Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be snowy with a high of 27. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset 4:24 PM for 9h 01m 45s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1864, Savannah, Georgia, falls to the Union’s Army of the Tennessee, and…
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Daily Bread for 11.5.22: Crime Scene Bucha: How Russian Soldiers Ran a “Cleansing” Operation in Ukraine
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be windy, with morning showers and a high of 61. Sunrise is 7:35 AM and sunset 5:41 PM for 10h 06m 26s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 91.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1872, in defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony…
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Daily Bread for 10.8.22: The Kerch Bridge
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 57. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 6:23 PM for 11h 24m 55s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 97.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1871, the Peshtigo Fire devastates a Wisconsin community: On this date Peshtigo,…
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Daily Bread for 10.3.22: Russia, Ukraine, and the Value of Expertise
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 68. Sunrise is 6:55 AM and sunset 6:31 PM for 11h 36m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 57% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1990, the German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the…
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Daily Bread for 8.2.22: The Russian Economy’s Not “Bouncing Back” (and What That Means for Local Policymaking)
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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 87. Sunrise is 5:48 AM and sunset 8:13 PM for 14h 25m 26s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 20.5% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1932, the positron (antiparticle…
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Daily Bread for 4.9.22: Germany’s Failed Approach to Russia
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 46. Sunrise is 6:21 AM and sunset 7:30 PM for 13h 09m 31s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 52.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1959, NASA announces the selection of the United States’ first seven astronauts,…
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Daily Bread for 4.3.22: BBC Reports Evidence Points to War Crimes on Road Outside Kyiv
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 45. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 7:24 PM for 12h 52m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1865, Union forces capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. . The Russian…
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Daily Bread for 3.21.22: Putin’s Torrent of Lies
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 71. Sunrise is 6:54 AM and sunset 7:09 PM for 12h 14m 36s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 88.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1965, Martin Luther King…
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Daily Bread for 3.3.22: A Ukrainian Family Prepares for War in Kyiv
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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 33. Sunrise is 6:25 AM and sunset 5:47 PM for 11h 22m 10s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.9% its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM, and Whitewater Fire Department, Inc. holds a business meeting at…
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Daily Bread for 2.27.22: Ronald Harold, Donald John, and Vladimir Vladimirovich
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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 37. Sunrise is 6:32 AM and sunset 5:42 PM for 11h 10m 39s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1904, Wisconsin’s second state capitol burns: On this date fire destroyed the…
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Daily Bread for 2.26.22: Ukrainian Civilians Defend Their Country from Putin’s Army
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Daily Bread for 2.16.22: Of Putin and Threats Closer to Home
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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 48. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 5:28 PM for 10h 39m 43s of daytime. The moon is full with 100% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1960, the U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut,…
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‘Chyna’
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Sen. Ron Johnson: Launderer of Foreign Disinformation?
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Natasha Bertrand, Kyle Cheney, and Andrew Desiderio report Dem leaders demand FBI briefing on ‘foreign interference campaign’ targeting lawmakers. There’s a possible Wisconsin connection: Among the Democrats’ concerns is that a Senate investigation being led by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has become a vehicle for “laundering” a foreign influence campaign to damageDemocratic presidential nominee Joe…