Good morning,
It’s a rainy morning, and the forecast calls for a day of rain with a high of fifty degrees.
Tonight at Lincoln School’s upper gym, it’s Spring Fling, from 5 to 8 PM. Over at Washington School, it’s Family Fun Night from 6:30 to 8 PM.
In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls an ironic crime from 1932:
1932 – Illegal Distillery Discovered in Janesville
On this date Rupert E. Fessenden, Rock County’s chief deputy, discovered the largest ever illegal liquor distillery in southern Wisconsin. The distillery was found on the old Frances Willard estate south of the Wisconsin School for the Blind. Ironically, Willard was one of the founders of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. [Source: Janesville Gazette].