Good morning. Sunday will be mostly sunny with a high of twenty-four. One often hears about a bird’s eye view. What would that be like? Something like this, perhaps — On 11.24.1824, a beer magnate is born: 1824 – Frederick Miller Born On this date brewing barron Frederick Miller was born in Riedlingen, Wurttemberg, Germany.…

Good morning. We will have a blustery and chilly day, with a high of twenty-two, and wind gusts as high as thirty mph. I’ve added two additional points to my reply to an editorial about Janesville’s transit bus. See, The Gazette‘s Laughable, Damage-Control Editorial. The program and the editorial defense of it are, both of…

Good morning. We’ll have a good chance of morning snow today (no accumulation expected), with a high of thirty-five. It’s the fiftieth anniversary of Pres. Kenendy’s assassination. Here’s how the New York Times reported the tragic events of that day: Dallas, Nov. 22–President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot and killed by an assassin today. He…

Good morning. We’ll have a one-third chance of rain today with a high of forty-five. On this day in 1783, a balloon flight over Paris:   ‘The first manned hot-air balloon, designed by the Montgolfier brothers, takes off from the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, on November 21, 1783’ via Wikipedia French physician Jean-François Pilatre de…

Good morning. A quick note about a post later today — Last night, Whitewater’s Common Council voted 4-2 for reduced funding for the now-renamed ‘Janesville-Milton-Whitewater’ bus for 2014. I’ve argued against any funding, but reduced funding is still a gain for better policy. In a city that’s now overcoming some truly debilitating past mistakes, movement…

Good morning. Tuesday will be sunny with a high of forty-two.  We’ll have light winds from the south at 5 to 10 mph.  Sunrise is 6:52 AM and sunset will be 4:28 PM. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1863, Pres. Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address: On November 19, 1863,…

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be colder than yesterday, with a high of forty. We’ll have another breezy day, with gusts of winds for today reaching to 25 mph. Sunrise today is 6:51 AM, and sunset 4:29 PM. The moon for November 18th is in a waning gibbous phase with 99% of its visible…

Good morning. Sunday brings showers and thunderstorms with a high of sixty-one. Winds will be from the south, and later southwest, reaching 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph this afternoon. November 17, 1869 sees a grand opening: The Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas, is inaugurated in…

Good morning. Saturday brings showers and possible afternoon thunderstorm to Whitewater, with a high of fifty-five. Whatever our weather, we’ll never see a nearby natural event like the one those near Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung recently saw: On 11.16.2001, a film series begins: On this day in 2001, the British author J.K. Rowling’s star creation–bespectacled boy…

Good morning. Whitewater will have a mostly sunny Friday, with a high of fifty-one, and southwest winds of 5 to 10 mph. On this day in 1864, Gen. Sherman begins his March to the Sea: …Union General William T. Sherman begins his expedition across Georgia by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away…

Good morning. Thursday in town will be sunny with a high of forty-six. Whitewater’s Police & Fire Commission meets tonight at 5:30 PM. ‘Illustration from an early edition of Moby-Dick’ via Wikipedia On this day in 1851, Harper & Brothers publishes Melville’s Moby-Dick: ….Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville about the voyage of the whaling…

Good morning. Midweek in Whitewater will be sunny and breezy with a high of thirty-six. Winds will be from the southwest at 10 to 15 mph, with gusts up to 30 mph. Many Wisconsin farmers have sheep or goats, and being familiar with those animals, they know how sure-footed they are. Scientists are now working…

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny, clear, and crisp, with a high of thirty. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Department meets today at 5:30 PM. The most recent FW poll asked whether there should be Another Star Wars Film? Just over sixty-percent of respondents wanted to see more films in this series. Here’s a…

Good morning. Monday will be a mix of rain or snow in the morning, with a high of thirty-eight for the day, and temperatures falling into the twenties by late afternoon. Whitewater’s Planning Commission will meet at 6 PM tonight. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the…