Good morning. Monday will be a sunny one for Whitewater, with a high of seventy. Whitewater’s Park & Rec Board meets at 4 PM today. Later, at 6:30 PM, Common Council meets to appoint residents to boards & commissions, and thereafter to consider (in both closed and open session) the resignation of Whitewater’c current city…

Good morning. It’s a lovely day ahead for the Whippet City – sunny with a high of eighty-one. On this day in 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano exploded, leaving just under sixty people dead or missing. On this day in 1964, as the Wisconsin Historical Society recounts, 1964 – Milwaukee Students Participate[d] in First…

Good morning. It’s a mild day for Whitewater, with mostly sunny skies and a high of seventy-one. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets today at 1 PM. Today’s a vital day in our history, as it’s the day that Brown v. Board of Education was decided. On this day in Wisconsin history, in 1673, Joliet and…

Good morning. Yesterday, I initially typed, but later corrected, the daily temperature forecast as forty-six (rather than eighty-six). An example of wishful thinking: I like colder weather. Today, a bit colder, but still warm: a forecast of seventy with sunny skies. There’s a date change for a Community Development Authority meeting originally scheduled for today,…

Good morning. We’ve another warm day ahead, with a high of forty-six eighty-six, and a one-third chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1911, the Supreme Court enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act against Standard Oil, breaking up that vast company. The Wisconsin Historical Society…

Good morning. It’s a warm and sunny Monday ahead for Whitewater, with a high of seventy-nine. Whitewater’s May 14th will be a day of 14 hours, 38 minutes of sunlight, 15 hours, 44 minutes of daylight, and a waning crescent moon. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM tonight. On this day in 1804, Lewis…

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,…