Good morning, Whitewater. Monday in the Whippet City will bring a one-third chance of thunderstorms and a high of eighty-nine. UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard Telfer is scheduled to deliver a state of the university speech today at 10:30 AM.  This evening, the Whitewater Unified School District governance committee meets at 6:30 PM, with a regular meeting…

Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in the city will be partly sunny with a high of eighty-five. Sunrise is 6:11 AM and sunset 7:43 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with only one-percent of its visible disk illuminated. Americans have been to the moon six times, but that hasn’t stopped crackpots from claiming that we’ve…

Good morning, Whitewater. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy, with a high of eighty-five, and a one-third chance of afternoon thundershowers. Yesterday’s FW poll asked if, as is now lawful in California, patrons should be allowed to bring dogs onto restaurant patios. Just over 77% of respondents answered affirmatively, in favor of dogs’ dining…

Good morning, Whitewater. Friday in town will be cloudy with a high of about eighty-five. On this day in 1776, the British arrive in New York: …the British arrive at Long Island, between Gravesend and New Utrecht, with “near twenty four thousand men ready to land in a moment,” according to one observer. General William…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have an even chance of thunderstorms today, with otherwise cloudy skies and a high of eighty-three. In Kenya earlier this month, it was reptile v. mammals in a battle over an elephant carcass: On this day in 1959, America becomes a fifty-state nation: Hawaii … is the 50th and most recent U.S. state to join…

Good morning, Whitewater. Wednesday in town will be mostly sunny with a high of eighty-three. Sunrise today is 6:07 AM and sunset is 7:49 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with twenty percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater CDA Seed Capital Screening Committee meets at 3:30 PM, and the Community Development Authority…

Good morning, Whitewater. Tuesday brings a slight chance of thunderstorms and a high of eighty-two. Sunrise is 6:06 AM and sunset 7:51 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with twenty-nine percent of its visible disk illuminated. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On August 19, 1934, Germany selected Adolf Hitler by plebiscite as…

Good morning, Whitewater. Monday brings a one-third chance of thunderstorms during the day, an eight-in-ten chance this evening, with a high of eighty. On this day in 1991, Soviet diehards stage a coup against Gorbachev: The 1991 Soviet coup d’état attempt, also known as the August Putsch or August Coup … Avgustovsky Putch), was a coup d’état attempt by a group of members…

Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of seventy-five, and east winds of ten mph. Sunrise today is 6:03 AM and sunset 7:54 PM. The moon is in its last quarter today. In the mid-August sky, the conjunction between Venus and Jupiter is on display. A short Vine clip…

Good morning, Whitewater. Saturday in the city will be partly sunny with a high of eighty-two. In Friday’s FW poll, readers could vote on whether stories about cats trapping their owners in the owners’ homes were evidence of feline fury or human hysteria. The results were close: 52.38% thought humans were being hysterical, but 47.62%…

Good morning, Whitewater. Friday in town will be mostly sunny with a high of seventy-eight. On this day in 1969, Woodstock began: The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—was a music festival, billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”. It was held at Max Yasgur‘s 600-acre (240 ha; 0.94 sq mi) dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in…

Good morning, Whitewater. Thursday will be sunny with a high of seventy-four. Whitewater’s Police & Fire Commission meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1945, the existence of a Japanese proclamation of surrender is made public: …an official announcement of Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allies is made public to the Japanese people:…

Good morning, Whitewater. Wednesday brings a slight chance of afternoon showers, but otherwise a partly sunny day with a high of seventy-eight. The Fire & Rescue Task Force meets tonight at 7:30 PM. On this day in 1961, Communist East Germany began construction of the Berlin Wall: On 15 June 1961, First Secretary of the Socialist…

Good morning, Whitewater. Election day brings a one-third chance of morning showers, with gradual clearing into a mostly sunny day, with a high of seventy-three. The city’s Parks & Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM today. On this day in 1939, the Wizard of Oz premieres in Oconomowoc: 1939 – Wizard of Oz World Premier…