Good morning. Our month and year in Whitewater are ending with especially cold temperatures: the high today will be seven, with wind chill values of ten to twenty below. So, it really does make sense to look before one leaps: Deer dies at National Zoo after jumping into cheetah pen WASHINGTON (AP) – Two cheetahs…

Good morning. We’ll have a probability of a wintry mix today, of freezing rain and snow showers, with little or no accumulation of snow. Temperatures will fall from a high of thirty-three to about eleven degrees by 5 PM. The results of the latest FW poll are in, and on the question of whether a…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny and relatively mild, with a high of thirty-nine. A video is sometimes popular more than once, achieving notoriety initially and then again at a later date. That’s true of this recording, of a puppy practicing to howl: On this day in 1973, the publication of a political…

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of thirty-one. On this day in 1900, fanatical temperance warrior Carrie (also spelled Carry) Nation goes to town on a bar: Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashes up the bar at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kansas, causing several thousand dollars in damage and landing…

Good morning. Thursday brings a high of twenty-three, with a likelihood of about half an inch of snow. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:27 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with 38% of its visible disk illuminated. Dictator and mass murderer Mao Tse-tsung is born on this day in 1893. Also on this…

Good morning. Christmas Eve will be increasingly cloudy, with a high of fifteen, and wind chill values of zero to fifteen below. We’ll have a likelihood of one to two inches of snow later tonight. There’s a dog in Wellesley, Massachusetts who’ll have a happy Christmas after all: On this day in 1814, a war…

Good morning. Monday will be a day of snow showers, with the temperatures falling to nine degrees by 5 PM. On this day in 1783, Gen. Washington resigns as commander of the American military: “Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a…

Good morning. It’s a snowy Sunday for Whitewater, with a daytime accumulation of about four inches, for a total of about eight inches, and a daytime high of twenty-eight. There are, snowfall notwithstanding, effective and safe ways to get around. On this day in 1864, General Sherman gave Pres. Lincoln an early Christmas gift: “I…

Good morning. We will have a thirty-percent chance of afternoon snow, but a near-certainty of evening snow, with an accumulation of three to five inches. The high for today will be thirty degrees. Sunrise today is 7:23 AM and sunset 4:24 PM. The moon is a waning gibbous with 84% of its visible disk illuminated.…

Good morning. Friday will bring periods of freezing rain and a high of thirty. School’s canceled – play responsibly. Earlier this month, at Lake Superior, they had a winter waterspout – a snownado (of which few have ever been photographed): On this day in 1803, the French turn New Orleans over to America. Puzzability‘s Christmas-song…

Good morning. There’s a forty-percent chance of freezing rain in the late afternoon, with a high for the day of thirty-one. Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets today at 9 AM. On this day in 1776, Thomas Paine publishes the first portion of The American Crisis. The essays begin with one of Paine’s most memorable descriptions:…

Good morning. Wednesday will be partly sunny with a high of thirty-one. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets tonight at 5 PM. On this day in 1620, the Mayflower docks at Plymouth Harbor: On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower anchored at what is now Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod. Before going ashore, 41 male passengers–heads of families,…

Good morning. We will have an even chance of snow this Tuesday morning, with a high for the day of twenty-nine. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Review Committee meets at 6:10 PM, and Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1903, the Wright Brothers achieve a technological triumph: the first ‘controlled, powered and sustained…

Good morning. Monday brings snow, about an inch or two, and a high of seventeen. There’s an overwhelming response to the question whether a market should be in the business of Reselling Stolen Meat? — 89.09% of respondents said no, the market should not resell. ‘Iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled “The Destruction…