Good morning,
There’s a forecast for Whitewater for sunny skies, with a high of forty-nine. The new month begins warmer and brighter than November.
School is back in session, for a full day. Over at Lakeview School — an elementary school without a mascot of its own — there’s a PTA meeting at 6:30 PM.
Common Council meets tonight, at 6:30 PM. The agenda — deceptively light — is available online. It’s not always consideration of ordinances, but simple reports to the community, that tell the most about the direction of government.
There was a time — a euphemism for more than a century ago — that Wisconsin had a heavyweight (wrestling) champ — if only for a brief time. (Beell lived in Marshfield, but he was born in Germany.) The Wisconsin Historical Society offers the details:
1906 – Fred Beell Crowned Heavyweight Champ
On this date Fred Beell, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, won the American heavyweight wrestling championship in New Orleans, taking two of three falls from Frank Gotch. Beell’s reign was brief. Sixteen days later, he lost a rematch to Gotch. Beell’s victory was the only match that Gotch lost from 1904 until his death in 1918. [Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Beell went on to become a police officer in Marshfield, Wisconsin. He served with distinction for over a decade, before being killed in the line of duty. The City of Marshfield has more information about Beell’s life and career with the Marshfield Police Department available online.