🌱 Autopsy clarifies cause and manner of deadly Thiensville crash

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• Autopsy clarifies cause and manner of deadly Thiensville crash

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Fog in the morning, with a high of 69 and low of 41 degrees.
• Saturday: Very windy; cooler, temps: high: 50, low: 32.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and chilly, with a high of 47 and low of 28 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Driver's death ruled accidental (gmtoday.com) — A recent autopsy confirms that the April 1 fatal crash at North Main Street and East Freistadt Road in downtown Thiensville was accidental, caused by multiple blunt force trauma injuries. Police say 48-year-old John Abbott of Grafton was driving north at a high rate of speed when his car left the roadway and struck a building, and no other people were in the vehicle.
   

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📸 Around Thiensville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Thiensville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Brush and Blooms Spring Open House
  Brush and Blooms, 505 N Main St, Thiensville
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday April 19

• MTLL FREE Open Gym
  Oriole Lane Elementary, New Gym , 12850 N Oriole Ln , Mequon

Monday April 20

• The Lorax movie and Nature Hike at Mequon Nature Preserve
  Mequon-Thiensville Chamber of Commerce , 8200 W County Line Rd , Mequon
  12:00 pm
• Guided Nature Hike at Mequon Nature Preserve
  Mequon-Thiensville Chamber of Commerce , 8200 W County Line Rd , Mequon
  1:00 pm
• Board of Trustees
  Thiensville, WI Calendar
  6:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Estate Planning Workshop
  Hildebrand Law Firm LLC , 500 West Silver Spring Drive #Ste K-300 , Milwaukee
  2:00 pm
• Guided Nature Hike at Mequon Nature Preserve
  Mequon-Thiensville Chamber of Commerce , 8200 W County Line Rd , Mequon
  4:30 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Merchant Services Days
  Town Bank , 10806 N. Port Washington Road , Mequon
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Blood Drive at Mequon Nature Preserve
  Mequon-Thiensville Chamber of Commerce , 8200 W County Line Rd , Mequon
  8:00 am
• Audubon Toddlers: Whatever the Weather
  Schlitz Audubon Nature Center , Schlitz Audubon Center , 1111 E Brown Deer Rd , Bayside
  9:30 am
• Playdate at the Library
  Brown Deer Public Library , 4301 W Brown Deer Rd , Brown Deer
  10:00 am
• "Richard Kaneiss: Illustration to Abstraction" Exhibit at the Cedarburg Art Museum
  Cedarburg Art Museum , W63N675 Washington Ave. , Cedarburg
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Amazing roofing company.
  Great job. Joe is honest, trustworthy and has a great crew. (Nextdoor Thiensville)

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🗞 Nearby News

Mequon

• Mequon runners detour after storms collapse part of the Ozaukee Interurban Trail (tmj4.com)
• Meridian medical school announces partnership with Wisconsin university (idahoednews.org)
• Earth Day & Arbor Day events to be held all next week (gmtoday.com)

Cedarburg

• Cedarburg Friends of the Library cribbage tournament is April 26 (gmtoday.com)

Milwaukee

• Flood Threat Lingers Thursday As Severe Storms Eye Wisconsin Friday (patch.com)
• Dramatic Flooding Strands Cars, Closes Major Roads In Milwaukee (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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