🌱 Knee High Naturalist: A Time to Grow!!! and 10 more events

What's up Big Bend! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Knee High Naturalist: A Time to Grow!!! at Richard Bong State Recreation Area

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Fog will lift in the morning, with a high of 78 and low of 41 degrees.
• Saturday: Winds becoming strong; cooler, temps: high: 51, low: 32.
• Sunday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 49 and low of 25 degrees.

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📸 Around Big Bend

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Big Bend

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday May 14

• Knee High Naturalist: A Time to Grow!!!
  Richard Bong State Recreation Area, Richard Bong St Rec Area, 26313 Burlington Rd, Kansasville
  10:00 am

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Other local events

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📣 Big Bend Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Whitnall JV2 Baseball VS Waukesha West Royals
  Whitnall High School Baseball Diamond , 5000 S 116th St , Greenfield
  5:00 pm
• Friends of Library Book Sale - Members Preview Night
  New Berlin Public Library , 15105 W Library Ln , New Berlin
  5:00 pm
• Friends of the Library
  New Berlin Public Library , 15105 W Library Ln , New Berlin
  5:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• HAWS Mobile Visits Ca$h the Dog Rescue Fair
  Field Park , Highway NN & highway 83 , Mukwonago
• Burning is allowed every Saturday
  New Berlin, WI Calendar New Berlin, WI 53151
• Yard Waste Drop Off
  Waterford, WI Calendar , 801 Ela Ave , Waterford
  8:00 am
• Friends of the Library Book Sale
  New Berlin Public Library , 15105 W Library Ln , New Berlin
  9:00 am
• 🐾 2026 Ca$h the Dog Rescue Fair — Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin
  Field Park , Highway NN & highway 83 , Mukwonago
  9:00 am
• Whitnall JV2 Baseball VS South Milwaukee
  South Milwaukee High School , 801 15th Ave , South Milwaukee
  10:00 am
• Meet Our Pups - End of the Leash Mukwonago
  End of the Leash , 325 Bayview Rd , Mukwonago
  10:00 am
• Eagle Park Brewing Joint Fest
  Eagle Park Brewing , S64 W15640 Commerce Center Parkway , Muskego
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kroger posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Muskego. Apply here.
• Eaton Corporation, plc posted a job opening for Assembler - 2nd Shift (Transformers) in Waukesha. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Big Bend here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Muskego

• Sister Marie Anna (Rose de Lima) Stelmach, OP , dies (madisoncatholicherald.org)
• NWS confirms Waukesha County tornado; damage, flooding widespread (fox6now.com)
• Oconomowoc prep sports calendar: April 16-22, 2026 (gmtoday.com)

New Berlin

• Central Bark Posts Double-Digit Q1 Growth (petsplusmag.com)
• Fun things to do this weekend in Waukesha County: April 16-19, 2026 (gmtoday.com)

Waukesha

• Man Dies After Apparent Lightning Strike In Waukesha (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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