Good morning. A new month begins with mostly sunny skies and a high of thirty-eight. It’s April 1st, and Google proudly claims they’ve a new product: Google Nose. Not bad, not bad at all… Around 1700, Aprils Fools’ Day traditions grow in popularity: On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition…

Good morning. Saturday brings a chance of showers and a high of fifty-three. We’ll have 12h 37m of sunlight, 13h 35m of daylight, and tomorrow have three minutes more. On this day in 1981, “President Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were White…

Good morning. Good Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of forty-nine. Dogs are supposed to be man’s best friend, but sometimes a dog is dog’s best friend: On this day in 1929, a desk phone: …President Herbert Hoover has a phone installed at his desk in the Oval Office of the White…

Good morning. A sunny Thursday with a high of forty-four awaits. Over at the Washington Post, they’ve an annual contest in which readers submit Peeps candy dioramas. This year’s winner of the seventh annual contest was Rest in Peeps: Other finalists present political, dining, and artistic themes — A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of…

Good morning. The middle of our week will be mostly cloudy but with a high of forty, and northwest winds 5 to 10 MPH. Downtown Whitewater’s board meets this morning at 8 AM. Dogs are said to be man’s best friend, but they’re dog’s best friend sometimes, too: On this day in 1912, Japanese cherry…

Good morning. A chance of flurries but a high of thirty-eight: early spring in Whitewater. Today, we’ll have 12h 26m of sunlight, 13h 23m of daylight, and a full moon. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets today at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1979, a peace that now seems faded and tenuous by contrast with…

Good morning. Our week begins with a chance of flurries and a high of thirty-five. Downtown Whitewater’s Design Committee meets this morning at 8 AM. The organization, generally, has new board members, and much of the year yet ahead. One hopes for the best. Sometimes people chase storms, and sometimes, as in Mulwala, New South…

Good morning. Snow is likely this Palm Sunday in Whitewater, with a daytime accumulation of less than an inch. If that forecast should prove correct, March 18th will remain our last day with accumulation over one inch. The Punxsutawney Phil poll is now closed, over 81% of respondents believing him guilty following his recent criminal…

Good morning. Saturday will be mostly sunny with a high of thirty-five. There will be 12h 17m of sunlight, 13h 13m of daylight, and tomorrow will offer three minutes more. From the east coast, video of a presumed meteor streaking across the sky: On this day in 1839, O.K. makes an appearance in print (it…

Good morning. Friday brings sunny skies to Whitewater, with a high of thirty-two, and northwest winds at five miles per hour. On this day in 1765, Britain imposed the Stamp Act on America. It was a bad idea: In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories…

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of twenty-eight. We’ll have 12h 12m of sunlight, 13h 8m of daylight, and a waxing gibbous moon. On this day in 1965, Dr. King and over 3,000 marchers began trip from Selma to Montgomery – it was their third attempt, the first two having…

Good morning. Spring arrives in Whitewater, on a day with chance of snow showers and a high of nineteen. (Monday, March 18th is the most recent day to have a snowfall accumulation of at least an inch.) Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets today at 8 AM. CNN asks if this is the best golf shot…

Good morning. Tuesday brings a high of twenty-six, and gradually clearing skies. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. A decade ago, the Iraq war begins: On this day in 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s…

Good morning. Monday brings snow during the day, with a high of thirty-five. If the National Weather Service is right, accumulation will be less than one inch. We’ll see. The city’s Library Board meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1890, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against reading the Bible in public classrooms:…