Good morning. Sunday will be partly sunny with a high of fifteen.  Northwest winds at 10 to 15 mph with lead to wind chill values of five to ten below. It’s Bill of Rights Day, as the Bill of Rights came into effect as the first ten amendments to the Constitution on 12.15.1791, following ratification…

Good morning. Saturday brings a near-certainty of snow to Whitewater, with a high of twenty-seven.  Accumulations may amount to two inches or so. On this day in 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first person to reach the South Pole:   Roald Amundsen and his crew looking at the Norwegian flag at the South Pole,…

Good morning. We will have a slight chance of snow after 5 PM, but a likelihood after 9 PM, with a high of twenty-four for the day. Accumulations, if any, are forecast at around an inch. On this day in 2000, Vice President Al Gore concedes defeat: Vice President Al Gore reluctantly concedes defeat to…

Good morning. We’ll have a partly sunny Thursday with a high of seventeen. Southwest winds of ten to twenty miles per hour will produce windchill values well below zero. People sometimes wonder what it would be like to fly. An eagle in Chamonix shares its bird’s-eye view: On 12.12.1901, Guglielmo Marconi sends a radio transmission…

Good morning. Midweek in Whitewater will be a day of gradual clearing, with the temperature falling to around three by late afternoon (by which wind chill values will be between five an fifteen below). NASA’s Juno spacecraft used the moon’s gravity to gain a slingshot boost on the way to Jupiter (with an expected arrival…

Good morning. There’s a chance of snow his morning, with only slight accumulation expected, and then gradual clearing with a high of sixteen. Wind chill values will be between five and fifteen below. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets this afternoon at 5:30 PM. On 12.10.1901, the first Nobel Prizes are awarded: The first Nobel…

Good morning. We’ll have gradually clearing skies this Monday, with a high of seventeen (wind chill values being between five and five below). There are three municipal meetings scheduled for today. At 5:00 PM, there’s a special meeting of the Community Development Authority. At 6 PM, the Planning Commission meets, and at the same time…

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will bring a near-certainty of afternoon snow, with accumulations of about an inch. The high for today will be twenty-five. A second snowfall is likely overnight, again with an accumulation of about an inch. On this day in 1941, America followed the attack on Pearl Harbor with a declaration of…

Good morning. Saturday will be sunny with a high of sixteen, with wind chill values of zero to ten below. On this day in 1941, at 7:48 AM local time, Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor. Wisconsinite Russ Warrnier survived the attack: 1941 – Wisconsin Man Survives Pearl Harbor Attack On this date Russ Warriner, a…

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of seventeen. On this day in 1884, workers finish the Washington Monument: …in Washington, D.C., workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid atop a tower of white marble, completing the construction of an impressive monument to the city’s namesake and the nation’s first president,…

Good morning. We’ll have a chance of flurries in the morning, then mostly sunny skies and temperatures falling into the twenties. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM, as will the Fire & Rescue Task Force (6 PM). On this day in 1901, Walt Disney is born. In the Wisconsin of December 5, 1879, a…

Good morning. Wednesday brings an even chance of rain and a high of forty-nine to Whitewater. On this day in 1780, George Washington’s cousin successfully tricks the enemy: A force of Continental dragoons commanded by Colonel William Washington–General George Washington’s second cousin once removed–corners Loyalist Colonel Rowland Rugeley and his followers in Rugeley’s house and…

Good morning. Whitewater will have a forty percent chance of drizzle and rain today, with a high of forty-four. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. Koalas are small and benign-looking animals that are sometimes ornery and that are capable of making sounds far deeper than tiny animals should be able to make. Mary Bates…

Good morning. Monday begins with freezing fog in the morning, later to become cloudy with a high of thirty-nine. On this day in 1804, Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France. Waterloo comes later. On 12.2.1954, the United States Senate censures a Wisconsinite: 1954 – McCarthy Censured by Senate On December 2, 1954, the United States…