Good morning. It’s a sunny day, with mild temperatures in the seventies, waiting for Whitewater. In the city today, there’s an 8 a.m. meeting of the Tech Park Board. The meeting agenda is available online. Although a mild day may be ahead today, that’s not the prospect the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls our state faced…

Good morning. It’s a day of temperatures in the lower eighties, with occasional thunderstorms, likely for Whitewater. On this day in 1995, a Deadly Heat Wave Begins From July 12-15, 1995, the Midwest was subjected to a deadly outbreak of hot and humid weather responsible for 141 deaths in Wisconsin. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel,…

Good morning. It’s a day of strong storms and a high temperature of ninety-one degrees ahead for Whitewater. In Whitewater, there’s a Park & Rec Board meeting today at 4 p.m.  Later, at 5:30 p.m., there will be a joint meeting of the Common Council and the Community Development Authority at 5:30 p.m.  Here are…

Good morning. It’s a sunny day in store for Whitewater, with a high of about eighty-five. For those who admired the recent royal wedding, here’s a reminder of how ridiculous monarchy can be, a reminder made telling because it already happened this way in Wisconsin once before: 1850 – James Jesse Strang Crowned King On…

It’s a partly sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of eighty-three. The space shuttle program is drawing to a close, and Wired reviews some of the odd creatures who’ve been for a ride into space, in a story entitled, The Space Shuttle Program’s Oddest Passengers. I’d pick the see-through fish as the…

Good morning. Today’s forecast calls for a partly cloudy day, with a high temperature of eighty-three degrees. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets tonight, at 5 p.m.  They have a busy agenda, including election of officers.  The agenda is available online. On this day in 1934, there was a riot at Wisconsin’s Horlick Malted Milk Plant: 1934…

Good morning. Today’s forecast calls for a mostly sunny day, with a high temperature of eighty-eight degrees. The Wisconsin Historical Society offers more accounts of the Black Hawk War, with a description of the odd terrain General Atkinson encountered in 1832: 1832 – Atkinson enters the Trembling Lands On this date, General Atkinson and his…

Good morning. It’s a particularly hot day ahead for Whitewater, with a forecast of ninety-five for the high, and a chance of showers in the afternoon or evening. No Comment Forum or poll this weekend, as I will run both along with a series on the decades-long (four, actually) drug war. For this weekend, it’s…

Good morning. It’s a day in the mid-eighties, with a chance of afternoon thundershowers, ahead for Whitewater. Whitewater’s school board is scheduled to meet tonight, at 6:30 p.m., with agenda items including an announcement on the selection of a new district administrator.  The meeting agenda is available online.    

Good morning. For today, a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of seventy-nine. Over at Walworth County Sunday, there’s a story covering our Independence Day parade, from Todd Mishler, entitled, World War II veteran to be grand marshal of Whitewater July 4th parade. The story describes Jim Underwood’s service aboard the USS Solace during…

Good morning. It’s a sunny and warm day ahead for Whitewater, hitting about 80 degrees this afternoon. There’s a school board meeting tonight, beginning at 6 p.m., to interview two candidates for district administrator.  It’s an open session for interviews, followed by a closed session for deliberations, with the possibility of an announcement thereafter.  The…

Good morning. It’s a day of strong thunderstorms ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of eighty degrees. There’s a regular school board meeting tonight, beginning ?in closed session at 6 p.m., with an open session at beginning at 7 p.m., and a possible resumption of the closed session later tonight. ?The agenda as written…

Good morning. It’s a day of light rains for Whitewater, with a high temperature in the lower sixties. A century ago, June 23rd marked a day of aviation triumph for Wisconsin: 1911 – First Home-Built Airplane Flies On this date Wausau native John Schwister became a pioneer in Wisconsin aviation by flying the state’s first home-built airplane.…

Good morning. For Whitewater today, it’s a day of showers with a high temperature in the low seventies. The Wisconsin Historical Society writes that today, in 1943, was one of the more embarrassing moments in Wisconsin political history: 1943 – McCarthy Breaks Leg in Drunken Accident On this date future senator Joseph McCarthy broke his leg…