Good morning. Today looks to be a fine day – mostly sunny with a high of seventy-six. That makes this afternoon a perfect opportunity for Great Flowers and Gifts at the Floral Villa Cash Mob — Floral Villa, at 208 Wisconsin Street, is hosting a cash mob event this Friday from 4 to 6 PM.…

Good morning. Today’s forecast predicts a sunny Thursday with a high of sixty-nine. May 10th is a fine anniversary in Wisconsin history, as the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls: 1865 – Wisconsin Troops Capture Jefferson Davis Just after dawn on May 10, 1865, Col. Henry Harnden of Madison and his squad of 30 volunteers from the…

Good morning. It’s a partly cloudy Wednesday, with a high of sixty-one, ahead for Whitewater. Today at 2:30 PM Whitewater’s Community Development Authority will meet, in closed session, to conduct interviews for the now-vacant CDA director’s position. Whitewater has been ill-served by the practice these past few years of relying on her city manager to…

Good morning. It’s a mild day ahead for Whitewater, with a high of sixty-six, and a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. All America watches Wisconsin’s election day, and awaits the contest ahead in the next month. A day on which people vote always feels better than a day otherwise. After Germany signed a…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Monday will see a day of scattered showers and a high of sixty-seven. On this day in 1945, Nazi Germany  “signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II. ”  The New York Times story on that…

Good morning. Whitewater’s weeks ends as a mostly cloudy day, with a high of sixty-four. Google’s daily puzzle asks about textile-making: “What style of cloth weaving is named for the world’s oldest continuously-inhabited city?” The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1873, 1873 – Progressive Governor John James Blaine [Was] Born On…

Good morning. It’s a cloudy day with a high of seventy-nine, and likely thunderstorms, ahead for Whitewater. The History Channel recalls that it’s Machiavelli‘s birthday (born in 1469) today. Often misunderstood, always compelling. In our history, from the records of the Wisconsin Historical Society, a birthday of a famous Wisconsin resident: 1898 – Golda Meir…

Good morning. Whitewater’s rainy Wednesday will give way to occasional afternoon thunderstorms and a high near eighty. Today at 4:30 PM, Whitewater’s  Community Development Authority meets.   On this day in 1957, recalls the Wisconsin Historical Society, Joseph McCarthy died of liver failure at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. Born in 1908 in Outagamie County,…

Good morning. Tuesday will be a warm day for Whitewater, at 70 degrees, with a slight chance of rain. Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. The Wisconsin Historical Society notes that John Bascom, noted educator, was born on this day in 1827: On this date John Bascom was born in Genoa, New York.…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Monday will be cloudy, but mild, with a high of sixty-five. I’m sometimes asked why I lead with a simple weather prediction (from the National Weather Service). There are two reasons. First, weather’s worth considering as the backdrop to the day, so to speak. For many, in this agricultural state, it’s directly…

Good morning. Whitewater’s week ends with a mostly sunny day, and a high of fifty-three. Google’s daily puzzle is one that foodies may know: “What material fuses with lime and soda to create an item on your dinner table that’s considered to be an amorphous solid?” From nearby Minnesota, a lovely display of the northern…

Good morning. Whitewater looks forward to a mostly sunny day with a high of fifty-five. This day in 1986, as the New York Times recalls, marked “the world’s worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at…

Good morning. It’s a Wednesday of showers and thunderstorms ahead for Whitewater, with a high of sixty-two. On this day in 1996, W-2 (Wisconsin Works) [Was] Signed Into Law On this date Governor Tommy Thompson signed the W-2 (Wisconsin Works) program into law, making Wisconsin the first U.S. state to replace a benefits-based welfare system…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day with a high of sixty-four for Whitewater. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets today at 4:15 PM. On this day in 1989 1898, Spain declared war on the United States. [Some typos are worth saving. Of all the things that might have happened in 1989, a Spanish declaration of…