Thursday in Whitewater see afternoon thundershowers with a high of 85. Sunrise is 5:38 and sunset is 8:23, for 14 hours, 45 minutes of daytime. The moon is new with 0.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee.
Whitewater’s public library, now undergoing a renovation, is being renamed, sensibly, the Whitewater Public Library:
The change has been under discussion for months in public meetings of the library board. (As a matter of law, this board was free to change the name, based on the scant conditions of the prior naming agreement, the significant renovation of the building now underway, and a general presumption in Wisconsin law against a perpetual designation in light of the former.)
As it turns out, the library board has picked well: it’s a good name for this town’s library.
Wednesday in Whitewater will be increasingly sunny with a high of 91. Sunrise is 5:37 and sunset is 8:24, for 14 hours, 47 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 2 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
An analysis by Marquette University Law School researcher John Johnson suggests there are four “battleground” state Senate districts in play ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
They include:
The 5th Senate District held by Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield
The 17th Senate District held by Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green
The 21st Senate District held by Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine
The 31st Senate District held by Sen. Jeff Smith, D-Brunswick
“The good news for Democrats is that I would say all four of these seats lean Democratic, even though three of them have Republican incumbents,” Johnson told WPR. “I say that because not only did (Democratic U.S. Sen.) Tammy Baldwin win a majority of the vote in each of these districts in her 2024 senatorial reelection campaign, so did Kamala Harris, even though she lost the state.”
Following the recent attacks across Japan, the police in Tochigi Prefecture, approximately 100 km north of Tokyo, and the local hunters club conducted a bear drill on Monday. In the mountainous area police demonstrated how to scare off a wild bear using fireworks.
Honest to goodness. If bear attacks on people were to befall Whitewater, the residents of this beautiful city should expect more than fireworks as a defense.
Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 85. Sunrise is 5:36 and sunset is 8:25, for 14 hours, 49 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 6.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1990, Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond’s second consecutive Tour de France victory.
City officials are surely pleased, as parents in the district should be, but all of this could have been accomplished without the district’s wasteful, indeed ludicrous, consideration of other options. One can present a serious critique of mistakes over the years by this department without being, as the district’s board has been, utterly impractical.
As with a wasted year over negotiations about the aquatic center, this remains a weak board of limited judgment. (The same often-wrong man who served as board president during most of the tedious pool negotiations urged keeping the public in the dark about the district’s wanderings away from a sensible, local security solution. SeeYesteryear’s Familiar Tune.)
Open government is good government, and good government is open government.
Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 80. Sunrise is 5:35 and sunset is 8:26, for 14 hours, 51 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 13 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
The Whitewater Common Council & the Whitewater Unified School District Board meet jointly at 6 PM. Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM.
There’s much talk about whether the recent Wisconsin biennial budget was the best that Wisconsin could do. It’s an editorial from The Cap Times — that’s right, Madison’s Cap Times — that assesses this matter most accurately:
Without Evers’ vetoes, the harm done by President Trump’s big, ugly plan to gut safety net programs — as part of a strategy to provide massive tax cuts for billionaires — would have been even more severe for working Wisconsinites.
But Evers could not veto the 2025-27 budget to perfection, or even to acceptability in the eyes of most Legislative Democrats.
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Where this leaves us is with a political reality: if Wisconsinites want a better budget, they have to elect more moderate, liberal and progressive Democrats to the Assembly and Senate.
Yes. Directing criticism toward Evers — the governor of Wisconsin, not a senator from far bluer New York — is merely a work of self-indulgent performance art.
Those who want better will have to work for better by canvassing, voting, and effectively advancing their message at public assemblies.
Those who are not canvassing, voting, and effectively advancing their message at public assemblies will get the legislative majorities that their opponents want.
Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 77. Sunrise is 5:34 and sunset is 8:27, for 14 hours, 53 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 22.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1969, Apollo 11‘s crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
The City of Whitewater is conducting a school supplies drive:
Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with scattered thundershowers and a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:33 and sunset is 8:28, for 14 hours, 54 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 33.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 64, the Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
Forget your street cart hot dogs and deli pastrami, the real New Yorker’s sandwich is the chopped cheese, a beautiful conglomeration of chopped ground beef, melted cheese and secret seasoning, all served on a hero or a roll. The birthplace of the chopped cheese is Hajji’s Deli in Harlem, where Salah has been managing the joint for the past 15 years. Inspired by an Arabic dish, the chopped cheese has now become a New York staple, with fans in everyone from Jay-Z to Cam’ron.
Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 78. Sunrise is 5:32 and sunset is 8:29, for 14 hours, 56 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 42.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1821, the United States takes possession of Florida after the Kingdom of Spain cedes the territory.
Tariffs’ effects are notable for Wisconsin manufacturing. In an interview with Kate Archer Kent, President and Managing Director Sandi Siegel of customs brokerage M.E. Dey & Co.described tariffs’ toll on prices:
KAK: Can you bring this down to the micro level in Wisconsin? Are individual consumers and households seeing the effects of these tariffs and trade threats?
SS: I ask customers myself when we meet and talk about the challenges. Are you passing on the tariffs to your customer? Are you absorbing it? How are you managing that? I won’t say all companies, but I’d say most companies can absorb, not happily, but they can absorb a 10 percent increase (from tariffs). When you start getting into some of these higher dollar amounts, like percentages for China and some of the other rate increases going on, that is a different conversation. They certainly are passing on those rates.
One of the bigger impacts that has been coming fast and furious is the (50 percent) steel and aluminum tariffs. We’re a heavy manufacturing community in Wisconsin, and their raw materials are being impacted heavily. My understanding is some of the steel and materials needed can’t be sourced even within the U.S. So there are some definite challenges there that certainly are increasing prices.
Tuesday, July 22nd at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of Last Breath @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building:
Adventure/Thriller/True Story
Rated PG-13. 1 hour, 33 minutes (2025)
A true story: North Sea deep-sea communication divers battle the raging sea to rescue their crew mate trapped on the ocean‘s bottom with oxygen and time running out. Gripping. Breathtaking. Edge of your seat! Filmed on location. Stars Woody Harrelson.
Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 70. Sunrise is 5:32 and sunset is 8:29, for 14 hours, 58 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 55.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1821, the United States takes possession of Florida after the Kingdom of Spain cedes the territory.
Wisconsin will hold her next state supreme court election in April 2026. Incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley has declared her intention to run, but has not formally entered the race. Although she has several career choices before her, a federal judicial appointment is not (by her choice) one of them:
U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin have sent to President Donald Trump this week five recommendations for filling a vacant seat on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, but the Trump administration is signaling that it is going its own way in selecting the nominee.
Sources told the Journal Sentinel that Trump officials interviewed a handful of conservative Wisconsin candidates on their own. The interviews occurred before Johnson and Baldwin’s judicial nominating commission, which normally selects candidates for federal judgeships and other positions and forwards them to the White House for consideration, completed its review and submitted candidates’ names.
At least five of the 19 applicants for the position traveled to Washington, D.C., to sit for interviews with White House staff in mid-May, according to multiple sources familiar with the process.
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Several prominent Wisconsin judges who were expected to vie for the seat didn’t end up applying. Those included state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow and U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig, a Trump appointee.
All three have strong conservative credentials, but multiple sources told the Journal Sentinel that the president wanted to nominate someone who is expected to be on the appellate court for decades. Bradley, Dorow and Ludwig are all 54 years old or older.
Her decision not to seek the federal appointment now leaves Bradley with these options:
Bradley (1) might receive an appointment to the federal bench, (2) might come across a lucrative private sector offer, (3) would have a tough go of reelection, and (4) would sit in the minority on Wisconsin’s high court for at least two more years even if she won re-election in 2026.
Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thunderstorms and a high of 87. Sunrise is 5:31 and sunset is 8:30, for 14 hours, 59 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 66.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Parks and Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1945, the Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Winklevoss twins spend big on Bill Berrien, 2026 Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate.
MADISON – Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, founders of cryptocurrency company Gemini and known for their legal dispute with Mark Zuckerberg over the creation of Facebook, donated a total of $1 million to support Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Berrien, campaign finance reports show.
The twins each donated $500,000 to Berrien’s PAC that he launched earlier this year, which at the time of its launch was characterized as a way to boost GOP candidates through tough election cycles.
The donations accounted for the vast majority of Berrien’s fundraising, which totaled $1.2 million, according to the records.
(This is Kleiber’s second strong story in the same week.)
Here’s what it means:
Out-of-state billionaires seek attention of another out-of-state billionaire. The Winklevoss brothers are seeking Trump’s notice (and so, too, is in-state candidate Berrien).
This attention-seeking isn’t a sign of WISGOP strength; it’s a sign of dependency on one Florida man.
Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 86. Sunrise is 5:30 and sunset is 8:31, for 15 hours, 1 minute of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 76 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Innovation Center Advisory Panel meets at 8:30 AM. The Whitewater School Board’s Policy Review Committee meets at 4 PM. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6 PM.
MADISON – Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley is up for reelection in 2026 but did not raise money in the most recent campaign finance reporting period that spans through the end of June, according to state records.
Bradley, a member of the court’s conservative minority, is up for a new 10-year term on the court next year. She has not yet announced whether she will run again.
But in April, Bradley told WisPolitics.com that she planned to run again to “ensure that there is a voice for the constitution and for the rule of law to preserve that in the state of Wisconsin.”
Liberal state Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor, who is running for the seat, raised more than $583,000 since she launched her campaign in May, according to her campaign.
Quick assessment on this important reporting about the state’s 2026 high court race:
Bradley (1) might receive an appointment to the federal bench, (2) might come across a lucrative private sector offer, (3) would have a tough go of reelection, and (4) would sit in the minority on Wisconsin’s high court for at least two more years even if she won re-election in 2026.
Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:29 and sunset is 8:31, for 15 hours, 2 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 85.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Plan & Architectural Review Commission meets at 6 PM.
We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations. Whether you’re outraged by attacks on voting rights, the gutting of essential services, disappearances of our neighbors, or the assault on free speech and our right to protest – this movement is for you.
Wildfires have forced evacuations for visitors and staff at two national parks — Gunnison and the Grand Canyon — in the U.S. as the summer monsoon season brings increased lightning to the arid region.
