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🌱 Patch AM: How you can nominate an Appleton neighbor for a heartfelt makeover

Coming up: Vet & Frets on the Appleton Patch calendar

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Tuesday September 15th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Greetings Appleton! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How you can nominate an Appleton neighbor for a heartfelt makeover
  • Appleton clinic helps sisters get first-of-its-kind hearing loss therapy.
  • Why a local leader wrote a new people's history of the Packers

Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Warmer with variable clouds, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 69, low: 60.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 72 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Appleton stylists give breast cancer survivor and daughter a Monday morning makeover (fox11online.com) — In Appleton, a husband-and-wife stylist team treated a local breast cancer survivor and her daughter to a Monday Morning Makeover at The Salon Professional Academy, giving them a joyful break after a difficult medical journey. The visit included hair, styling, and wardrobe coaching at Lillian's. Residents can nominate someone they know for a future makeover by emailing a photo and short note to stylist Josif Wittnik.
   

• Wisconsin sisters with rare hearing loss receive newly approved therapy (madison.com) — Two young sisters from northeast Wisconsin are receiving groundbreaking gene therapy for rare genetic hearing loss, with follow-up care at Children's Wisconsin Appleton Clinic. Their treatments and hearing tests in Appleton highlight cutting-edge options now available close to home for families facing similar diagnoses.
   

• Outagamie County Executive launches unique Packers history book (wixx.com) — Appleton readers might be interested to know that Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson has just released his third book, a people-focused history of the Green Bay Packers. Written partly from Appleton, it explores why the team inspires such broad loyalty and includes a foreword by the late former Packers president Bob Harlan. The book is available now through Amazon and major retailers.
   

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    Wednesday September 16
  • Vet & Frets →
    Wisconsin Veterans Village, 2919 W Glenpark Dr. Suite 500, Appleton
    11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Good Morning.
    I just need to say this....I HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS on this site, I don't care what others think about next door...During my darkest hours, I am being… (Nextdoor Nicolet Grand - Chute)
  • Did anyone lose a small orangish brown dog, purple collar, black lead around Oneida st?
    I can put up a picture shortly. She was in my back yard we are keeping her safe. If you or anyone you know lost a dog that matches that description… (Nextdoor Erb Park)
  • ITW Hartness posted a job opening for Material Handler - Power Systems Division in Appleton. Apply here.
  • Oshkosh Corporation posted a job opening for Material Handler - 2nd Shift ($23.23+/hr) in Appleton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Appleton here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • High school football: Leaders in the clubhouse (wncy.com)

Ok Appleton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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