Good morning. Sunday will be mostly sunny with highs in the lower forties. It’s on this day in 1862 that the Confederate ironclad Virginia clashes with the Union Monitor off Hampton Roads, Virginia. “The Monitor and Merrimac: The First Fight Between Ironclads”, a chromolithograph of the Battle of Hampton Roads, produced by Louis Prang &…

Good morning. We will have gradual clearing in the Whippet City today, with a high of twenty-seven. Sunrise on Saturday is 6:19 AM and sunset 5:53 PM. The moon is in its first quarter. Friday’s poll results are in: there’s very little support (only 15.79%) for living in a giant hamster wheel. Lego has a…

Good morning. We’ll have a slight chance (20%) of afternoon rain, with a high of thirty-nine. On this day in 1811, a great naturalist (to be) is born: 1811 – Increase Allen Lapham Born A pioneer naturalist and noted author, Increase Allen Lapham was instrumental in establishing the Milwaukee public high school program. He was one of…

Good morning. Thursday will be a mostly sunny day with a high of twenty-eight. Sunrise today is 6:22 AM and sunset is 5:51 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with 32% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. On this day in 1899, Bayer patents aspirin: …the Imperial…

Good morning. Ash Wednesday in Whitewater will see snow and a high of twenty-one. The Landmarks Commission meets tonight Thursday at 6 PM. On this day in 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his ‘Iron Curtain’ speech at Westminster College in Missouri. (Churchill, himself, titled the speech as ‘Sinews of Peace.’) Here’s how the New York Times…

Good morning. It’s a snowy Shrove Tuesday morning in Whitewater, giving way to clouds and a high of twenty-two. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1789, a federal government under the Constitution begins: The first session of the U.S. Congress is held in New York City as the U.S. Constitution takes effect. However,…

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of twelve degrees. Sunrise is 6:27 AM today, and sunset 5:47 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with eight percent of its visible disk illuminated. Alexander Graham Bell is born on this day in 1847. On this day in 1823, a self-professed…

Good morning. It will be cold today, with partly sunny skies and a high of nine degrees. Sunrise is 6:29 AM and sunset 5:46 PM. We had a new moon yesterday, so today only three percent of the moon’s visible disk is illuminated. It’s Dr. Seuss’s birthday. He would have been one-hundred ten today. On…

Good morning. One often hears that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. We’ll see. The results from yesterday’s poll about Vladimir Putin (Benign Statesman or Meddling Autocrat?) are in, and respondents delivered a decisive verdict: meddling autocrat, with 90.91% of the vote. It’s the anniversary of the Peace Corps’…

Good morning. Our week in Whitewater ends with mostly cloudy skies and a high of twenty-one. There’s high probability (about 80%) of about an inch of snow overnight tonight. On this day in 1953, one of the most profound discoveries of biology: Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announce that they…

Good morning. Thursday will be sunny and cold, with a high of six degrees. Sunrise today is 6:34 AM and sunset 5:42 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with just four percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Tech Park Board meets at 8 AM, and the Fire & Rescue Task Force at 6…

Good morning. We’ll have a sunny day in Whitewater with a high of about nine degrees. Downtown Whitewater’s board meets this morning at 8 AM. This afternoon, the Seed Capital Screening Committee meets at 4 PM, and the CDA board at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1912, activists of Rock County form a suffrage…

Good morning. Whitewater will have a partly sunny day with a high of thirteen. This afternoon, at 4:30 PM, Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets. At 6:00 PM, there will be a joint Common Council – Planning Commission meting to conduct a public hearing on the commercial provisions of the Zoning Re-write project. On this day…

Good morning. Monday will be an increasingly cloudy day with a high of twenty. Of local government, the Board of Canvass meets today following last Tuesday’s Spring Primary voting in the Fourth Council District, during which they will select candidates for the April 1st general election. On 2.24.1868, the House of Representatives impeaches Pres. Andrew…