Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will see thunderstorms with a high of 78. Sunrise is 5:54 and sunset is 8:05 for 14 hours 11 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 13.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1810, Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. This libertarian blogger…
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Daily Bread for 8.5.26: Council Discussion of the Proposed Discontinuation of the UW–Whitewater Polling Place in Odd-Numbered Years
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 71. Sunrise is 5:50 and sunset is 8:10 for 14 hours 20 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 56.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Comprehensive Plan Advisory Work Group meets virtually at 4 PM. On this day…
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Daily Bread for 8.4.26: Preliminary Remarks Against the Proposed Discontinuation of the UW–Whitewater Polling Place in Odd-Numbered Years
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see evening showers with a high of 80. Sunrise is 5:49 and sunset is 8:11 for 14 hours 22 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 67.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6 PM. Mention of a proposed reduction…
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Daily Bread for 8.3.26: Selected Items
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 80. Sunrise is 5:48 and sunset is 8:13 for 14 hours 25 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 77.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1958, the world’s first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first…
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Daily Bread for 8.2.26: Wisconsin Partisan Primary Voters Cannot Effectively Ticket-Split
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 78. Sunrise is 5:47 and sunset is 8:14 for 14 hours 27 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 84.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1790, the federal government conducts the first United States census. Wisconsin’s…
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Daily Bread for 7.15.26: Musk’s 2025 Wisconsin Election Payments Bring Criminal Referral
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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 94. Sunrise is 5:30 and sunset is 8:31 for 15 hours 1 minute of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks and Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1916,…
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Daily Bread for 6.29.26: Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Request for Speedy Resolution of Demand for Wisconsin’s Voter Rolls
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will see mostly sunny skies and a high of 91. Sunrise is 5:19 and sunset is 8:37 for 15 hours 18 minutes of daylight. The moon will be full this evening. On this day in 1764, one of the strongest tornadoes in history strikes Woldegk, Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions…
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Daily Bread for 6.14.26: Wisconsin Supreme Court Accepts Second Appeal Against Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 67. Sunrise is 5:15 and sunset is 8:34 for 15 hours 19 minutes of daylight. The moon is new this evening with none of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and…
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Daily Bread for 6.11.26: Does James Troupis Think He’s More Notorious Than Jeffrey Dahmer?
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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will see evening thunderstorms with a high of 80. Sunrise is 5:16 and sunset is 8:33 for 15 hours 17 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 18.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1936, inventor Edwin Armstrong demonstrates FM broadcasting to an audience…
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Daily Bread for 5.30.26: Wisconsin Supreme Court Accepts Challenge to Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset is 8:25 for 15 hours 5 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp winning the 500-mile…
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Daily Bread for 5.29.26: Federal Court Denies Trump Admin Access to Wisconsin’s Voter Rolls
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset is 8:24 for 15 hours 4 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 96.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the…
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Daily Bread for 4.29.26: Wisconsin Congressional Redistricting Is Off the Table for 2026 Election
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 5:51 and sunset is 7:53 for 14 hours 2 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 95.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Lakes Advisory Committee meets at 4 PM. On this day in 1945, American…
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Daily Bread for 3.29.26: The Inescapable Importance of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race
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Daily Bread for 3.28.26: Kangaroo Escapes from Wisconsin Farm
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 47. Sunrise is 6:43 and sunset is 7:16 for 12 hours 33 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 78.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1910, Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre…