🌱 Patch AM: How a Menomonee Falls resident helped change school funding rules

Good day Menomonee Falls! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Menomonee Falls resident helped change school funding rules
• How new prior authorization tech could affect Menomonee Falls patients
• Menomonee Falls alum's devastating injury sidelines him for another NFL season

Also on today's calendar: Paint The District Week and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 77 and low of 54 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 62.
• Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Judge: Milwaukee County must contribute to Wisconsin Common School Fund (thecentersquare.com) — A Menomonee Falls resident, Christine Stueland, successfully challenged a state budget provision that let Milwaukee County keep all proceeds from certain vehicle fines instead of sharing them with Wisconsin's Common School Fund. A judge ruled the carve-out unconstitutional, meaning more money must now flow back into the statewide fund that supports school libraries, including those serving local students.
   

• CommonSpirit's 5 targets for judging payer prior auth reform — and its Humana milestone - Becker's Payer Issues (beckerspayer.com) — Menomonee Falls appears in a national healthcare story as Froedtert ThedaCare Health joins Epic's new real-time prior authorization rollout, aiming to speed insurer approvals and reduce denials. CommonSpirit Health leaders outline aggressive targets for cutting prior auth volume and improving payment reliability, changes that could eventually influence how local patients' care is approved and billed.
   

• Second former Badgers star suffers big injury in NFL training camp (jsonline.com) — Menomonee Falls sports fans will feel this one: Broncos defensive lineman and Menomonee Falls High School alum Matt Henningsen will miss the entire 2026 NFL season after re-tearing his Achilles in an Aug. 7 practice. The injury comes as fellow former Badger Tyler Biadasz also suffered a serious-looking leg injury during a Chargers-49ers joint practice.
   

📸 Around Menomonee Falls

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Menomonee Falls

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Wednesday August 19
• Paint The District Week →
  Menomonee Falls Downtown District, N88W16606 Main St, Menomonee Falls
  11:00 am
Thursday August 20
• Introductory Spanish for the Workplace
  Menomonee Falls Chamber of Commerce, Inc. WCTC Corporate Training Center 800 Main St, Building A Pewaukee, WI 53072
• FALLS FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT AT VILLAGE PARK →
  Village of Menomonee Falls Calendar, Garfield Dr, Menomonee Falls
• Paint The District Week →
  Menomonee Falls Downtown
  11:00 am
• "WICKED" | Falls Family Movie Night →
  Village of Menomonee Falls Calendar, Village Park Garfield Dr, Menomonee Falls
  5:00 pm
Friday August 21
• Paint The District Week →
  Menomonee Falls Downtown District, N88W16606 Main St, Menomonee Falls
  11:00 am
Saturday August 22
• Falls Festival of the Arts →
  Village of Menomonee Falls Calendar, N88W16567 Main Street, Menomonee Falls
  10:00 am
• Honey bucket Donny Memorial →
  Village of Menomonee Falls Calendar, N96W15791 County Line Rd, Menomonee Falls
  1:00 pm
• Honey Bucket Donny Memorial →
  Menomonee Falls Historical Society at Old Falls Village Historical Park and Museum, N96W15791 County Line Rd, Menomonee Falls
  1:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Menomonee Falls Symphony At Old Falls Village Historical Park →
  Menomonee Falls Historical Society at Old Falls Village Historical Park and Museum, N96W15791 County Line Rd, Menomonee Falls
  5:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Old Falls Village Historical Park Depot Museum and Historic Buildings Tours →
  Menomonee Falls Historical Society at Old Falls Village Historical Park and Museum, N96W15791 County Line Rd, Menomonee Falls
  12:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Wisconsin Dells Winery Trolley Tour →
  400 N Barker Rd, Brookfield
  8:15 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• YMCA of Greater Waukesha County posted a job opening for Custodian Part Time - Tri County YMCA in Menomonee Falls. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Menomonee Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Menomonee Falls here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Fitchburg PD says new cameras limit data sharing unlike controversial Flock system (wkow.com)
• A Badgers alumnus tops crowded leaderboard at Wisconsin State Open (jsonline.com)
• 'Figured we might as well cut one step out': Brookfield salon owners open coffee shop inside salon (tmj4.com)

Brookfield

• WRAP State Art exhibit open until September (gazettextra.com)

Ok Menomonee Falls! 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: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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