🌱 Why a gifted basketball hoop’s theft has a Kenosha neighborhood upset
Kenosha, Wisconsin Patch AM: a 4 min readGreetings Kenosha! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why a gifted basketball hoop’s theft has a Kenosha neighborhood upset
- Kenosha community mourns newborn Marcela Cynthia Garfias
- Kenosha County sisters face long recovery after alleged DUI head-on crash
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• 'It's heartbreaking': Kenosha police gifted a basketball hoop to a family, now someone has stolen it (tmj4.com) — Kenosha police are asking for the public’s help after a basketball hoop gifted by the Kenosha Professional Police Association to a local family was stolen less than a month later. Officers say the theft is heartbreaking for neighborhood kids and urge whoever took it to return it, or for anyone who spots it to call the non-emergency line. 
• Marcela Cynthia Garfias, newborn, of Kenosha (racinecountyeye.com) — Kenosha and Racine families are mourning newborn Marcela Cynthia Garfias, who passed away May 2 at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Kenosha. Loved ones say her brief life was still a blessing, and memorial services will be held privately. Arrangements are being handled by Kenosha Funeral Home.
• Kenosha County crash seriously injures sisters, woman charged (fox6now.com) — Two sisters were seriously hurt in a fiery head-on crash in Kenosha County, where prosecutors say a 19-year-old driver was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. The women face long recoveries, and one remains hospitalized without health insurance. Their mother is asking the community for prayers and support as a fundraiser helps cover mounting medical bills.
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- I was at Festival yesterday and was greeted by a robot roaming the isles waiting to take your questions and help find your grocery products.
I know other stores have this but I never ran across one. Festival said more are coming. It will take some getting used to but I think it’s cool. (Nextdoor Kenosha St) - Sometime this afternoon my cat escaped.
She looks like a kitten but is actually about 5 years old. She is a golden color and answers to "Penny". She is not an outdoor cat so I am super… (Nextdoor Somers 56th Ave)
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