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Update: Former Whitewater Superintendent Placed on Leave from Pennsylvania School District

On 2.14.26, FREE WHITEWATER posted about professional reporting from Pennsylvania that the former Whitewater Unified School District superintendent, Dr. Caroline Pate-Hefty, was a source of controversy and uncertainty in her new position with the Manheim Township School District (near Lancaster, Pennsylvania). For that solid, professional reporting, see Ashley Stalnecker, Manheim Township School District mum on…

Daily Bread for 2.18.26: Anti-SLAPP Legislation Advances in Wisconsin

Good morning. Ash Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 58. Sunrise is 6:47 and sunset is 5:30 for 10 hours 43 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1930, Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing…

Daily Bread for 2.15.26: The Curious Case of the Former Board Member Seemingly Unaware of the Actual Sources of His Former Board’s Authority

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 55. Sunrise is 6:51 and sunset is 5:26 for 10 hours 35 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 3.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2013, the Chelyabinsk meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500…

Daily Bread for 2.13.26: Still Too True After All These Centuries

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 49. Sunrise is 6:54 and sunset is 5:24 for 10 hours 30 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 14.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1935, a jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and…

Daily Bread for 2.11.26: Data Centers Will Stay in the News

Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 37. Sunrise is 6:57 and sunset is 5:20 for 10 hours 21 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 30.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Comprehensive Plan Work Group meets at 4 PM and the Equal Opportunity Commission…

Daily Bread for 2.10.26: Unfounded (and Irresponsible) Pessimism at the Common Council Lectern

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 40. Sunrise is 6:58 and sunset is 5:20 for 10 hours 22 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 39.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 5:15 PM and there is a Whitewater…

Daily Bread for 2.8.26: Wisconsin Elections Commission Challenges Madison’s Argument on Absentee Voting

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 30. Sunrise is 7:01 and sunset is 5:17 for 10 hours 16 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 58.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1950, the Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established. On…