🌱 Why Hartford police say bullets pierced two apartment doors on Riverbend

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• Why Hartford police say bullets pierced two apartment doors on Riverbend

Also on today's calendar: Menomonee Falls Symphony Holiday Matinee Concert and 6 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 35 and low of 25 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy, temps: high: 32, low: 28.
• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 37 and low of 6 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Hartford man charged after shooting through his apartment door (gmtoday.com) — A Hartford resident faces felony and misdemeanor charges after allegedly firing two shots through his apartment door, prompting a response from Hartford police to a Riverbend Drive complex. No injuries were reported, but bullets entered a neighboring unit, and the man remains in Washington County Jail on a cash bond while awaiting his next court hearing.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hartford

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Menomonee Falls Symphony Holiday Matinee Concert
  Germantown School District Performing Arts Center, W180N11501 N River Ln, Germantown
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Chamber 101 Business Page Thurs 9:30am, 12/18/25
  Hartford Area Chamber-Commerce , 1246A E Sumner St , Hartford
  9:30 am
• Cherish the Ladies: Celtic Christmas
  Schauer Arts Center , 147 N. Rural Street , Hartford
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• 2025 WIN Breakfast - December - Germantown, Bub's Irish Pub
  Bub's Irish Pub , N11 W16218 Main Street , Germantown
  7:30 am
• Got Social Security Questions?
  Westbury Bank
  9:00 am

Saturday December 20

• Cookies and Cocoa with Santa!
  Hartford Area Chamber-Commerce , 1246A E Sumner St , Hartford
  10:00 am

Sunday December 21

• A Carpenters' Christmas
  Schauer Arts Center , 147 N. Rural Street , Hartford
  2:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Public Works Committee
  Hartford, WI Calendar , 109 N. Main St. , Hartford
  6:00 pm
• Common Council
  Hartford, WI Calendar , 109 N. Main St. , Hartford
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Transformational Leadership Development
  Oconomowoc Area Chamber of Commerce WCTC Corporate Training Center 800 Main St, Building Q ?Pewaukee, WI 53072
  9:00 am
• Basketball: B/8 Red
  Nature Hill Intermediate Pewaukee Middle School
  3:30 pm
• Basketball: B/8 White
  Nature Hill Intermediate Pewaukee Middle School
  4:30 pm
• Slinger Owls vs Whitefish Bay Blue Dukes
  Slinger High School , 209 Polk St , Slinger
  5:30 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• An accident has closed all lanes on WIS 60 east and west at Pratt Rd in Lowell.
  7:13AM on Dec 15: All lanes on WIS 60 Eastbound/Westbound at Pratt Road are blocked due to a crash. (Nextdoor )
• Do You Need a Handyman?
  Painting, plumbing, doors, minor electrical, tile, flooring, wood trim...if there’s something you want done, chances are I do it. No job is too small… (Nextdoor Hartford)

• UFP Industries posted a job opening for Forklift Operator I in Hartford. Apply here.
• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Assistant Manager II in Hartford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hartford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Slinger

• Strip-Till, Precision Tools Create Better ‘Balance Sheet' (no-tillfarmer.com)

West Bend

• Remembering the Terlinden Christmas tree business (washingtoncountyinsider.com)
• Ex-Whitefish Bay elementary school administrator faces sentencing after fatal DUI (tmj4.com)
• Permission to stop the rush and enjoy a cup of cocoa (washingtoncountyinsider.com)

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