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…

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high of twenty-two. Moderate winds will produce wind chill values near zero for the day. On 2.23.1954, doctors in Pittsburgh begin the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine. After this, a crippling and killing disease slowly, and irreversibly, loosens…

Good morning. Saturday will be mostly sunny with a high of twenty-seven. The results of yesterday’s poll are now in, on the question of whether Lykoi cats are preferable. I like cats, and even I had only a mild yes to the question, but 75% of respondents voted against them. So, they’re probably not destined…

Good morning. There’s a probability of snow this morning, of about a half an inch in accumulation, and afterward a mostly sunny day with a high of twenty seven. On February 21, 1885, the Washington Monument is dedicated: The 555-foot-high marble obelisk was first proposed in 1783, and Pierre L’Enfant left room for it in…

Good morning. Whitewater has a wintry mix ahead this morning, but mostly rain for later in the day (with a chance for thunderstorms in the afternoon). Our high temperature today will be forty-three. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1962, John Glenn traveled 81,000 miles, and in so doing became…

Good morning. Wednesday brings sunny skies and a balmy, forty-degree temperature. On this day in 1945, America began the invasion of Iwo Jima, a notably intense, month-long battle against Japanese forces. The Associated Press reported the Marines’ landing: Advanced Headquarters, Guam, Monday, Feb. 19 – American Marines, their path cleared by the most intensive neutralization…

Good morning. We’ll have fog in the morning, clouds throughout the day, and a high of thirty-eight. It’s the Spring Primary election in Whitewater, for candidates in the 4th Council District. Whitewater’s Police and Fire Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. On Japan’s Okunoshima Island (know as the ‘Rabbit Island’), wild rabbits are always on…

Good morning. Whitewater will have heavy snow today, with an accumulation of about four to six inches. We’ll have a high temperature of twenty-five. On this day in 1972, Nixon goes to China. On this day, twelve years ago, a Wisconsinite strikes gold at Salt Lake City: 2002 – Wisconsin Skater Takes Gold On this…