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🌱 Patch AM: How Snowy, Cold Will Winter Be In WI? New Predictions Released

Also check out 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale on the Milwaukee Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • What a powerful El Niño could mean for Milwaukee's winter
  • What Milwaukee residents need to know about fall leaf collection rules
  • How Stella's story is reshaping play at Kilbourn Reservoir Park

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

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Clouds, then sun; less humid, with a high of 62 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 60, low: 53.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. How Snowy, Cold Will Winter Be In WI? New Predictions Released (patch.com) — Milwaukee residents can expect a relatively mild winter, with forecasters calling for warmer-than-normal temperatures and roughly average snowfall across Wisconsin due to a strengthening El Niño in the Pacific. The pattern tends to push the jet stream north, favoring warmth in the Upper Midwest while sending wetter, stormier conditions to the southern and eastern United States.
   

2. First day of fall leaf collection in Milwaukee (wtmj.com) — Today is the first day you can rake leaves into Milwaukee streets for pickup, with collection running through November 15 and a new option to use paper yard-waste bags. Plastic bags are banned, and residents can request faster service by calling 414-286-CITY or dropping leaves at the city's free Lincoln Avenue and Industrial Road centers.
   

3. Milwaukee breaks ground on city's first universally inclusive playground (cbs58.com) — Milwaukee has started construction on Stella's Playground, the city's first universally inclusive and accessible play space at Kilbourn Reservoir Park, designed so kids of all abilities can play together. Inspired by 10-year-old Stella's cancer journey, organizers raised $1.5 million and expect the playground to open in fall 2027, serving families from across Milwaukee.
   

4. Brewers Celebrate Wisconsin With These Unique Public Murals (milwaukeemag.com) — Milwaukee Brewers fans are seeing their love for the team splashed across city walls, from Walker's Point to Black Cat Alley, through a growing public mural program. Local artists are creating baseball-themed works that celebrate Milwaukee's neighborhoods and Latino culture while also extending Brewers pride to places like Wauwatosa, West Allis, Janesville, Green Bay, and Eau Claire.
   

5. Former Milwaukee resident living with heart rhythm disorder bikes 2,400 miles from Washington to Wisconsin (tmj4.com) — A former Milwaukee resident with a heart rhythm disorder just completed a 2,400-mile bike ride from Washington state to finish in Milwaukee, proving his condition doesn't define his limits. He and two friends spent several days exploring the city's history, beer gardens, and neighborhoods, and they're already planning a return visit to see even more of Milwaukee next year.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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