🌱 How you can donate at Germantown Police to help homeless veterans
Germantown, Wisconsin Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Germantown! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How you can donate at Germantown Police to help homeless veterans
- What Sunlite Plastics’ 41 Germantown layoffs mean for local workers
- How Germantown’s 35–7 loss fits into Week 7’s chaos
Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 61 and low of 48 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 40.
- Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 61 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Richfield Boy Scout collecting 10,000 food items for Wisconsin veterans experiencing homelessness (tmj4.com) — A Richfield Boy Scout is partnering with the Germantown Police Department to collect 10,000 food and hygiene items for Wisconsin veterans experiencing homelessness, with GPD serving as a key drop-off site. With 8,000 items already gathered, organizers say the need remains high and are urging Washington County residents, especially those near Germantown, to keep donating through local collection points and online options. 
• Factory Fallout: Manufacturing layoffs from Volkswagen, Sunlite Plastics and more (plantservices.com) — Sunlite Plastics plans to permanently lay off 41 workers at its Germantown facility by early December, citing reduced orders from a major customer. The cuts affect production, packaging, maintenance, and operations roles, placing local manufacturing families under new financial strain as part of a broader wave of factory layoffs nationwide.
• Muskego stuns Arrowhead in overtime as Week 7 shakes up Wisconsin high school football (cbs58.com) — Germantown’s football team took a tough 35–7 loss to Marquette University High School, dropping the Warhawks to 3–4 as Week 7 reshaped rankings across Wisconsin. While several top programs were upset statewide, many contenders stayed unbeaten, tightening conference races and playoff positioning for Germantown’s regional rivals in the final three regular-season weeks.
📸 Around Germantown
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
10:00 am
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
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Trivia at Bixenburg Tavern →
Bixenburg Tavern, N112W21209 Mequon Rd, Germantown
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Blood Drive - Kiwanis & Germantown Library
Germantown Community Library, N112W16957 Mequon Rd, Germantown
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Job Service Employment Assistance - Germantown Library
Germantown Community Library, N112W16957 Mequon Rd, Germantown
1:00 pm -
Village Board →
Germantown, WI Calendar
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Bags League - BuBs Irish Pub
BuBs Irish Pub, N116W16218 Main St, Germantown
5:30 pm -
What's the Buzz Networking
Grace Commons, W195 N9550 Rolling Meadows Circle, Menomonee Falls
7:30 am -
Public Works & Highways Committee →
Germantown, WI Calendar
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Bingo - American Legion Post 1
Germantown American Legion Post 1, W15932 Freistadt Rd N120, Germantown
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Old Falls Biergarten - Friends of Old Falls Village Park
Old Falls Village Park, SouthWest Corner of Pilgrim Rd and County Rd Q, Menomonee Falls
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Darts League - BuBs Irish Pub
BuBs Irish Pub, N116W16218 Main St, Germantown
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World War 1 Re-enactment at Old Falls Village Park →
Old Falls Village Park, N96W15791 County Line Rd, Menomonee Falls
10:00 am
Sunday October 4
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Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
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Saturday October 10
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Arby's posted a job opening for Team Member in Germantown. Apply here.
- Watts posted a job opening for Machinist - 2nd Shift in Menomonee Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Germantown here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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