🌱 How a Mequon pizza favorite is fighting back after a costly scam

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Mequon pizza favorite is fighting back after a costly scam
• Meet the 7-year-old Mequon golfer headed to Augusta National

Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 76 and low of 57 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny with a shower, temps: high: 69, low: 61.
• Thursday: Decreasing clouds and humid, with a high of 71 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mequon pizza shop owner on his fight to keep the business he loves alive after scam (tmj4.com) — A Mequon pizza vendor at the Mequon Public Market is asking neighbors for help after losing $9,000 in an overpayment scam that hit his small business hard. Owner Laron Taylor of Mad Rush Pizza has launched a GoFundMe as he struggles with rising costs and health issues, and he hopes sharing his story will also warn other local business owners about similar frauds.
   

• National Finalists light up with joy at Whistling Straits (drivechipandputt.com) — A 7-year-old golfer from Mequon, Ruby Appleby, has earned a trip to the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National after winning her division at Whistling Straits. Her strong putting lifted her past older competitors, and she's already dreaming about Masters traditions, favorite pros, and maybe celebrating her big win with cookies-and-cream ice cream.
   

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Wednesday September 16
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Thursday September 17
• Teal Shores Senior Living Performance →
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• Level 1 Training →
  10535 N Port Washington Rd, Suite 204, Mequon
  9:00 am
• Basic Handgun Fundamentals →
  Bear Arms, 9653 North Granville Road, Mequon
  5:00 pm
• Couples Pickleball Night →
  Mequon, 11616 N Port Washington Rd, Mequon
  6:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Anahata Kirtan →
  MKE Healing Arts, 11124 N Cedarburg Road, suite 240, Mequon
• Weyenberg Movie Matinees →
  Tolzman Community Room, 11345 N. Cedarburg Road, Mequon
  3:00 pm
• Kids Night Out →
  Mequon, 11616 N Port Washington Rd, Mequon
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Social Run →
  Mequon, 11616 N Port Washington Rd, Mequon
  9:00 am
• Basic Handgun Fundamentals →
  Bear Arms, 9653 North Granville Road, Mequon
  10:00 am
Friday October 2
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Spectrum users: Are any of you having horrendous pixilation on local channel 6-Fox during the football games?
  It's the only channel doing it. I think it might be due to so many people tuning in for the first Sunday of football. It's hard to watch. (Nextdoor Buntrock Ave)
• AK Fast Services LLC — local home repair and maintenance service serving Mequon, Thiensville, River Hills, Bayside, Fox Point, Whitefish Bay, Cedarburg & Grafton.
  We handle drywall, carpentry, trim, doors, installations, fixtures, TV/mirror/shelf mounting, interior & exterior repairs, maintenance, small… (Nextdoor East Mequon)

• Creative Financial Staffing posted a job opening for Accounting Specialist in Mequon. Apply here.
• Sendik's Food Market posted a job opening for Chef in Mequon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mequon here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Football: Meyer scores 3 rushing TDs, Phoenix rout Brown Deer (wdtimes.com)

Cedarburg

• Volleyball Recap: Oak Creek Rolls to Its Sixth Straight Win (maxpreps.com)

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