Good morning, Whitewater The National Weather Service predicts a sunny day with a high of 92. The Farmers’ Almanac forecasts that our weather will be wet then fair. They may both be wrong; both cannot be right. There will be a meeting of the Whitewater Common Council tonight at 6:30 p.m. The agenda for that…

Good morning, Whitewater The National Weather Service predicts a sunny day with a high of 80. The Farmers’ Almanac continues a multi-day prediction with a forecast for pleasant and fair weather in the Great Lakes region. A match. There are no public meetings scheduled for Whitewater on the last day of the week — the…

Good morning, Whitewater The National Weather Service predicts a day of thunderstorms and a high of 79. The Farmers’ Almanac begins a new multi-day prediction with a forecast for pleasant and fair weather in the Great Lakes region. They won’t both be right. There are no public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. On this date…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. Today in Wisconsin history, in 1878, a Kenosha editor, Christopher Latham Sholes, patented the typewriter. The Wisconsin Historical Society reports on the details: The idea for this invention began at Kleinsteuber’s Machine Shop in Milwaukee in the late 1860s. A mechanical engineer by…

Good morning, Whitewater Like yesterday, there are two public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. A 6:00 p.m., there will be a joint meeting of the Common Council, Planning Commission, and the Park and Recreation Board to hear a presentation by Downtown Whitewater, Inc. on Whitewater Street Plaza concept and thereafter discussion and direction to City…

Good morning, Whitewater There are two public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. The Community Development Authority Board of Directors will meet at 4:30 p.m. today. Later, at 7 p.m., there will be a meeting of the WUSD School Board. Yesterday in Wisconsin history, in 1970, was a tragic date in Wisconsin history, as the Wisconsin…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. On this day in our state’s history, in 1920, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports that “native Milwaukean, Arlie Schardt, won the bronze medal in the 3,000-meter run at the Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.” The National Weather Service, predicts a…

Good morning, Whitewater The City of Whitewater has no public meetings scheduled for today. Today in Wisconsin history, in 1851, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports that On this date John McCaffrey was executed, the last execution to be carried out under Wisconsin law. McCaffrey received the death penalty for murdering his wife, Bridget McCaffrey. McCaffrey…

Good morning, Whitewater The City of Whitewater has one public meeting scheduled for today. There will be a meeting of the Police and Fire Commission at 7 p.m. in the municipal building, in the City Manager’s Conference Room. The agenda for the meeting includes the following items: I. Call to Order, Roll Call  II. Approval of minutes of May 14, 2008 minutes.  III. Citizen Comments  IV. Old Business ? None …

Good morning, Whitewater The City of Whitewater has a Common Council meeting scheduled for today. The meeting will begin in closed session, to consider the city manager’s contact, and then begin open session about one hour later. On this day in world history, according to Wired.com Louis Daguerre in 1839 “reveals the secrets of making…

Good morning, Whitewater Public Meetings The City of Whitewater has two public meetings scheduled today. First, the Community Development Authority Business Park Marketing Committee meets at 4 p.m. in the municipal building. The agenda for the CDA meeting includes the following items: 1. Call to order and roll call 2. Approval of the Agenda 3.…

Good morning, Whitewater The City of Whitewater has scheduled no public meetings for today. On this day in history, in 1877, Thomas Edison proposed the word “hello” as the greeting in a phone call. The word was around before that, but it was not common, and Edison’s advocacy surely made a difference. The National Weather…

Good morning, Whitewater The City of Whitewater has scheduled no public meetings for today. It’s been a private sector, private life week. On this day in Wisconsin history, in 1935, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, “the Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt. The act, originally proposed to Congress under…

Good morning, Whitewater The National Weather Service, predicts a high in the upper 70s and a nearly even chance of thunderstorms. The Farmers’ Almanac continues a multi-day series by predicting that conditions will be “squally over the Great Lakes.” Whitewater has scheduled no public meetings for today. On this day in Wisconsin history, in 1936,…