🌱 Patch AM: Why a Franklin bar’s 30-day license suspension is on hold.

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• Why a Franklin bar's 30-day license suspension is on hold.

Also on today's calendar: IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very warm with a thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Partly sunny with a t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 68.
• Saturday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Irish Cottage challenges Franklin license suspension in Milwaukee County Court (tmj4.com) — A Franklin bar, Irish Cottage of Franklin, has gone to Milwaukee County Court to challenge the city's 30-day suspension of its license, which was set to start September 1. The suspension followed a fatal 2024 crash involving a drunk driver allegedly served there, and a judge has now granted a temporary restraining order while a September 18 hearing is scheduled.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Franklin

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Monday September 7
• FPS 4K-12 No School (Labor Day)
  Franklin Public SD Franklin, WI 53132
Tuesday September 8
• CD PTO Meeting
  Country Dale CD-CD Public Calendar
  4:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival →
  , Milwaukee
  9:00 am
• IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival →
  Veterans Park, 1010 N Lincoln Memorial Dr, Milwaukee
  10:00 am
• ERV-toberfest- Food & beer Festival →
  Erv's Mug, 130 W Ryan Rd, Oak Creek
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 3
• Community Development Authority →
  New Berlin, WI Calendar
  8:00 am
• WBC Steering Committee Meeting →
  Muskego Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Women's Business Connections Steering Committee Meeting JANUARY MEETING TIME WAS CHANGED to 1 PM Meeting the First Wednesday of the Month (unless otherwise specified) Location: Muskego Chamber of Commerce Office, S73 W16485 Janesville Rd, Muskego Mee
  12:00 pm
• City of Greenfield Beer Garden →
  Greenfield, WI Calendar, 5151 W Layton Avenue, Greenfield
  4:00 pm
• Board of Appeals →
  New Berlin, WI Calendar
  6:00 pm
Friday September 4
• CHS Picture Make-up Day
  Cudahy SD Cudahy, WI 53110
• 4K & Kindergarten Staggered Start
  Jerstad-Agerholm Sch Racine, WI 53402
• All 4k & Kindergarten begins
  Julian Thomas El Racine, WI 53404

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Decided I needed more exercise, so I ran three miles today.
  Finally, I said, "Okay Lady. Here, take your purse back." (Nextdoor Franklin/Crooked Creek)
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  a couple of videos from a contest back in 1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM-PPaZsfOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ0Kl5t7_lg Naturally,… (Nextdoor Franklin/Crooked Creek)

• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Freight/Receiving in Franklin. Apply here.
• API Heat Transfer ThermaSys Corporation posted a job opening for Assembler in Franklin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Franklin here.

🗞 Nearby News

Greendale

• MPS schools closed Wednesday, extreme heat expected (fox6now.com)

Greenfield

• Gravity Global: Greenfield Middle School enhances meal consistency and efficiency with Alto-Shaam's Origin multi-cook convection oven (wisbusiness.com)
• One last hurrah for summer. jumping for joy at Sky Zone trampoline park in Greenfield (tmj4.com)
• Baldwin youngster earns Top-15 spot in Kids Heart Challenge fundraising effort (heart.org)

Oak Creek

• Derse Breaks Ground on New Wisconsin Headquarters (exhibitcitynews.com)
• Oak Creek mayor aims to flip Assembly District 21 (upnorthnewswi.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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