Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for today calls for a day of thunderstorms with a high of eighty-one degrees. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission will meet tonight at 5 p.m. The agenda is available online. On this day in 1974, a milestone in aviation: an American SR-71 made the trip from New York to London in less than…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for today calls for a partly sunny day with a high temperature of eighty-nine degrees. Whitewater’s Common Council will meet tonight at 6:30 p.m. for a budget planning session. The agenda is available online. At the Huffington Post, there’s a story best read in the morning, rather than at night: “U.S.…

Good morning, Today’s Whitewater forecast calls for a slight chance of thunderstorms and a high temperature of eighty-six degrees. At Wired‘s science column, there’s just the story for a Monday morning: Dancing Parrot Boogies Better With a Partner. Snowball the dancing parrot doesn’t just bob to the beat. The YouTube sensation, who proved last year…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a sunny day with a high of eighty-two degrees. Today’s Comment Forum topic — “10 Favorite Reads of All Time (including books, graphic novels, comic books, magazines, etc.)” The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this date in 1878, the typewriter was patented: On this date Christopher Latham Sholes…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for today calls for a sunny day with a high of seventy-six. Tomorrow’s Friday Comment Forum topic — “10 Favorite Reads of All Time (including books, graphic novels, comic books, magazines, etc.).” This Saturday, from 8 AM to 4 PM, there will be a Garage Sale Fundraiser for the Whitewater League…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a sunny day with a high temperature of seventy-five degrees. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skGQ0fVx75o On this day in 1944, Allied forces liberated Paris from four years of Nazi occupation. The New York Times reported on the allied triumph at the time — ….On all sides the liberating French and Americans were…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for today calls for a day of isolated thunderstorms with a high temperature of eighty degrees. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this date in 1970, a dark day in Wisconsin history, a bombing at UW-Madison killed researcher Richard Fassnacht: 1970 – Sterling Hall Bombing on UW-Madison Campus On this…

Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a dense fog and a high temperature of eighty-three degrees. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority will meet today, at 4:30 p.m., at the 1231 Innovation Drive, in a construction trailer at the site of Whitewater’s eleven-million dollar publicly-funded project. The agenda for their meeting is available online. The…

Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a slight chance of thunderstorms with a high of eighty-three degrees. Jazz singer and activist Abbey Lincoln passed away over the weekend. Allison Keyes recalled Lincoln’s many accomplishments: Abbey Lincoln, the legendary jazz singer who believed in singing as a political act, died Saturday in Manhattan. She…

Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a day of patchy fog with a high temperature of eighty-one degrees. Over at Wired, there’s a story about an American milestone, from 1859: 1859: Mail is carried by air for the first time in the United States. On a hot summer day as the temperature soared…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for today calls for a mostly cloudy day, with a high temperature of seventy-seven degrees. The City of Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight, at 6:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a historic moment, from 1936, that’s still evocative today: 1936 – Wisconsin Issues First Unemployment…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a sunny day with a high temperature of eighty-one degrees. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1900, Wisconsin saw an auto race in Racine: On this date the city of Racine hosted its first automobile race. The competitors were A. J. Horlick in a Locomobile…

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a sunny day with a high temperature of ninety-one degrees. On this day in 1899, Alfred Hitchcock was born. Eighty years later, the New York Times recalled his life upon his passing: In a characteristically incisive remark, Mr. Hitchcock once summed up his approach to moviemaking: “Some films are…

Good morning, Today’s forecast calls for a high of ninety-one degrees. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this date in 1939, 1939 – Wizard of Oz World Premier — in Oconomowoc According to the fan site, thewizardofoz.info, “The first publicized showing of the final, edited film was at the Strand Theatre in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin…