Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in town will be partly cloudy with a high of fifty-two. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 4:45 PM. We will have 10h 13m 53s of daytime. Sometimes one encounters an alligator and lives to tell the tale. This is one of those times:

Good morning, Whitewater. A new month begins, with only four days until Tuesday’s election. We’ll have sunny skies and a high of forty-five in the Whippet City. The FW Halloween poll results are in, and vampires have won the most responses, with 32.26% of the total. Last year, with the same choices available, ghosts led…

Good morning, Whitewater. Whitewater will see a bit of snow in the early morning, on a chilly Halloween day with a high of thirty-nine. Google has a doodle (one of several, really) to mark Halloween: On this day in 1968, a win: 1968 – Milwaukee Bucks Win First Game On this date the Milwaukee Bucks…

Good morning, Whitewater. Thursday in town will be cloudy with a high of fifty-four, and just a one-in-five chance of rain. On this day in 1938, Orson Welles captivates and scares America with a radio play: “The War of the Worlds” is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on…

Good morning, Whitewater. Midweek in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of forty-eight. On this day in 1929, Wall Street (and so America) suffers its greatest stock crash. Here’s how the New York Times reported the losses: Stock prices virtually collapsed yesterday, swept downward with gigantic losses in the most disastrous trading day in…

Good morning, Whitewater. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of fifty-four. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. It’s Jonas Salk‘s birthday, and Google commemorates that day with a doodle: On this day in 1919, the House of Representatives passes the Volstead Act: While the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States…

Good morning, Whitewater. Our week in town begins with partly sunny skies and a high of seventy-four. There’s an even chance of rain later in the day. Posts this week will include commentary on the schools referendum (two on politics for Tuesday, the curriculum apart from the referendum on Wednesday), videos for Halloween, and on…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ve a beautiful Sunday ahead, with sunny skies and a high of sixty-two. Sunrise today is 7:22 AM and sunset 5:56 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with eight-percent of its visible disk illuminated. Friday’s FW poll asked if a woman who became stuck in a former boyfriend’s chimney tried to…

Good morning, Whitewater. Saturday in Whitewater will be lovely, with sunny skies and a high of sixty-five. Even the most extraordinary records are susceptible of being surpassed. Not long ago, Felix Baumgartner amazed the world with a high-altitude skydive. Now, an executive from Google has broken Baumgartner’s record. Here’s video of Alan Eustace’s jump: See,…

Good morning, Whitewater. Friday will be mild and increasingly sunny, with a high of sixty-five. On this day in 1945, the United Nations comes into force: On April 25, 1945, the United Nations Conference on International Organization convened in San Francisco with 50 nations represented. Three months later, during which time Germany had surrendered, the…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have a partly cloudy day, with a high of fifty-nine, and about an even chance of afternoon showers today. If cloud cover doesn’t obscure the view, we’ve a chance tonight to see a partial solar eclipse: On this day in 1921, a first: 1921 – Green Bay Packers First NFL Game…

Good morning, Whitewater. Wednesday will be a sunny day with a high of fifty-seven degrees. On this day in 1962, Pres. Kennedy tells Americans about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba: In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba.…

Good morning, Whitewater. Tuesday in town will be mostly sunny with a high of fifty-three. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset 6:03 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with five-percent of its visible disk illuminated. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1879, Edison invents a workable electric light. Here’s…

Good morning, Whitewater. Monday in the city will be partly cloudy with a high of fifty-seven. The tech industry has a style of presenting new products that’s susceptible of satire. Here’s an example, if Silicon Valley has a vegetable it wanted to promote: On this day in 1944, Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines: On…