Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in town will be partly cloudy with a high of sixty-three, and just a one-in-five chance of rain. Reality’s catching up with science fiction: here’s a drone race in France that looks like a scene from Star Wars — On this day in 1492, Columbus’s first voyage comes within sight of…

Good morning, Whitewater. It’s sunny skies ahead in town today, with a high of sixty. Sunrise is 7:04 AM and sunset is 6:19 PM. The moon is a waning gibbous with eighty-seven percent of its visible disk illuminated. On a beautiful day like this, one can expect at least a few residents to enjoy skateboarding,…

Good morning, Whitewater. Our work week ends with mostly sunny skies and a high of fifty-eight. It’s a great musician’s birthday: Thelonious Sphere Monk[2] (October 10, 1917[3] – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered one of the giants of American music.[4] Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous…

Good morning, Whitewater. Our Thursday will be sunny with a high of fifty-nine. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 6:22 PM. The moon’s a waning gibbous with ninety-eight percent of its visible disk illuminated. Paper airplanes will never go out of style, but that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t benefit from upgrades: Google-a-Day poses a question…

Good morning, Whitewater. Wednesday morning brought a lunar eclipse to North America. Wisconsin’s in North America, Whitewater’s in Wisconsin, so we got to see it, too. If you didn’t have a chance to view it early this morning, here’s a video recording of the eclipse from NASA (video updated as timelapse, 8:15 PM): Our weather…

Good morning, Whitewater. Tuesday in town will be partly cloudy with a high of sixty-four. At 8 AM this morning, there is a scheduled meeting of Downtown Whitewater’s board of directors. This evening, at 6:30 PM, Common Council will meet. Does your workplace have an office dog, a canine who lives with you and your…

Good morning, Whitewater. The beginning of our week will be mostly sunny with a high of fifty-eight. Sunrise today is 6:58 AM and sunset 6:28 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with ninety-six percent of its visible disk illuminated. Friday’s FW poll asked respondents whether they thought a dog (Sammy, a boxer)…

Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in town will be fair with a high of fifty-six. Sunrise today is 6:57 AM and sunset is 6:29 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with eighty-nine percent of its visible disk illuminated. A camera crew in Iceland recorded the volcanic eruption of the Bardabunga Volcano using a…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have about a one-third chance of showers, on a Saturday with a high of forty-six. Saturday Night Live has a suggestion for the NFL on player introductions. One can think of it as a version of truth-in-advertising: On this day in 1957, the Soviets launch Sputnik 1 into orbit: The Sputnik…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have morning showers with a high of fifty-five. On this day in 1990, after decades of division and Communist oppression, East Germany is reunified with the West: The Volkskammer, the Parliament of East Germany, passed a resolution on 23 August 1990 seeking the accession (Beitritt) of the German Democratic Republic to…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have a probability of thunderstorms today, with a high temperature of seventy-four. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. Wilson attends a 1918 parade. Via Wikipedia. On this day in 1919, Pres. Wilson suffers a stroke while in office: The immediate cause of Wilson’s incapacity in September 1919 was the…

Good morning, Whitewater. A new month begins, with partly cloudy skies and a high of seventy-one. Sunrise is 6:52 AM and sunset 6:36 PM. We’ll have a first quarter moon this afternoon. On this day in 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park: Yosemite National Park … is a United States National Park…

Good morning, Whitewater. Month’s end in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of sixty-two. On this day in 1954, America commissions the world’s first nuclear submarine: Nautilus passes under the George Washington Bridge during a visit to New York Harbor in 1956. Via Wikipedia. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world’s first operational nuclear-powered…

Good morning, Whitewater. Monday in town will be warm, with a high of eighty-one, accompanied by an even chance of late afternoon thundershowers. There will be a meeting of the Urban Forestry Commission at 2:15 PM. Later, at 6:30 PM, there will be an informational meeting about construction at the intersection of Center and Whitewater…