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🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Menomonee Falls native on Team USA’s latest volleyball roster

And check out Paint The District Week on the Menomonee Falls Patch calendar

Thursday August 20th Patch AM
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Greetings Menomonee Falls! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the Menomonee Falls native on Team USA's latest volleyball roster

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

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)


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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 77, low: 60.
  • Saturday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 78 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• U.S. Women Head to Dominican Republic for 2026 NORCECA Continental Championship (usavolleyball.org) — Menomonee Falls gets a shout-out as outside hitter Simone Lee-Wank, listed from the village, joins the 14-player U.S. Women's National Team roster heading to the Dominican Republic for the 2026 NORCECA Continental Championship. The tournament, running August 21–28, serves as a qualifier for other nations for the 2027 World Cup and 2028 Olympics, with the U.S. facing Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, and Canada in group play.
   


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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Please help me locate innards!
    I've started cooking for my dog and I need hearts, livers, tunge bones with marrow etc. Fresh or frozen. Seems everywhere i go has none. Any… (Nextdoor Parkway Drive Heights)
  • Convergint posted a job opening for Regional Safety Manager - Port Washington, WI in Menomonee Falls. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Sussex

  • Fitchburg PD says new cameras limit data sharing unlike controversial Flock system (wkow.com)
  • Strange Fruit (blogspot.com)
  • Tornado warning issued for Waukesha, Washington counties (jsonline.com)

Brookfield

  • Fatal motorcycle accident followed by multi-vehicle accident on southbound I-41 (gmtoday.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: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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