Beautiful Sunday weather is ahead for Whitewater. We’ll have partly sunny skies, a high of seventy-two, and light winds at five to ten miles per hour. On this day in 1961, “astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral,…

Good morning. A Saturday of isolated, afternoon thunderstorms and a high of sixty-nine awaits. Whitewater will enjoy 14h 13m of sunlight, 15h 16m of daylight, with a waning crescent moon. On this day in 1927, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded. At the Academy’s website, among so many other offerings, there’s an…

Good morning. It will be a rainy day with a high of fifty-one for Whitewater. It’s Machiavelli’s birthday: On this day in 1469, the Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli is born. A lifelong patriot and diehard proponent of a unified Italy, Machiavelli became one of the fathers of modern political theory…. Machiavelli’s political life…

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be a bit cooler, and a bit wetter (perhaps), than yesterday: a high of fifty-nine and a one-third chance for showers. The Landmarks Commission meets at this evening at 6 PM. On this day in 1941, a breakfast offering is born: “General Mills began shipping a new cereal called…

Good morning. A new month begins with mostly sunny skies, a high of 81, and southwest winds at 5 to 10 mph. We’ll have 14h 6m of sunlight, 15h 8m of daylight, and a waning gibbous moon. There will be two minutes more light tomorrow. Tonight at 5:30 and again at 6:30, in Hyland Hall…

Good morning. Our month ends with a high of eighty-three and an even chance of thunderstorms. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM, for closed session deliberations, to reconvene in open session thereafter, about a fiber installation proposal. On this day in 1789, the first presidential inauguration takes place in New York: In New York City, George…

Good morning. Monday brings a chance of afternoon thunderstorms with a high of seventy. Whitewater’s Fire & Rescue Task Force meets today at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1974, a release of audio recordings: …President Richard Nixon announces to the public that he will release transcripts of 46 taped White House conversations in response…

Good morning. Sunday will be warm and partly sunny, with a high near 68, and east winds around 5 mph. On this day in 1947, “Thor Heyerdahl’s six-man expedition sailed from Peru aboard a balsa wood raft named the Kon-Tiki on a 101-day journey across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia.” (The linked story is Heyerdahl’s…

Good morning. Spring’s here now: sunny, a high of sixty-seven, south winds at 5 to 10 mph, 13h 55m of sunlight, 14h 57m of daylight, with three minutes’ more tomorrow. On this day in 1667, John Milton sells: Blind poet John Milton sells the copyright to his masterpiece Paradise Lost (1667) for a mere 10 pounds. Milton…

Good morning. Whitewater’s week ends with warm and mostly sunny skies, with a high of seventy-eight. On this day in 1954 – no so long ago, really — a medical milestone: …the Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, begin at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia. Children in the United…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny Thursday for Whitewater – a high of fifty-two, west winds at 5-15 miles per hour. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets today at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope begins orbiting the Earth: The crew of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery places the Hubble Space Telescope, a…

Good morning. Wednesday brings a day of decreasing clouds and a high of fifty. We’ll have 13h 48m of sunlight, 14h 48m of daylight, with a waxing gibbous moon. Downtown Whitewater’s Board will meet this morning at 8 AM. On this day in 1898, Spain declared war on the United States after rejecting America’s ultimatum…

Good morning. Tuesday will see showers and falling temperatures in Whitewater, with an early high of fifty falling into the low forties by the afternoon. The city’s Urban Forestry Commission meets today at 4:30 PM. It’s William Shakespeare’s birthday: According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon on…

Good morning. The week begins with a mild and partly sunny day with a high of sixty-six. The Downtown Whitewater Design Committee meets today at 8 AM. On this day in 1970, Americans celebrate the first Earth Day, the idea of a Wisconsinite: Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world’s environmental…