Good morning. A mostly cloudy Sunday, with a high of seventy-four, awaits. NASA recently launched a new moon probe, LADEE, and after a technical glitch now resolved, it’s on the way. ….LADEE moon mission, short for Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, is aimed at studying the moon’s thin atmosphere and solving long-standing mysteries of…

Good morning. Saturday will be partly sunny, with a high of eighty-five, and a one-fifth chance of afternoon thundershowers. Sunrise was 6:26 AM, and sunset will be 7:19 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5% of its visible disk illuminated. What do the skies above Japan look like? They look like this:

Good morning. Friday arrives as an increasingly sunny day, with a high of eighty-three. On this day in 1915, Britain produces the first tank: On this day in 1915, a prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie rolls off the assembly line in England. Little Willie was far from an overnight success. It weighed 14 tons, got…

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high of seventy-four and east winds of 5 to 10 mph. The Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6 PM in the City Manger’s Secret Lair Conference Room, on the second floor of City Hall. On this day in 1836, Texas elects a president: ….Sam…

Good morning. Wednesday will be sunny with a high of eighty-two, with west winds of 5 mph. Sunrise was 6:23 AM and sunset will be 7:24 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with only 1% of its visible disk illuminated. Via Wikipedia – Geronimo – Apache (1905) Description by Edward S. Curtis: This portrait…

Good morning. It’s a beautiful Tuesday for Whitewater: sunny, a high near seventy-five, and calm winds from the west at 5 mph in the morning. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1783, the Revolutionary War comes to a legal end: The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives…

Good morning. A mild and partly sunny Labor Day awaits, with a high of seventy-two and northwest winds at 5 to 10 mph. Sunrise was 6:21 AM and sunset will be 7:27 PM. On this day in 1945, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. The Associated Press reported the news: Aboard…

Good morning. A new month begins, with high of eighty-three and an even chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Sunrise was 6:20 AM, and sunset will be 7:29 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with 14% of its visible disk illuminated. The Friday Poll’s now closed, but on the question of whether it’s a good idea…

Good morning. The month ends on an initially cloudy day that will later grow sunnier, with a high of eighty, and northeast winds of 5 mph. On this day in 1980, the Polish trade union Solidarity formally organizes, after weeks of labor strikes, to represent Polish workers in a Communist country that supposedly had no…

Good morning. We’ve an even chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, with a high of ninety-one, and southwest winds five to fifteen mph. The Picture shows a East-German Teleprinter of Type T63-SU12 from Siemens (formerly Siemens & Halske). This Teleprinter was used from 1963-1980 as a part of the special transatlantic Moscow–Washington hotline, also known as…

Good morning. We’ll have a sunny Thursday with a high of eighty-five and calm winds. Those wishing to hear the School Board meeting of Monday, August 26th (during which the Board hired a new principal for the middle school, among other items) can do so via Whitewater Community Television. The program airs again today at…

Good morning. We’ll have occasional morning drizzle in the Whippet City, with patchy fog. Thereafter, Wednesday will gradually become sunnier, with a high of 83. Downtown Whitewater’s Board of Directors meets this morning at 8 AM. Sixteen-year-old Noah Graham had an unexpected and violent encounter with a wolf, but now Noah’s fortunately recovering and the…

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny and hot, with a high of ninety-two and a heat index near one-hundred. An 1888 lithograph of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa via Wikipedia On this day in 1883, the largest volcanic eruption recorded kills tens of thousands: The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history…

Good morning. Our week begins with sunny and hot skies, a high of ninety, and southwest winds around 10 mph. On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment went into effect, with no public, signing ceremony beforehand: Washington, Aug. 26 — The half-century struggle for woman suffrage in the United States reached its climax at…