🌱 Patch AM: How a Franklin strip club ended up at the center of trafficking probe

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• How a Franklin strip club ended up at the center of trafficking probe

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📰 News we're reading

• Four men arrested in human trafficking probe tied to Franklin strip club (wtmj.com) — Federal agents have arrested four men after a long-running human trafficking investigation tied to the On the Border Gentleman's Club in Franklin, with charges including human trafficking, domestic violence, and keeping a place of prostitution. Authorities say workers were coerced, monitored, and forced to perform sex acts, including in the club’s VIP lounge, with the case now moving through Milwaukee County courts.
   

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Sunday December 21

• Forte Theatre Company presents: Miracle on 34th Street
  Martin Luther High School, 5201 S 76th St, Greendale
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 21

• Nuncrackers
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  2:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Winter Break Trivia Fun on MONDAY 12/29
  130 W Ryan Rd , Oak Creek
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Happy Elvis Eve!
  Sunset Playhouse , 700 Wall St , Elm Grove
  7:30 pm

Thursday January 1

• Hope for the Holidays

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 21

• Family singalong, Southridge Mall
  Southridge Mall , 5300 S 76th St , Greendale
  11:00 am
• Miracle on 34th Street
  Martin Luther High School , 5201 S 76th St , Greendale
  12:00 pm

Monday December 22

• No School-Winter Break
  Greenfield SD Milwaukee, WI 53220
• No School - Winter Break
  Whitnall SD Hales Corners, WI 53130
• Mindful Movement for PD – Cudahy
  Lawrence P. Kelly Senior Center , 6100 S Lake Dr , Cudahy
  11:30 am
• Baseball Camp (Single Day Options Available) - Caledonia, WI 2025
  Hitters Baseball , 2915 6 1/2 Mile Rd , Caledonia
  12:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Register for a 2026 Business Spotlight Slot
  Muskego Chamber of Commerce & Tourism , S73 W16485 W Janesville Rd , Muskego
• Yarnies - morning group
  Cudahy Family Library , 3500 Library Drive , Cudahy
  9:00 am

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