Good morning, There’s a forecast for a partly sunny day in Whitewater, with a high of around twenty. Nearly spring. There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. Less is more. I’d almost happily pay more in taxes for less in planning. Like protection money, I’d guess. There’s a PTA meeting at Lakeview…

Good morning, It’s an overcast day in the forecast for Whitewater, with a predicted high of about seventeen. I’ve had a readers tell me that she lives in a place where people start wearing overcoats when the temperature falls into the fifties. That wouldn’t be a falling temperature here; that would be an unseasonal high.…

Good morning, It’s a blue moon tonight. I have no idea if that rarity will produce rarities for Whitewater, Wisconsin. If one unusual event begets another, expect some of the following: a Whitewater city manager who sets aside false humility and résumé-building marquee projects, a Whitewater police chief who sets aside public relations for true…

Good morning, There’s a likelihood of a light snow today, with a high in the mid twenties. No meaningful accumulation is expected. On this day in 1922, law enforcement in Madison had a busy day, as the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls: 1922 – Authorities Confiscate Illegal Alcohol On this date authorities in Madison confiscated 1,200…

Good morning, It’s a cold day in Whitewater, with a predicted high of only 19 degrees. There’s no school (of course) and no municipal, public meetings for the City of Whitewater (thankfully). If one reads one local story today, about our part of the world, I would suggest the Gazette’s Walworth County Search Warrants Could…

Good morning, It’s a day of freezing rain, with a high of about thirty-six forecast for today. Offices in the City of Whitewater are closed today. Today is the anniversary of the end of the War of 1812, under terms that made Wisconsin possible: 1814 – War of 1812 Ends On this date the Treaty…

Good morning, It’s a cloudy but relatively mild day for Whitewater, with predicted temperatures to be in the thirties. It’s the last day of school before Christmas Break, and only a day until Santa visits Whitewater. I put good and open government on my Christmas list again this year, but I don’t know how Santa…

Good morning, It’s a snowy day, with little accumulation expected, and a high of twenty-nine degrees. I don’t know of any municipal public meetings scheduled for the cIty of Whitewater this week. We approach Christmas quietly. There’s an odd anniversary on this day, from 1956. The History Channel recalls that on this day in 1956,…

Good morning, and welcome to Whitewater. Today begins the first day of winter, shortly before noon. The forecast calls for a high of twenty-eight, with cloudy skies. Whitewater, a small town equidistant between Madison and Milwaukee, is in the news for its extraordinary college football team, national division three champions for the second time in…

Good morning, The forecast for Whitewater today is for patchy fog, with a high of thirty-three. There’s a slight chance of snow tonight, of little or no accumulation. In each of the schools in our district this morning, at 8:30 AM, there will be ‘coffee with the principal’ sessions. Visitors can stop in for discussion…

Good morning, It’s a forecast of mostly sunny skies but cold weather, with a high of fifteen degrees for Whitewater today. This afternoon, our school district will hold a public meeting from 4 to 6 PM. Here’s the text of the invitation to the meeting, available online: December 10, 2009 Dear Members of the Whitewater…

Good morning, The forecast for Whitewater is for a sunny day, with a high of 13 degrees. In Whitewater today, there’s a Common Council meeting at 6:30 PM. The agenda is available online. In our schools, there will be a fifth grade choir concert at the high school, at 1:30 PM and 7 PM. The…

Good morning, The forecast for Whitewater is for a mixture of rain and snow, with little or no accumulation of snow, and a high of 35 degrees. It’s a busy day in our small town. In the City of Whitewater, there will be three public meetings involving the city or related organizations. At 4 PM,…

Good morning, The forecast for Whitewater is for a sunny day with a high of 14 degrees. It’s Christmas Corner at Lakeview School today, and there’s a school-wide music program at Washington School. In Wisconsin History for December 11th, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, signs of our free society: 1833 – First Newspaper in…