Good morning. Sunday will be sunny with a high of twenty-seven. Sunrise is 6:53 AM and sunset is 7:11 PM. The moon’s in its last quarter tonight at 8:47 PM. In London, Pepsi Co. decided to modify a bus shelter by adding a video screen, and then creating the illusion that fantastic, wholly unexpected things…

Good morning. Saturday in town will be an increasingly sunny day, with a high of thirty-six. Sunrise today is 6:55 AM and sunset 7:10 PM. The moon is in a waning gibbous phase with sixty-five precent of its visible disk illuminated. In Iowa, storm chasers have built a tornado-pursuing vehicle named Dorothy from a Ford…

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be an increasingly cloudy day, with a high of fifty-one. On this day in 1871, Stanley begins his search for Livingstone: …Henry Morton Stanley begins his famous search through Africa for the missing British explorer Dr. David Livingstone. In the late 19th century, Europeans and Americans were deeply fascinated…

Good morning. Thursday will be mostly sunny with a high of forty-five. A post at Relevant reminds that sometimes a problem offers its own solution: sometimes the very thing that causes your problems might also be the solution—in this case, a biker was knocked over by a speeding mattress, but also happened to land on…

Good morning. It’s a Wednesday of rain in the Whippet City, with a high of forty. Downtown Whitewater’s Board of Directors meets this morning at 8 AM. It seems that France, a place Americans tease as the home of the beret, has a problem: her last indigenous beret-maker is at risk of collapse — I’m…

Good morning. Sunrise today is 7:02 AM and sunset 7:05 PM. The moon is in a washing gibbous phase with ninety-six percent of its visible disk illuminated. We’ll have a partly sunny day today with a high of forty-five. Common Council and the Planning Commission meet jointly tonight at 6:30 PM on campus. Yesterday, I…

Good morning. St. Patrick’s Day in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of thirty-three. Google has a doodle on its search page today with a link to information about the holiday. I’m not of Irish ancestry, but yet still I know – as do most people – that this holiday isn’t meant to…

Good morning. Sunday will see gradually sunnier skies and a high of twenty=three in Whitewater. ‘Tracked landing vehicles (LVTs), jam-packed with 4th Marine Division troops, approach the Line of Departure at H-hour on D-day. In the center rear can be seen the control vessels which attempted to maintain order in the landing. Department of Defense…

Good morning. Sunrise this Saturday is 7:07 AM and sunset is 7:01 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with 99% of its visible disk illuminated. Today’s high will be thirty-five. Of Friday’s poll, over 80% of respondents thought that Rod Sommerville of Australia was sensible when he had a beer while waiting…

Good morning. Whitewater’s work week ends with partly sunny skies and a high of forty-seven. It’s Albert Einstein’s birthday (born this day in 1879). On this day in 1979, the Bucks set a team record: 1979 – Bucks Set Scoring Record Milwaukee set a team scoring record for a regulation-length game with 158 points against…

Good morning. Sunrise today is 7:10 AM and sunset 6:59 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with ninety-one percent of its visible disk illuminated. Thursday will be an increasingly cloudy day, with a high of thirty-seven. Whitewater’s Fire & Rescue Task Force will meet at 6 PM tonight. Image of the planet…

Good morning. We’ll have a gradually sunnier day today, with a high of twenty-eight. On this day in 1933, Pres. Roosevelt gives his first fireside chat: …eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address or “fireside chat,” broadcast directly from the White House. Roosevelt began that first address…

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be rainy, with a high of forty-one. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1941, Pres. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill into law.  Here’s how the New York Times reported the story: Washington, March 11 _ President Roosevelt signed the history making lease-lend…

Good morning. Our week begins with sunny skies and mild temperatures, with a Monday high of forty-nine. Tonight at 6 PM, the Planning Commission meets; at 7 PM there will be a joint meeting of the Planning Commission and Common Council for a public hearing of proposed residential zoning code changes from the Zoning Rewrite…