Good morning. It’s a lovely day ahead, with sunny skies and a high temperature of seventy-six for Whitewater. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a step for equality in Janesville, one that town took in 1958: 1958 – Janesville Women Belly Up to the Bar On this date the Janesville city council voted 4-2 to finally…

Good morning. It’s a sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of seventy-three. There’s a meeting of the Landmarks Commission today at 5 p.m. The agenda for the meeting is available online. The Wisconsin Historical Society notes that efforts to preserve effigy mounds, such as we have in Whitewater, have a long and…

Good morning. It’s a sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of sixty-nine. There’s an Alcohol Licensing Committee meeting tonight at 6 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., Common Council meets; the meeting agenda is available online. Noted bluesman David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards passed away, at the age of ninety-six, on August 29th. Here he is,…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny Labor Day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of sixty-seven. One  has a chance, with simply a small telescope or binoculars, to see a supernova from one’s backyard: Starting this weekend, the closest supernova found in at least 25 years will be visible from your backyard with just…

Good morning. It’s a hot and rainy Friday in store for Whitewater, with a high of ninety-one, and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. The Wisconsin Historical Society writes that, on this day in 1862, Wisconsin residents were in the grip of an ‘Indian Scare’ — On this evening, Manitowoc settlers were awakened to the cry…

Good morning. It’s a warm day ahead for Whitewater: sunny and ninety-one degrees. For students across the city, school begins today.  Best wishes for a year of accomplishment and adventure. Using images from the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have created an animation of early stellar formation: Using 14 years’ worth of Hubble Space Telescope images, astronomers…

Good morning. It’s a partly sunny day for Whitewater today, with highs in the lower eighties. The key to alternative fuels from plants may be microbes like those in pandas’ stomachs.  That’s because Pooping Pandas May Make Better Biofuels: “We’re taking refuse — panda poop and the microbes that live there — and trying to…

Good morning. For Whitewater today, afternoon showers with a high temperature of seventy-eight. There are myriad consequences of a recession, but here’s one of which I’ve heard only now – Recession-sensitive parenting: Child rearing by mothers with gene variant became more aggressive.  An NYU researcher noted the susceptibility of some mothers: Recent economic woes in the…

It’s another sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of eighty-three. There will be a forum tonight at the municipal building, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., for the candidates for Whitewater’s chief of police. To start the day, Prof. Jeffrey Miron offers ‘Three Myths of Capitalism.’ Good points, all —

Good morning. It’s a sunny day for Whitewater today, with a high temperature of seventy-nine. There are Milwaukee residents who claim to have felt the recent earthquake from Virginia.  (No word on whether they also have super-sensitive, dog-like hearing.)  Wired Science, publishing a story from Ars Technica, explains Why the East Coast Earthquake Was Felt…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of eighty-eight. The Wisconsin Historical Society remarks on two events from our past, both having occurred on this day: 1857 – Panic of 1857 On this date the New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company failed, launching…

Good morning. It’s a rainy day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of eighty-five, and thundershowers in the afternoon. School’s about to resume, and each school day comprises hundreds of interactions between students, teachers, and visitors. In France, researchers decided to place radio frequency tags on students, to map the encounters between them during…

Good morning. It’s a sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temp of eighty-one. In our schools, there’s a school board meeting tonight, (portions in closed session) during which there will be planning for the replacement of Whitewater High School’s principal. Closed session begins at 6, regular, open session at 7 p.m. The meeting…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day ahead, with a high temperature of eighty-six awaiting Whitewater. ScienceNews.org reports on a study about the insidious effects of one’s own stress on others, in a post entitled, Early stress is contagious in adulthood: A zebra finch’s tough childhood shortens both its life and its mate’s. Susan Milious reports that…