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In today's newsletter:

  • Waukesha family and friends remember Gerald "Jerry" Betthauser's long, full life.
  • How a Carroll grad rose to Wisconsin's highest court

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Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 74 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 69, low: 60.
  • Thursday: Humid with variable clouds, with a high of 72 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gerald Thomas Betthauser (monroecountyherald.com) — Waukesha readers may remember Gerald "Jerry" Betthauser, who worked for years at Wisconsin Centrifugal Foundry and A & A Trucking in Waukesha and raised two sons here. The 90-year-old later retired to Tomah, where he remained active in his church and farming; a memorial Mass is planned Sept. 19 at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Indian Creek.
   

• Daniel Kelly (philanthropyroundtable.org) — Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly once called Waukesha home while earning his political science and Spanish degree at Carroll College, now Carroll University. His career has included high-level legal work, a Supreme Court appointment, and current consulting on constitutional issues, offering local residents context on an alumnus with statewide influence.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Benefits of Custom Storage Solutions for Offices —Stephen Montgomery Read on Patch
  • ARIEL IS HOME!
    Finally caught her Gone June 25 - September 13. (Nextdoor Broadway Heights)
  • Update!!!!
    RALPHIE IS HOME!!!!! URGENT!!!!!!!! Lost Cat!!!!! Corner of Debbie and Garfield last tracked at 6am. White and Black/Tabby fat cat. Got out last… (Nextdoor Big Bend / Garfield)
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🗞 Nearby News

Pewaukee

  • Cast Into the Depths, But Then Dredged Back Up (newwaysministry.org)
  • Wisconsin unleaded gas prices rise 29 cents per gallon over week to $4.09 (news-shield.com)
  • Cross country: Fort's Vinny Sitkiewitz wins Mukwonago Invite; Blackhawk boys 4th, girls 11th (gazettextra.com)

New Berlin

  • Pumpkin season begins at Lindner's Pumpkin Farm in New Berlin (spectrumnews1.com)
  • Volleyball Recap: New Berlin West Beats West Bend West for Their Seventh Straight Win (maxpreps.com)

Brookfield

  • Wisco's Gigi Chasco wins Journal Sentinel athlete of the week poll (jsonline.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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