Good morning. It’s a day of thunderstorms with a high temperature of about eighty ahead for Whitewater. It’s a busy day of public meetings in the Whippet City. At 4 p.m., Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets (see, Community Development Authority 6.21.11 agenda). At 4:15, Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets (see, Urban Forestry 6.21.11 agenda). Later,…

Good morning. It’s a cloudy day forecast for Whitewater, with a high temperature of seventy-seven, and a chance of thunderstorms. There’s a Park & Recreation Board meeting today in Whitewater, at 4 p.m.  The meeting agenda is available online. Today is the anniversary of a labor controversy from 1911, as the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls:…

Good morning. It’s a partly cloudy day ahead, with a high temperature of seventy-six. On this day in 1673 — a great accomplishment of exploration — Marquette & Joliet Reach the Mississippi “Here we are, then, on this so renowned river, all of whose peculiar features I have endeavored to note carefully.” It’s important to…

Good morning. It’s a high of seventy-two with a chance of rain ahead for Whitewater. Today is an anniversary of a battle in the Black Hawk War — 1832’s Battle of the Pecatonica — On this date the Battle of Pecatonica took place between a band of Kickapoo Indians and troops led by Henry Dodge.…

Good morning. It’s a day of heavy thunderstorms ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of sixty-two degrees. Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets today at 10 a.m. The meeting agenda is available online. Today, in 1832, brought new developments in the Black Hawk War: On this date General Winfield Scott was ordered by President Andrew…

Good morning. It’s a partly cloudy day with a high temperature of seventy-two in store for Whitewater. It’s a memorable day in Wisconsin history — on this day in 1855, …. Robert M. La Follette was born in Primrose, Dane County. A renowned lawyer, politician, governor, and U.S. Senator, La Follette was the son of…

Good morning. The forecast calls for pleasant weather ahead, with mostly sunny skies and a high temperature of seventy-four. Whitewater’s Library Board meets tonight, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting agenda is available online. Wired offers a list of Animals’ Most Amazing Acoustic Feats, with audio clips of lions roaring, blue whales singing, and the striking…

Good morning. It’s a cool and rainy day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of sixty-four degrees. School’s out, and for countless thousands across Wisconsin, summer begins. J.J. Abrams has a new movie, Super 8, out today.  It’s both homage to film-making and suspense film.  One of the great pleasures of summer is the…

Good morning. It’s a cooler, but still humid, day awaiting Whitewater: the predicted high temperature is 67, with a chance of showers. It’s the last day of school for the Whitewater Unified School District. Congratulations on a year well and successfully finished. Google commemorates the birthday of Wisconsin-born Les Paul today with a Google Doodle:…

Good morning. Whitewater’s Wednesday forecast calls for scattered strong storms, with a high temperature of ninety-two. Donald Driver visited Washington School on Monday, as a reward for that school’s state-leading clothing collecting drive for Goodwill Industries.  Dan Plutchak’s Students share winning ways with Packers’ great Donald Driver nicely describes Driver’s visit. Wired’s science video section offers…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day ahead, with a predicted high temperature of ninety-five degrees. There’s a Common Council meeting tonight in Whitewater.  The meeting agenda is available online.    

Good morning. It’s a hot day ahead for Whitewater, with an expected high temperature of ninety-three degrees. I’ll write what everyone will say today: stay hydrated. Two days ago, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel republished, in memory of the anniversary today of D-Day, the editorial they published on June 6, 1944. It is as evocative today…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of eighty-five degrees. There’s a dedication this morning at 8 a.m. of a less-than-one-mile-long, two-million-dollar spur between Starin Road and the Business Park. In our schools, there are various end-of-the-year adventures before the last day of school on June 9th.  Have fun,…

Good morning. It’s a partly sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of sixty-seven. Here are pet videos to start the day — with one of them having been viewed six-million times on YouTube — of French bulldogs, and a cat —