Good morning. It’s a partly cloudy day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of fifty-eight degrees. In the City of Whitewater today, there will be a Parks & Recreation Board meeting at 4 p.m., and at 4:30 p.m. there will be a meeting of Whitewater’s Community Development Authority.  I’ve linked to the agendas of…

Good morning. It’s a sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of sixty-three degrees. There’s a story over at Wired about an astrophotographer who created an interactive, 360-degree panorama of the night sky.   The story, entitled, Reader Photo: Stunning Interactive Sky Image, describes Nick Risinger’s achievement: Nick Risinger, a 28-year-old native of Seattle,…

Good morning. Today’s forecast calls for a day of showers and a high temperature of forty-six. On this day in 1947, Thor Heyerdahl set sail from South America to Polynesia to show that pre-Incan voyagers would have been able to make the 4,300-mile trip across the Pacific.  Below are a short video about the expedition,…

Good morning. It’s a rainy day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of fifty-four degrees. There’s a Common Council meeting scheduled for this afternoon, at 3 p.m. The agenda is available online. A story from Australia, Australia Pistachio Disaster Hints at Agricultural Breakdown, may be a cautionary tale for agricultural states like Wisconsin. There, a…

Good morning. It’s a day of showers and thunderstorms for Whitewater, with a high temperature of sixty-degrees. In Whitewater today, there’s a special meeting of the Police Commission at 6 p.m.  The agenda for the meeting is available online. If you’ve ever wondered how ants protect themselves from flooding — and at one time or…

Good morning. It’s a rainy day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of fifty-eight. The Wisconsin HIstorical Society notes that on this day in 1996, 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 with a requirement that recipients work…

Good morning. It’s a rainy day predicted for Whitewater, with a high temperature of forty-one degrees. Schools and municipal offices are closed today. The Wisconsin Historical Society posts that On this date the Army-McCarthy hearings began. The hearings were televised live for 36 days to an audience of over 20 million viewers. Kinescopes of these…

Good morning. It’s a cloudy day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of fifty. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that it’s John Muir’s birthday: On this date John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland. He immigrated with his family to Wisconsin in 1849 and spent his youth working on his father’s farms in Marquette…

Good morning. Today calls for a slight chance of rain or snow, with a high temperature of thirty-eight. There’s a book fair today, in the LMC library at Lincoln School, home of the Leopards. Of libraries, the Wisconsin Historical Society notes that in 1836 – Oldest Library in the State Founded On this date an…

Good morning. Today’s forecast calls for a day of rain, snow, and sleet, with a high temperature of thirty-seven. In Whitewater today, there will be a meeting of the Urban Foresty Commission at 4.15pm.  The meeting agenda is available online.  Later, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a meeting of the Common Council. That agenda…

Good morning. We’ve a dusting of snow, and we’re on our way to a high temperature of forty-three. In our schools, there’s summer school registration this afternoon and evening.  Registration is also available online. The Wisconsin Historical Society remembers a time when Wisconsin was part of Michigan: 1818 – Wisconsin Becomes Part of Michigan Territory…

Good morning. It’s a rainy day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature in the upper forties. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that On this date Spencer Tracy was born in Milwaukee. He attended the Northwestern Military Academy in Lake Geneva and Ripon College. He won Academy Awards for Best Actor in Captain Courageous and…

Good morning. Today’s forecast calls for occasional morning showers and a high temperature of fifty degrees. It’s Market Day pickup today at Lincoln School today at 5 p.m. Over at ScienceNews.org, there’s a story and video entitled, “Brain’s mirror system loves the robot,” in which author Laura Sanders writes that The next time you watch…

Good morning. Our forecast calls for a partly cloudy day, with a high temperature of sixty-nine. In Whitewater today, there will be a meeting of the Tech Park Board at 8 a.m. The agenda is available online. Later this afternoon, there’s a 5 p.m. meeting of the Landmarks Commission.  Feel free to compare the two…