🌱 Patch AM: How a Christmas morning apartment fire exposed a major safety gap

Good morning Greenfield! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Christmas morning apartment fire exposed a major safety gap
• How a neighbor’s quick actions saved a Greenfield family on Christmas

Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Rain and drizzle this morning, with a high of 43 and low of 33 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 43, low: 37.
• Sunday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 46 and low of 15 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Christmas morning fire at Greenfield apartment complex displaces dozens (jsonline.com) — Dozens of residents were displaced early Christmas morning after a serious apartment fire near 60th Street and Cold Spring Road on the Milwaukee–Greenfield border, where 46 units were evacuated but no serious injuries reported. The building lacked sprinklers due to its age, spotlighting new Milwaukee fire-safety disclosure rules and proposed state legislation aimed at improving protections in older multifamily buildings.
   

• Christmas Day fires displace families in Greenfield and Waukesha (tmj4.com) — Families in a Greenfield apartment building lost their homes on Christmas morning when a fire left 46 units uninhabitable, though no serious injuries were reported. Neighbors described dramatic rescues, while the Red Cross is helping displaced residents as investigators work to determine the cause; a separate Waukesha house fire also displaced a family of four.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Ice Hockey: B/JV
  Naga-Waukee Ice Arena /Skating Rink
  10:00 am
• Ronnie Solo
  Daily Social , 12041 W Janesville Rd B , Hales Corners
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Ice Hockey: G/JV
  Verona Ice Arena
• Burning is allowed every Saturday
  New Berlin, WI Calendar New Berlin, WI 53151
• Ice Hockey: G/V
  Verona Ice Arena
• Basketball: B/V
  Concordia University , Mequon
  9:00 am
• CANCELLED - Mayor Ament's Open Office Hours
  New Berlin, WI Calendar , 3805 S. Casper Drive , New Berlin
  10:00 am
• Mayor Ament's Open Office Hours
  City Hall , 3805 S. Casper Drive , New Berlin
  10:00 am
• Basketball: G/V
  CARTHAGE COLLEGE
  11:30 am
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  Fiserv Forum , 1111 N Vel R. Phillips Ave , Milwaukee
  3:00 pm
• COMEDY NIGHT!!!
  Daily Social , 12041 W Janesville Rd B , Hales Corners
  7:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Ice Hockey: B/V
  Cornerstone Community Center

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update: Pet Reunited
  A dog who went missing in Greenfield, WI, has been safely reunited with their family after 2 hours, 7 minutes. More details here https://www… (Nextdoor Cold Spring - 83rd)

🗞 Nearby News

Greendale

• Wisconsin high school band to perform at 2026 Rose Parade (wpr.org)

West Allis

• Candy Cane Lane in West Allis celebrates 40 years of fundraising (fox6now.com)
• Milwaukee area firefighters bring Christmas to Children's Hospital (jsonline.com)
• See massive lottery winners through the years (indystar.com)

West Milwaukee

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-- The Patch AM Team

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