Good morning. We’ll have a high of fifty-six today, with a twenty-percent chance of afternoon showers. We are far from the Atlantic Ocean, and so among the many immediate concerns of Wisconsinites, the lionfish, fortunately, is not one: The clear waters around Bermuda are as picturesque as you can imagine, and the brilliantly colored fish…

Good morning. We’ll have a Saturday of probable (60%), late afternoon showers and a high of fifty-one. John Trumbull, Surender of Lord Cornwallis. On October 19, 1781, an American and French victory over Britain truly and without overstatement changes world history profoundly: Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers…

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of forty-nine. If you happen to enjoy a polite, turn-taking conversation today, you’ll not be alone. A marmoset may be having a similar experience. Asif Ghazanfar, a neurobiologist at Princeton University, finds that other than humans, marmosets are the only known species to…

Good morning. We’ll have a Thursday that brings morning showers and a high of fifty-six. On this day in 1931 Al Capone goes to prison: …gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and…

Good morning. Midweek in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of fifty-three, and winds from the west at 10 mph. Zoologists recently found something in the jungles of southeast Asia…a giant flying squirrel that puts our own local species to shame: Biswamoyopterus laoensis is a large flying squirrel that weighs 1.8 kg and measures…

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be a rainy day with a high of sixty-three. The Alcohol Licensing Review Committee meets at 5:30 PM, and Common Council at 6:30 PM this evening. On this day in 1945, the Vichy leader and Nazi collaborator Pierre Laval meets his fate: Hostile to the declaration of war against…

Good morning. Monday brings areas of frost and fog in the morning, giving way to sunny skies and a high of sixty-two. Sunrise will be 7:07 AM and sunset 6:14 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with 79% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. On…

Good morning. Sunday will be sunny with a high of sixty-one. From Friday’s poll (The Dog-Defending, Raccoon-Tossing Incident), there’s a clear verdict: the raccoon got what he served for attacking Toaster the Dog. Last week, by the way, Rose posted video of a raccoon he captured that may be the same one that attacked his…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater offers a probability of showers in the morning, and a high of sixty-nine. On this day in 1860, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, co-inventor of the gyroscope, is born. His work greatly aided navigation: To navigate using a magnetic compass requires constant adjustment because of the difference between true north and magnetic…

Good morning. Friday will bring patchy fog in the early morning, but thereafter a mostly sunny day, with a high near seventy-three. On this day in 1968, the first manned Apollo mission completes 163 orbits around Earth as a precursor to a lunar mission: Cape Kennedy, Fla., Oct. 11–Three American astronauts rocketed into orbit today…

Good morning. After early morning fog, Thursday will be sunny with a high of seventy-two with southeast winds of around 5 mph. On this day in 1917, jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk is born. He passed away in 1982. Here’s Straight, No Chaser: On this day in 1982, the Brewers win the American League…

Good morning. Our midweek will be sunny, with a high of seventy-one, and south winds around 5 mph. On this day in 1635, Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts. He later founds his own settlement: Religious dissident Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by the General Court of Massachusetts. Williams had spoken…

Good morning. Tuesday in the Whippet City will be sunny with a high of seventy-three. Tonight, as part of a years-long series, there will be a joint Common Council-Planning Commission meeting to discuss the Zoning Re-write Project, beginning at 5:30 PM. One can expect all the fuss in the world over this, from more than…

Good morning. Monday will be mostly sunny, with a high of sixty-four, and west winds of 10 to 15 mph. China, one reads, faces an insect threat: The world’s biggest hornet is wreaking havoc in northwestern China, where 42 people have died after being swarmed and stung in Shaanxi Province, according to the Chinese news agency…