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Daily Bread for 10.12.23: National Inflation Rate Holds Steady (and Local Implications)

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 Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with intermittent showers and a high of 56. Sunrise is 7:05 and sunset 6:16 PM for 11h 11m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 4.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 6 PM.    On this day in 1614,…

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Daily Bread for 10.10.23: Wisconsin Public School Enrollment Numbers Down Over 30,000 Students

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 Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 57. Sunrise is 7:03 and sunset 6:20 PM for 11h 17m 04s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 15% of its visible disk illuminated.  Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 6 PM.   On this day in 1846, English astronomer…

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Daily Bread for 10.4.23: The Shape of Decline to Come (and How to Carry On)

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 Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 76. Sunrise is 6:56 and sunset 6:30 PM for 11h 34m 11s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 70.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1795, Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the…

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Daily Bread for 10.2.23: City Staff Members Speak on Behalf of City Manager

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 Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 6:53 and sunset 6:33 PM for 11h 39m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 87.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1780, John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy…

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Daily Bread for 10.1.23: The Shamelessness of the Special-Interest Men

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 Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 6:52AM and sunset 6:35 PM for 11h 42m 48s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 93.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 331 BC, Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the…