Good morning. It’s a cold Friday, with blowing snow in the afternoon (but otherwise partly sunny) and a high of eleven. Wind chill values will be between fifteen to twenty-five below. Chicago has some new residents: On this day in 1861, Delaware wisely sticks with the Union: …just two weeks after South Carolina became the…

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be increasingly sunny, with a high of eleven (wind chili values will be between zero and ten below). On this day in 1920, prolific author Isaac Asimov is born in Russia. On January 2, 1957, crime strikes – and tellingly surprises – Janesville: 1957 – Teen Girls Burgle American…

Good morning. Whitewater’s year begins with about an additional inch of snow today (after a few inches overnight), and a high of thirteen. Sunrise was 7:26 AM and sunset will be 4:32 PM. It’s a new year, and also a new moon, today. On this day in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect. January…

Good morning. Our year in Whitewater closes with a high of nine and evening snow showers. Sunrise was 7:26 AM and sunset will be 4:31 PM. The moon is only a sliver, being a waning crescent with only 1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1991, the last institutions of the Soviet…

Good morning. Our month and year in Whitewater are ending with especially cold temperatures: the high today will be seven, with wind chill values of ten to twenty below. So, it really does make sense to look before one leaps: Deer dies at National Zoo after jumping into cheetah pen WASHINGTON (AP) – Two cheetahs…

Good morning. We’ll have a probability of a wintry mix today, of freezing rain and snow showers, with little or no accumulation of snow. Temperatures will fall from a high of thirty-three to about eleven degrees by 5 PM. The results of the latest FW poll are in, and on the question of whether a…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny and relatively mild, with a high of thirty-nine. A video is sometimes popular more than once, achieving notoriety initially and then again at a later date. That’s true of this recording, of a puppy practicing to howl: On this day in 1973, the publication of a political…

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of thirty-one. On this day in 1900, fanatical temperance warrior Carrie (also spelled Carry) Nation goes to town on a bar: Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashes up the bar at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kansas, causing several thousand dollars in damage and landing…

Good morning. Thursday brings a high of twenty-three, with a likelihood of about half an inch of snow. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:27 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with 38% of its visible disk illuminated. Dictator and mass murderer Mao Tse-tsung is born on this day in 1893. Also on this…

Good morning. Christmas Eve will be increasingly cloudy, with a high of fifteen, and wind chill values of zero to fifteen below. We’ll have a likelihood of one to two inches of snow later tonight. There’s a dog in Wellesley, Massachusetts who’ll have a happy Christmas after all: On this day in 1814, a war…

Good morning. Monday will be a day of snow showers, with the temperatures falling to nine degrees by 5 PM. On this day in 1783, Gen. Washington resigns as commander of the American military: “Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a…

Good morning. It’s a snowy Sunday for Whitewater, with a daytime accumulation of about four inches, for a total of about eight inches, and a daytime high of twenty-eight. There are, snowfall notwithstanding, effective and safe ways to get around. On this day in 1864, General Sherman gave Pres. Lincoln an early Christmas gift: “I…

Good morning. We will have a thirty-percent chance of afternoon snow, but a near-certainty of evening snow, with an accumulation of three to five inches. The high for today will be thirty degrees. Sunrise today is 7:23 AM and sunset 4:24 PM. The moon is a waning gibbous with 84% of its visible disk illuminated.…

Good morning. Friday will bring periods of freezing rain and a high of thirty. School’s canceled – play responsibly. Earlier this month, at Lake Superior, they had a winter waterspout – a snownado (of which few have ever been photographed): On this day in 1803, the French turn New Orleans over to America. Puzzability‘s Christmas-song…