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Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-29-09

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…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-24-09

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…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-23-09

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…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-22-09

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,…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-21-09

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…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-18-09

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…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-16-09

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…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-15-09

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…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-14-09

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,…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-11-09

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…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-10-09

Good morning, The forecast for Whitewater is for a breezy day with a high of about 6 degrees. The lowest recorded December temperature in state history was 52 degrees below zero at Couderay, Wisconsin in 1983. It’s Market Day pickup at Lincoln School today, and there’s a Middle School band concert at the High School…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-9-09

Good morning, It’s a snowy day in our small town, and across all of Wisconsin. in the last thirty years, Wisconsin averages about 11.9 inches of snow in December. The greatest daily total for snow in Wisconsin was 26 inches in 1904 at Neillsville, Clark County. School’s cancelled today, as countless other places. Wisconsin will…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-8-09

The forecast is for heavy snow, with a high of 33 degrees. Predicted accumulation during the day is for about two inches, with considerably more tonight. There’s a scheduled Police and Fire Commission meeting tonight, at 7 PM, and I have no idea how inclement weather may affect the meeting. The agenda is available online.…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 12-7-09

The forecast is for snow, with a high of 32 degrees. There’s a 90% chance of snow, and it’s snowing lightly now so we’ve met that likelihood; accumulation is predicted to be about one inch. There will be a meeting of the Park and Rec Board today, at 5 PM. The agenda is available online.…