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Hi Green Bay! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Green Bay honored POWs and the missing this week
  • Former Packers cheerleaders are back—see how they're serving Green Bay
  • How a fan-owned Packers franchise keeps Green Bay thriving

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Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Cloudy and breezy at times, with a high of 67 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Monday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 60, low: 48.
  • Tuesday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 61 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hometown Heroes: Green Bay honors POWs and service members missing in action (wearegreenbay.com) — Green Bay residents recently gathered to honor prisoners of war and service members still missing in action, including a pilot from the city who never returned from Vietnam. The annual POW-MIA remembrance ceremony, led by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 224, highlighted ongoing efforts to recover missing soldiers and offered support to families still waiting for answers.
   

• Golden Girls, Packerettes, and Sideliners: The Packers cheerleaders who never lost their bond (wearegreenbay.com) — In Green Bay, more than 50 former Packers cheerleaders have reunited through the Green Bay Professional Football Cheerleaders Alumni Chapter, keeping their bond alive long after game days. The group now channels its spirit into local fundraisers, volunteer projects, and support for one another, and is inviting former Golden Girls, Packerettes, and Sideliners to reconnect via email.
   

• Pakistani cookbook from Wisconsin chef, English musician's love affair with Milwaukee, How the Packers became more than a football team (wpr.org) — A new book by Appleton's Tom Nelson digs into how the Green Bay Packers grew from a small-town team into a fan-owned powerhouse that now pumps an estimated half-billion dollars into the greater Green Bay area each year. Through stories of early leaders, modern TV money, and diehard fans who travel back to Green Bay again and again, it explores why this community-run franchise still matters so much to local identity and the regional economy.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Howard hosts first-ever Senior Lifestyle Expo (wbay.com)

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  • Building for Kids Children's Museum unveils new “Step Into Art” traveling exhibit (fox11online.com)
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  • HSGT: Bay Port, West De Pere, Pulaski and Preble post victories (fox11online.com)

Ok Green Bay! 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: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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