Redistricting Public Hearing + Former Students File Lawsuit

Good day, people of Madison! Molly Carmichael here with a fresh issue of the Madison Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Clouds yielding to sun. High: 57 Low: 41.

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Here are the top stories in Madison today:

1. On Thursday over roughly 150 people registered for a public hearing regarding the new district maps proposed by a GOP-led legislature. Many speakers felt that the maps took away their vote. The maps would maintain a Republican advantage. (The Cap Times)
2. A group of nine former Madison East students are filing a lawsuit against their former teacher, David Krutchen and the Madison school district over hidden cameras. The students allege that both Krutchen, who was arrested in January 2020, and the school district violated their fourth and 14th amendment rights. (Isthmus)
3. If you see plastic flamingos covering Bascom Hill, that's because it's time for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's annual 'Fill the Hill.' What started as a prank in 1979, has since turned into a major fundraising event. (Daily Cardinal)

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Today in Madison:

• FAMILY: Halloween Trivia —Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce (10:00 AM)
• Serendipity Saturdays — Hawthorne Branch Library (10:00 AM)
• Friends of Pinney Library Pop-Up Book Sale—Pinney Library (10:00 AM)
• Dream Bus vists Breese Stevens Field with Forward Madison—Breese Stevens Field (7:00 PM)

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Madison Patch Notebook

• Wisconsin Cheese helps you plan a spooky good appetizer: "Easy Halloween Cheese Board Halloween is around the corner, and if you're still working through the logistics of your themed spread, this Easy Halloween Cheese Board seamlessly embodies the holiday spirit." (Instagram)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison has its annual Fill the Hill: "Filling Bascom Hill with flamingos may have started as a simple prank — but it's become so much more." (Facebook)
• Discover Wisconsin spotlights a nearby corn maze: "We know it's corny… But we love corn maze season so much! Have you visited @treinenfarm in Lodi? Don't miss out this year on getting lost in their corn maze, voted one of the Top 10 in the U.S. by USA Today!" (Instagram)
• Dane Arts spotlights an artist: "Today's DABL featured artist is Christy Grace. Christy Grace is a multidisciplinary professional artist, published illustrator, and invisible illness awareness advocate, living in Wisconsin." (Facebook)
• Wisconsin Wetlands Association celebrates wetlands: "Happy Halloween!! This Halloween, we invite you to consider the long-standing, erroneous perception that wetlands are dark and dreary places to be avoided." (Facebook)
• Wisconsin Veterans Museum needs help with a mystery: "Happy Figure-it-out-Friday! Help us identify this mystery soldier, who enlisted in the U.S. Army sometime after 1911. He wears a olive drab pullover flannel shirt and "Montana peak" campaign hat." (Instagram)

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— Molly Carmichael

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