Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy, with scattered showers and a high of 67. Sunrise is 6:22 and sunset is 7:25, for 13 hours, 3 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 80.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Lakes Advisory Committee meets at 4 PM and the Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM.
On this day in 1783, the Revolutionary War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain (that became effective May 12, 1784).
Wisconsin Watch’s Natalie Yahr writes about The Future of Work in Wisconsin (in four categories across six charts): fastest growing jobs, jobs with most openings, declining employment, and popular jobs.
Many of the jobs shrinking the fastest are ones you might expect: those based on outdated technologies or practices. About one in four positions held by telemarketers, switchboard operators, couriers, door-to-door salespeople and street vendors is projected to vanish by 2032.
Of the top 10 fastest-shrinking jobs, nine don’t usually require a college education.
Secretaries and administrative assistants are expected to lose the most jobs (2,420), followed by couriers and messengers (1,990), customer service representatives (1,550) and tellers (1,290).
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater about once a week since late last year, delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a firehose of molten rock.
