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…

Good morning. It’s a sunny Monday in store for Whitewater, with a high temperature of fifty-eight. Later today, at 6:30 PM, Whitewater’s Library Board will meet. From the Wisconsin Historical Society, it’s anniversaries of bad guys, batteries, and batters (there’s my awkward attempt at alliteration): 1934 – FBI rousts Dillinger from Little Bohemia Lodge On…

Good morning. It’s rainy day for Whitewater with a high temperature of forty-seven. The Wisconsin Historical Society marks today as the anniversary of a first-in-state-history event, from 1836: 1836 – Oldest Library in the State Founded On this date an Act of Congress created the Territory of Wisconsin and in the sixteenth and final section…

Good morning. It’s a rainy Thursday with a high of fifty-five ahead for Whitewater. The Wisconsin Historical Society marks today as one with an unexpected death during wartime: 1862 – Governor Harvey Drowns in the Tennessee River On this date Governor Louis Harvey died while leading an expedition to relieve Wisconsin troops after the battle of Shiloh.…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Wednesday will be warm, with a high of sixty-nine, and a chance of thunderstorms. The city’s Landmarks Commission meets this morning at 8 AM. The Wisconsin Historical Society notes today as an anniversary along our path to statehood: 1818 – Wisconsin Becomes Part of Michigan Territory On this date, the land encompassing…

Good morning. Whitewater looks forward to a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of fifty-seven. Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1897, playwright Thornton Wilder was born in Madison: 1897 – Thornton Wilder Born On this date Thornton Wilder was born in Madison. A renowned author and playwright, he taught at the…

Good morning. It’s a rainy day in Whitewater, with a high temperature of fifty-five. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets today at 5 PM. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1916: Wisconsin governor and comic author George W. Peck died. Peck was born in New York in 1840, but lived in Wisconsin from…

Good morning. Friday ends Whitewater’s week with a chance of showers and a high of sixty-two. NPR asks a question about catastrophes: Why didn’t the passengers panic on the Titanic? (They did panic when the Lusitania sank.) David Savage, an economist from Queensland University in Australia, has a theory: There were a lot of similarities…

Good morning. A sunny day, calm winds, and a high of sixty: Whitewater’s Thursday. On this day in 1861, America saw the beginning of the Civil War. New research suggests that the war was even deadlier than previously thought, with estimates of those killed in the conflict raised significantly, from 612,000 to 750,000. Google’s daily…