🌱 Patch AM: How Caledonia neighbors rebuilt a family’s dream home after a 2024 fire

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In today's newsletter:

• How Caledonia neighbors rebuilt a family's dream home after a 2024 fire

Also on today's calendar: Tucker 4-H Pancake Breakfast and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and cool, with a high of 60 and low of 54 degrees.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 64, low: 55.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 65 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Realistic Builders Honor Firefighters At The Replacement Home That Burned Down in 2024 (racinecountyeye.com) — Caledonia firefighters recently revisited the site of a devastating 2024 house fire, this time to tour the newly built replacement home and share a thank-you breakfast. Racine-based Realistic Builders rebuilt the family's home in 10 months, coordinating dozens of local contractors and highlighting how neighbors, businesses, and first responders rallied to help the displaced Caledonia family recover.
   

📸 Around Caledonia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Caledonia

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Saturday September 26
• Tucker 4-H Pancake Breakfast →
  Swan's Pumpkin Farm, 5930 Highway H Franksville, Wisconsin
  7:30 am
• MEMBER EVENT: Racine Farmers Market on the Lake
  Festival Park, 5 Fifth St., Racine
  9:00 am
• All Pro Dads Community Celebration
  Julian Thomas Elementary School, 930 Dr Martin Luther King Dr #30, Caledonia
  11:00 am
Thursday October 1
• Chuck E Cheese Night
  Chuck E. Cheese, 5612 Durand Ave, Racine
  4:00 pm
• RAMAC Annual Membership Dinner
  Fountain Banquet Hall, 8505 Durand Avenue, Sturtevant
  4:45 pm
Friday October 2
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Chainsaw Carving & Art Forest Festival →
  River Bend Nature Center, 3600 N Green Bay Rd, Racine
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 22
• Picture Day at Lakeview
  School District of South Milwaukee South Milwaukee, WI 53172
  8:30 am
• In/Between Wellness: Yoga & Sound Bathing →
  RAM Wustum, 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine
  9:00 am
• Open Studio Ceramics →
  RAM Wustum, 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine
  10:00 am
• In/Between Wellness: Elder Yoga →
  RAM Wustum, 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• WABTEC posted a job opening for Assembler - Hiring Now in Oak Creek. Apply here.
• Pilot Company posted a job opening for Subway Cashier in Oak Creek. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Caledonia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Racine

• Joseph Fallon, 42, of Racine (racinecountyeye.com)
• Serving Those Who Served With Community Resources (tmj4.com)
• Officials: Man killed after being run over by girlfriend during argument in Racine (cbs58.com)

Mount Pleasant

• Mount Pleasant Oct. 10 lumber drive supports Thomas Dambo troll (racinecountyeye.com)
• Mount Pleasant accepting reclaimed lumber donations Oct. 10 for troll sculpture (journaltimes.com)

Ok Caledonia! 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: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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