Good morning. Saturday in town will be mostly cloudy with a high of thirty-eight. We’ll have 9h 7m of sunlight, 10h 11m of daylight, and tomorrow will be one minute shorter. On this day seventy-one years ago, America declared war against Japan, in response to that nation’s attack the previous day. Here’s the lede from…

Good morning. Whitewater’s week ends with cloudy skies, but a relatively mild forty-one degree day. It’s the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and in the Washington Post there’s a moving story entitled, “A reporter remembers ‘the vision of death’ at Pearl Harbor.” It’s a story about ninety-seven-year-old Betty McIntosh’s “account of the attack…

Good morning. Whitewater will see a slight chance (about 20%) of rain this afternoon, with a high of forty-five. The Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. On this day in 1884, the Washington Monument was at last completed: …in Washington, D.C., workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid atop a tower of white marble, completing the…

Good morning. A sunny Wednesday with a high of thirty-six is ahead for whitewater. On this day in 1945, the tragic loss of a torpedo-bomber squadron led to decades of fanciful speculation about the so-called Bermuda Triangle: At 2:10 p.m., five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 take off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval…

Good morning. It’s another unseasonably mild day ahead for Whitewater, with sunny skies, a high of fifty-one, and a west wind of 5 to 15 MPH. We’ll have 9h 12m of sunlight, 10h 14m of daylight, and tomorrow will be two minutes shorter. Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in…

Good morning. The week begins with an even chance of showers and a high of sixty-three. At 5 PM this afternoon, Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets. On this day in 1776, Gen. Washington arrived at the banks of the Delaware River: In a letter dated December 3, 1776, General George Washington writes to Congress…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Sunday looks to be cloudy with gradual clearing, and a high of fifty-four. We’ll have 9h 14m of sunlight, and 10h 17m of daylight. Tomorrow will be one minute shorter/. On this day in 1954, the U.S. Senate voted to censure Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy. Here’s how the New York Times reported…

Good morning. It’s an even chance of Saturday rain for Whitewater, with a high of fifty-two. On this day in 1824, Congress decides the outcome of a presidential election: ….Congress acts to decide a presidential election for the first time in history, giving the presidency to John Quincy Adams. A clause in the Constitution’s 12th Amendment…

Good morning. Whitewater’s week ends with mostly cloudy skies and a high of forty-eight. Tonight at 6 PM, Whitewater will hold her annual Holly Days Christmas Parade, beginning at Main & Whiton, traveling down Main, and turning on Whitewater Street toward the Cravath lakefront. On this day in 1954, a truly rare misfortune befalls Mrs.…

Good morning. Thursday brings a sunny day and a high of forty-eight to Whitewater. This afternoon at 4:30 PM, Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets. On this day in 1942 as World War II raged, rationing hit Americans in a specific way: On this day in 1942, coffee joins the list of items rationed in the United…

Good morning. Midweek in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of thirty-six. On this day in 1520, Magellan reached the Pacific: After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European explorer to reach the…

Good morning. Tuesday brings mostly sunny skies and a high of thirty-three to our small city. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets this afternoon at 4:15 PM. On this day in 1973, the United States Senate voted to confirm Gerald Ford as vice-president following the resignation of Spiro Agnew.  One of the three voting against Ford…

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of twenty nine. On 11.26.1941, a Japanese naval force left for its mission against Pearl Harbor: On this day in 1941, Adm. Chuichi Nagumo leads the Japanese First Air Fleet, an aircraft carrier strike force, toward Pearl Harbor, with the understanding that should “negotiations…

Good morning. Sunday in the Whippet City will bring partly sunny skies, a high of thirty eight, and west winds at 10 to 15 MPH. On this day in 1783, the last British soldiers, defeated and unwelcome, left New York: On this day in 1783, nearly three months after the Treaty of Paris was signed…