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🌱 Two Monona police searches end in arrests involving K9 teams

Monona, Wisconsin Patch AM: a 4 min read

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

In today's newsletter:

  • Two Monona police searches end in arrests involving K9 teams
  • Monona Grove heads to Wisconsin Rapids for football state semifinal
  • Monona's Tasting Room joins Madison's first cocktail festival

Also on today's calendar: Grandparents Group and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; a few morning showers, with a high of 56 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 44, low: 31.
  • Friday: Chilly with clouds and sun, with a high of 41 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Two men arrested after fleeing Monona Police, being caught by K9 officers in separate incidents (wmtv15news.com) — Two separate Monona police searches ended with K9 teams apprehending men who officers say fled on foot. One search began near Monona Drive and US-12, the other after a reported domestic violence incident. Both men received treatment for dog bites before being jailed, police said.
   

2. Unbeaten streak alive, well in Bonduel (newmedia-wi.com) — Monona Grove will face New Richmond in a Division 2 football state semifinal at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at South Wood County Stadium in Wisconsin Rapids. Both teams are No. 1 seeds. Their matchup appears in a statewide playoff roundup led by unbeaten Bonduel's win over Cedar Grove-Belgium.
   

3. 5 fun events happening in Madison this week, Nov. 12-18 ✨🍸🎭 (captimes.com) — Monona's Tasting Room will have a booth at the first Madison Cocktail Festival, taking place Saturday, Nov. 14, at Garver Feed Mill. The 6–10 p.m. event features more than a dozen cocktail stations, with general admission costing $59 before food. Nearby Olin Park's free Holiday Fantasy in Lights also opens that evening.
   

4. Photo of the day: Story time with Madison Ballet (madison.com) — Monona Public Library’s pairing of storytelling and classical music appears in this regional photo collection, with violinist Spencer Day pictured at September’s Storybook Music Project. The library presented the program to encourage children’s literacy and introduce young listeners to classical music, pairing Wanda Hazel Gág’s “Nothing at All” with orchestral accompaniment.
   

5. Wisconsin 2026 midterm election: Percentage of votes for David Crowley in Dane County municipalities (blogspot.com) — Monona was one of six Dane County municipalities where Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley's vote share exceeded the countywide 80.3% in the 2026 election. The comparison, citing county data, also places Madison, Middleton, Fitchburg, Sun Prairie and Shorewood Hills above that benchmark, but does not give Monona's exact percentage in the text.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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