Good morning. We will enjoy a mostly sunny day in Whitewater with a high of fifteen degrees. Sunrise is 7 AM today, and sunset 5:16 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with seventy-nine percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1950, a Wisconsin senator levels an accusation: Joseph Raymond…

Good morning. We’ll have snow today in Whitewater, with an accumulation of one to two inches, and a high of seventeen. It was a good day in Sochi for Sage Kotsenburg, who won a snowboarding gold: Here’s his happy, justifiably proud tweet afterward: WOW!! I just won the Olympics!! Bringing back the first Gold here…

Good morning. Our Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of twelve. Sunrise is 7:03 AM and sunset will be 5:16 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with 59% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1964, its Beatlemania: On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight…

Good morning. Thursday brings sunny skies and cold temperatures, with a high of seven. Wind chill values will be between ten and twenty below, from west winds of five to ten miles per hour. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. It’s Babe Ruth’s birthday: George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August…

Good morning. We’ll have a day of light snow or flurries today, with only a slight accumulation of less than half and inch, and a high of seventeen. On this day in 1917, Congress overrides Pres. Wilson’s veto, and passes immigration restrictions: With more than a two-thirds majority, Congress overrides President Woodrow Wilson’s veto of…

Good morning. We’ll have about an even chance of snow during the day, and a probability of snow this evening, with a daytime high temperature of twenty-one. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1789, the Electoral College makes its pick: “George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary…

Good morning. Our week begins with sunny skies and a high of nineteen. Sunrise today is 7:07 AM and sunset 5:11 PM. The Super Bowl now over, those of us who thought that Denver would win can at least console ourselves that there’s no second-guessing to afflict us; the outcome wasn’t close enough to inspire…

Good morning. Earlier today, prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, and so predicted six more weeks of winter. In the USA Today story linked above, reporter Doyle Rice connects Groundhog Day to the celebration of Candlemas: Groundhog Day has its origins in an ancient celebration of Candlemas, a point midway between the winter solstice…

Good morning. Whitewater’s month begins with a high of twenty-four, and snow throughout the day amounting to one to three inches. Google has a doodle on its search page today celebrating the life of Harriet Tubman. Born a slave in 1820, living until 1913, and for that time a life of accomplishment: As a child…

Good morning. Friday will be mostly cloudy with a high of fourteen. On this day in 1865, the House of Representatives passed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. The New York Times reported news of the House vote: The great feature of the existing rebellion was the passage to-day by the House of Representatives of…

Good morning. We’ll have a windy Thursday in Whitewater, with a high of twenty-nine, and about an inch of snow in the afternoon. Meanwhile, the view from Norway: Northern lights from Tromsø, Norway, on Jan. 9, 2014. Photographer Harald Albrigtsen. On this day in 1948, an assassin murders Mohandas Gandhi. Here’s Puzzability‘s Thursday game: This Week’s…

Good morning. We’ll have a sunny day with a high of nineteen today. For those looking for a new hobby, one reads that America is experiencing a falconry revival: In 1968, when Lars Sego was eight years old, he decided he wanted to become a falconer. He put a hood and jess on a chicken…

Good morning. It will be another cold day today, with a high of zero and wind chill values of thirty to forty below. Sunrise for Tuesday is 7:14 AM, and sunset is 5:03 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with 7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1986, the space shuttle…

Good morning. We’ll have a cold day in Whitewater, with a high of six below zero, and wind chill values of twenty-five to thirty below. The Whitewater Schools are closed today and tomorrow. On this day in 1888, the National Geographic Society is born: …The 33 men who originally met and formed the National Geographic…