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

In today's newsletter:

  • How you can help restart Green Bay's depleted free car seat program
  • How a Packers broadcast suddenly spotlighted a quirky Green Bay record shop
  • How a new Appleton center could help Green Bay-area families

Also on today's calendar: Dinner Detective Green Bay and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 67 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Saturday: Very warm, temps: high: 82, low: 56.
  • Sunday: Turning sunny and very warm, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Center for Childhood Safety car seat program runs out after grant funding dries up (wtaq.com) — A Green Bay program that supplies safe car seats to families in need has run out of seats after exhausting its grant funding, even as referrals keep climbing. The Center for Childhood Safety is urgently asking local residents and businesses to donate new car seats or money so technicians can keep helping parents install and use the right seats correctly.
   

• Green Bay UFO Museum Gift Shop and Records featured on Packers broadcast (wbay.com) — A quirky Green Bay record and gift shop just got unexpected national exposure when Amazon and NFL Films featured it briefly during a Packers broadcast. Owner Pierre Jacque hopes the attention draws more curious locals and visiting fans to browse records and UFO-themed oddities, especially with another big Packers game on the way.
   

• First 5 Fox Valley opens new Family Resource Center downtown Appleton (nbc26.com) — Families in Green Bay now have a closer option for free parenting support and play-based learning with the new First 5 Fox Valley Family Resource Center opening in downtown Appleton. The center offers multi-floor play areas, developmental screenings, and connections to programs like Help Me Grow Wisconsin, all at no cost. Organizers hope it becomes a regional hub for reducing isolation and connecting caregivers.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Missing cat.
    Asher. Male. Age 8-9yrs old. Canterbury Park area. Has collar and microchip (Nextdoor Ashwaubenon)
  • Heads up on a new scam.
    Today I received an email supposedly from Social Security with a subject line. "You changed your security setting". It said I had changed some of my… (Nextdoor Suamico Calavera Springs)
  • Chili's posted a job opening for Server - Mason Street Chili's in Green Bay. Apply here.
  • Amrize, Inc. posted a job opening for Terminal Operator in Green Bay. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Green Bay here.

🗞 Nearby News

Howard

De Pere

  • Making invisible needs visible with new De Pere program (wearegreenbay.com)
  • Fox Valley's Tri-County Ice Arena fundraising drive seeks final push to meet goal (fox11online.com)
  • 98-0: Ben Franklin's Homeless Veterans Bill Won Over Every Lawmaker in the Wisconsin Assembly (wisconsinrightnow.com)

Ok Green Bay! 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: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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