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…

Good morning. We’ll have a Sunday of cloudy skies, a one-in-five chance of afternoon rain, a high near fifty-two, and south winds at 10 to 15 mph. The Hubble Space Telescope is twenty-three-years old. The European Space Agency recently recorded a video presentation with information on joint NASA and European Space Agency photographs of nebulae,…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater: mostly sunny, high of forty-four, light winds, 13h 37m of sunlight, 14h 37m of daylight, and a waxing gibbous moon. It’s National Record Store Day, if you can find one. If you do find one, you may discover that vinyl may not be dead after all: The LP has re-emerged…

Good morning. Our week ends with the possibility of rain or snow in the afternoon, with a high of forty-one. Update: David, kindly commenting below, reminds me that I missed a crucial anniversary in American history. Yes, did I ever! On April 19, 1775, Americans fight the British at the Battles of Lexington and Concord,…

Good morning. Rain – we’ve had much of it, and we’ll have more today in Whitewater. The high will be about fifty-seven, with southeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. Total rainfall today may amount to between a half and three quarters of an inch. It’s a gift: rainy days are often among the most…

Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will bring a day of showers and a high of forty-five. On 4.17.1936, a single horsehair uncovers a murderer: After a week of tracking down every conceivable lead, police finally find the evidence they need in order to break the case of Nancy Titterton’s rape-murder in New York City. Titterton,…

Good morning. We’ve a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms with a high of fifty-three, and northwest winds at 5 to 10 MPH. There will be 13h 26m of sunlight, 14h 25m of daylight, and a waxing crescent moon. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 6:10 PM, and Common Council at 6:30 PM. On this day…

Good morning. Monday brings a rainy day with a high of sixty-one. Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1783, Congress approves a peace treaty: …the Continental Congress of the United States officially ratifies the preliminary peace treaty with Great Britain that was signed in November 1782. The congressional move brings…