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…

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…