Good morning. We’ll have a mostly sunny Sunday with a high of thirty. Luca Iaconi-Stewart has finished a 1:60-scale model of an Air India Boeing 777 from manila folders. The level of detail on his years-long project is truly extraordinary. It’s likely that one has never seen anyone command a greater attention to a paper…

Good morning. We’ve a likelihood of snow today, of about an inch, with a high of nineteen. Sunrise this Saturday is 7:21 AM, sunset is 4:50 PM, and the moon is in a waning gibbous phase with 94% of its visible disk illuminated. Every so often, while film makers are recording penguins, a bird of…

Good morning. Friday brings a likelihood of snow to Whitewater, with less than an inch of accumulation, and a high of seventeen. On this day in 1893, Hawaii loses its native government: On the Hawaiian Islands, a group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrow Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, and establish a…

Good morning. Whitewater will have about an inch of snow this afternoon, with a high just around freeing. In the city today, there’s a scheduled Public Information Meeting on the Reconstruction of the Downtown East Gateway area at 4:30 PM, and there is a meeting of the Fire & Rescue Task Force at 7:30 PM.…

Good morning. Today will be mostly sunny with a high of sixteen. On this day in 1967, the Packers win the first Super Bowl: ….at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first-ever world championship game of American football. In the mid-1960s, the intense competition for players…

Good morning. We’ll have snow today in Whitewater, amounting to between one and three inches by evening. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board is scheduled to meet at 5:30 PM today. On this day in 1784, the Second Continental Congress makes it official: ….the Continental Congress ratifies the Second Treaty of Paris, ending the War for…

Good morning. Whitewater’s week begins with a partly sunny day and a high of thirty-seven. The city’s Planning Commission meets this evening at 6 PM. If you’d like to begin your week with something thoughtful – and in that way truly inspirational – then Lizzie Velasquez’s talk at TEDxAustin is just the thing.  Velasquez has a…

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny, with a high of thirty-eight, and occasional gusts of wind as high as 25 mph. Friday’s FW poll is now closed, and readers collectively picked these four teams as the most likely to win the weekend NFL games: Seattle, Denver, San Francisco, and New England. With…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will b e cloudy with a high of thirty-four. Sunrise on January 11th is 7:25 AM, and sunset 4:42 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with 83% of its visible disk illuminated.   View of O’Neil Butte and surrounding areas from Cedar Ridge on the the South…

Of the remaining eight teams in the NFL playoffs, who wins? I’ll say Seattle, Indianapolis, San Franscisco, Denver. What do you think? The poll’s below, with multiple answers possible for your four picks. NFL Playoffs: Who Wins?

Good morning. Friday brings a high of thirty-six and a wintry mix of rain, freezing rain, and sleet during the day. On this day in 1861, President-elect Lincoln chooses wisely: …William Seward accepts President-elect Abraham Lincoln’s invitation to become secretary of state. Seward became one of the most important members of Lincoln’s cabinet and engineered…

Good morning. Thursday will be warmer: a high of twenty, with just a one-fifth chance of a wintry mix of sleet and snow in the late afternoon. On this day in 2007, Steve Jobs announces the first iPhone: SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9 — With characteristic showmanship, Steven P. Jobs introduced Apple’s long-awaited entry into the cellphone world Tuesday,…

Good morning. Whitewater will be cold today, but not as cold: a high of five degrees, with calmer winds producing wind chill values of zero to ten below. On this day in 1918, Pres. Wilson issued his Fourteen Points proposal: It will be our wish and purpose that the processes of peace, when they are…

Good morning. Tuesday will present partly sunny skies, a high of two degrees, and wind chill values between twenty-nine and thirty-nine below. On this day in 1901, a native-born Wisconsinite becomes governor: 1901 – Robert Marion La Follette Inaugurated as Governor On this date Robert M. La Follette was inaugurated as governor after winning the November 6,…