTE STAFF Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 5:34 a.m. JANESVILLEa 'Due to the shortage of H1N1 vaccine, the Rock County Health Department has canceled the H1N1 clinics that were scheduled Tuesday through Thursday, Nov.

Prosecutors allege an off-duty 38-year-old Rock County sheriff's deputy sexually assaulted a drunken 18-year-old woman during a Halloween party.

Janesville residents dump off their yard waste at the city's compost site off Black Bridge road Tuesday.

JANESVILLE Police are asking for help in looking for a 83-year-old man who didna t return from a Tuesday morning trip to Wal-Mart. The missing man, Robert J. Windhaeuser, recently moved to Janesville from Green Bay, and is showing signs of early Alzheimers, according to a press release from the Janesville Police Department.

A Rock County sheriff's deputy has been arrested and placed on administrative leave after the sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman in Milton.

The FBI suspects serial killers working as long-haul truckers are to blame for hundreds of unsolved murders across the county.

The Janesville Police Department is seeking the arrest of Brandon M. Keirns, the former Manager of Information Services for the School District of Janesville.

Stephen P. Sinnott, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Douglas A. Nickerson, 45, Janesville, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to willfully misappropriating money and funds belonging to General Casualty of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

4, and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Janesville Olde Towne Mall, back entrance, 20 S. Main St., and First Baptist Church, 617 Public Ave., Beloit.

By Friday, October 30, 2009 - 6:49 a.m. JANESVILLE The former information technology manager for the Janesville School District is wanted on suspicion of buying $215,000 worth of computer software from companies he or his friend owned.

A few Walworth County providers have a limited supply of vaccine for select patients with appointments, but for the general public, it's either wait or look to neighboring counties.

"I've closed a bar down, but never opened one up," joked Darin Wilson. Where can one hold a Bible in one hand and nurse a beer in the other? It's at The Red Door, a ministry held at the Willowdale Saloon in Janesville, led by Beloiter Kathy Price.

The school board will consider the committeea s recommendation of Sara Gehrig as the districta s new expulsion-hearing officer when the board meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.

Kevin E. Wilder has had his license revoked and been ordered to pay costs of the disciplinary proceedings, the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing announced in a news release Thursday.

One of the murals that are scheduled to be hung in downtown Janesville. Photo One of the murals that are scheduled to be hung in downtown Janesville.