Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in town will be sunny with a high of sixty-five. On this day in 1812, Napoleon captures Moscow, but doesn’t find what he expected: On September 14, 1812, Napoleon moved into the empty city that was stripped of all supplies by its governor, Feodor Rostopchin. Relying on classical rules of warfare…

Good morning, Whitewater. Saturday will be sunny and mild, with a high of fifty-nine. Sunrise today is 6:33 AM and sunset 7:08 PM. The moon is in a waning gibbous phase with 74% of its visible disk illuminated. Pacific Rim was a big-budget film about building giant robots to fight giant monsters – kaiju –…

Good morning, Whitewater. Friday brings a probability of light rain with a high of fifty-one to the Whippet City. On this day in 1940, French teenagers discover paleolithic drawings: Cave painting of a dun horse at Lascaux. Via Wikipedia. Lascaux (Lascaux Caves)…is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have a partly cloudy day with a high of just sixty-one today. Sunrise today is 6:30 AM and sunset 7:12 PM. The moon is in a waning gibbous phase with ninety-percent of its visible disk illuminated. On the International Space Station, astronauts have been studying fire in a weightless environment: It’s…

Good morning, Whitewater. Wednesday presents a rainy morning and a cloudy afternoon with a high of seventy-four. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority’s Seed Capital Committee meets at 3:30 PM today, and her Board of Directors at 5 PM. On this day in 1941, the late Stephen J Gould is born: Stephen Jay Gould, author of The…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have a partly cloudy day with a high of eighty this Tuesday, followed by thunderstorms tonight. On this day in 1776, America gets a new name: …the Continental Congress formally declares the name of the new nation to be the “United States” of America. This replaced the term “United Colonies,” which…

Good morning, Whitewater. Monday in the city will be mostly sunny with a high of seventy-six. Sunrise is 6:27 AM and sunset 7:17 PM. There’s a full moon this evening at 8:38 PM. It’s the thirds and final supermoon of summer: Common Council and the Community Development Authority will hold a joint meeting at 6:30…

Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of seventy-seven. Sunrise is 6:26 AM and sunset is 7:19 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with ninety-seven percent of its visible disk illuminated. It’s the birthday, from 9.7.1860, of Grandma Moses: Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 –…

Good morning. We’re in for a sunny Saturday, with a high of seventy-four. So a drone pilot pesters a ram, and the ram takes revenge by smashing the drone and then chasing & butting the pilot. Who’s at fault. Readers to yesterday’s FW poll overwhelmingly placed blame on the drone pilot, with 89.47% saying the…

Good morning, Whitewater. Friday in town will be mostly cloudy, with a probability of morning thundershowers, and a high of seventy-six. Sunrise is 6:24 AM and sunset 7:23 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with eighty-four percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1774, legislators gather: …in response to…

Good morning, Whitewater. Thursday will be a rainy day in town with a high of ninety. Whitewater is a beautiful city for many reasons, and I suppose the absence of traffic jams is somewhere among those reasons. Embedded below is a video from a commuter in Montreal, who hits heavy traffic at even at 6…

Good morning, Whitewater. It’s midweek already, and our Wednesday looks to be sunny with a high of eighty-three. Sunrise is 6:22 AM and sunset 7:26 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with sixty-four percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1783, the Revolutionary War comes to a formal end:…

Good morning, Whitewater. Tuesday brings a one-third chance of thunderstorms on an otherwise sunny day with a high of seventy-nine. Downtown Whitewater’s board meets this morning at 8 AM. This evening, Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On 9.2.1969, a new way to do banking begins in America: On this day in 1969, America’s first…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have a likelihood of showers this Labor Day, with a high of eighty. Do peacocks fly? Yes, and they come when called, too: On this day in 1775, King George refuses the Olive Branch Petition from America: Richard Penn and Arthur Lee were dispatched by Congress to carry the Petition to London, where, on…