Good morning, Whitewater In the City of Whitewater today, there’s a Common Council meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. Over at the website of the Wisconsin Historical Society, there’s a surprising entry: 1845 – First Free Public School Opened in Wisconsin On this date the first free public school in Wisconsin…

Good morning, Whitewater In the City of Whitewater today, there are three municipal public meetings scheduled. At 3:30 p.m, the Whitewater-University Tech Park Board will meet. At 6 p.m., there will be a Planning Commission meeting. later, at 7 p.m., the Irvin Young Library Board will meet. In our public school district this morning, there’s…

Good morning, Whitewater In the City of Whitewater today, there are no municipal public meetings scheduled. In Wisconsin history today, the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a tornado — 1899 – New Richmond Tornado On this date the worst tornado disaster in Wisconsin history occurred. The storm virtually leveled New Richmond on the day the Gollmar…

Good morning, Whitewater In the City of Whitewater today, there’s an Historical Society meeting at 7 p.m. In Wisconsin history today, the Wisconsin Historical Society marks a birthday — 1935 – Gene Wilder Born On this date Gene Wilder (aka Jerome Silberman) was born in Milwaukee. Wilder graduated from Washington High School in Milwaukee in…

Good morning, Whitewater In the City of Whitewater today, there’s a Landmarks Commission meeting at 6:30 p.m. In Wisconsin history today, the Wisconsin Historical Society notes the arrival of two pioneers at Madison, just hours apart — 1837 – Darwin Clark Arrives in Madison On this date Dane County pioneer Darwin Clark arrived in Madison,…

Good morning, Whitewater In the City of Whitewater today, there are no municipal, public meetings scheduled. Yesterday, I noted that it was Wisconsin-native Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday, and quoted from a Wisconsin Historical Society entry biography. There’s another way to mark his birthday, and celebrate his accomplishments — with Lego building blocks. Lego has a…

Good morning, Whitewater In the City of Whitewater today, there are three municipal, public meetings scheduled. The Community Development Authority – Business Park Marketing Committee and the Park and Recreation Board meet at 4:30 p.m., and the Irvin Young Library Board meets at 6:30 p.m. In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society…

Good morning, Whitewater The week ends quietly, without to my knowledge any municipal meetings. Yet, so much more to consider. Our local economy, our schools, the recession as excuse and opportunity, the municipal bureaucrats endless search for press lapdogs – all before Whitewater.

Good morning, Whitewater In the City of Whitewater today, there are no municipal, public meetings scheduled. In our schools, there will be an all-classes diversity presentation at Whitewater High School. In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports a first, from 1861: On this date Dr. Erastus B. Wolcott, a Milwaukee surgeon,…

Good morning, Whitewater Some scheduling conflicts are odd, and almost inexplicable. In the City of Whitewater today, there are two municipal, public meetings scheduled — at the same time. At 5:00 p.m., both the Tree Commission and the Landmarks Commission meet, separately. At the very same hour. I have no idea how this could happen.…

Good morning, Whitewater There are two municipal, public meetings scheduled in Whitewater today. At 6:15 p.m., the Alcohol Licensing Committee will meet, and at 6:30 p.m. there will be a Common Council meeting. The agenda for the Common Council meeting is available online. Almanac Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 05:18 AM 08:27…

Good morning, Whitewater It’s a new month, ending one season literally and another figuratively. Thanks very much for making May a great month at the FREE WHITEWATER. Despite light posting in the last week of the month, May saw noticeable increases in new visitors, from the area and beyond. Welcome. So what’s the City of…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater. Still, something’s bound to happen somewhere. In our school district, there’ll be a meeting today at 9 a.m. in both executive (closed) session and open to the public, as noted in the agenda: Call to Order and Roll Call Executive Session…

Good morning, Whitewater In Whitewater today, the Census Count Committee meets at 4 p.m. at the Municipal Building, and the Tree Commission meets at 5 p.m. The census is only useful if it counts all residents, but then, all residents have to commit to counting all residents. Look back over the last few years of…