Good morning,
The forecast for Whitewater calls for a chance of freezing drizzle, and a high of thirty-one degrees.
It’s market day pickup at Lincoln School today.
Tonight, at 7 PM, the League of Women Voters will have a program on the U.S. Census, in the Common Council chambers in the municipal building.
In Wisconsin History on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a particular crime spree from 1935, from nearby Janesville:
1935 – Five Janesville Youths Arrested
On this date five Janesville boys, ages 13-16, were arrested for a string of burglaries, including the thefts of cigarettes, whisky and blankets. While in the police station, one of the boys tried to crack the safe in the chief’s office. [Source: Janesville Gazette]
The account offers no additional detail; we don’t know what happened to the would-be safe cracker, or the others. For the safe-cracker — a combination of audacity and foolishness that one seldom sees.