Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a mostly sunny day, with a high temperature of seventeen degrees. At Lakeview School, there’s Coffee with the Principal this morning. At Washington School, there’s a 1:30 p.m. music program. The Friday Comment Forum will be on hiatus today, but back next Friday. On this day in 1903, Wilbur…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a chance of snow with a high temperature of twenty-four degrees. Yesterday, December 15th, was the anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights, following Virginia’s ratification of those constitutional amendments. Beautiful, each principled commitment. There’s good news from Australia this morning — a small koala maliciously injured…

Here’s a mid-week budget cutting video, from Reason.tv: Budget Chef Presents: How to Balance the Budget W/O Raising Taxes! Reason offers the accompanying description: Using just a big piece of pork, a large knife, and a small knife, the budget chef shows how to balance the federal budget by 2020. As a special treat, he…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of twelve degrees. In the City of Whitewater, the Urban Forestry commission meets from 4:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. The agenda is available online. Update: A reader kindly writes that, in fact, this wasn’t a traditional leaked document, but a public…

Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a sunny day with a high temperature of twelve degrees. There’s no school in the Whitewater Unified School District today; the Aquatic Center will be open. There are two principal City of Whitewater public meetings today. At 4:30 p.m., the Community Development Authority meets, with an agenda…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a partly sunny day with a high temperature of around thirty-one. There’s a holiday concert today at Lakeview School at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1967 Otis Redding Dies On this date a twin-engine Beechcraft carrying Otis Redding crashed…

Good morning, Today forecast for Whitewater calls for a light amount of snow, with a high temperature of twenty-six degrees. In Whitewater, there’s a public meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to discuss reconstruction of the Milwaukee Street and Newcomb Street intersection. It’s market day pickup at Lincoln School’s upper gym. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls…

Good morning, It’s a partly sunny and cold day for Whitewater, with a high temperature of twenty degrees. There are three public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. At 9 a.m., the Tech Park Board meets, with the agenda available online. The agenda includes, among others, these items: the Memorandum of Understanding between…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of nineteen degrees. Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 p.m. The agenda is available online, and includes, among others, these items: Second reading of Natural Landscape Yard Ordinance (Park & Recreation Board Recommendation) Second reading of an amendment to Chapter…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a chance of flurries, with a high temperature of twenty degrees. In the CIty of Whitewater this afternoon, there will be a Parks & Recreation Board meeting this afternoon, at 5 p.m. The agenda is available online. The New York TImes recalls that on this day in 1923, “a…

Good morning, Today’s forecast for the Whippet City calls for a partly sunny day, with a high temperature of twenty-seven, and snow on the way tonight and tomorrow. On this day in 1947, a new medium took root locally, as reported at the Wisconsin Historical Society website: 1947 – First TV Station in Wisconsin Established…

Good morning, It’s a partly sunny day ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature of thirty-one degrees. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1954, McCarthy Censured by Senate On December 2, 1954, the United States Senate voted to censure Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. Declaring his behavior “contrary to senatorial traditions,” the…

Good morning, Whitewater Today’s forecast calls for a day of flurries, with a high temperature of twenty-eight degrees. In the City of Whitewater today, there will be a meeting of the Landmarks Commission at 5 p.m. The meeting agenda is available online. Here’s a trailer for a film with a fascinating premise: “A sci-fi thriller…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a wintry mix, of drizzle, sleet, and snow showers, with a temperature falling from the forties. Over at ScienceNews.org, there’s a story of discovery, entitled, Amphibian debuts: Hunt for lost frog turns up new species in Colombian rain forests. Rachel Ehrenberg writes that Finally some good news on the…