🌱 Target Theft + Basketball Photos

Morning, Menomonee Falls! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 42 Low: 16.

Here are the top stories in Menomonee Falls today:

1. Menomonee Falls police are looking for a man connected to a theft at Target on Shady Lane. The theft happened Jan. 22 and around $1,000 worth of merchandise was stolen. (Fox 6 Milwaukee)
2. See Brookfield Central and Menomonee Falls high school basketball photos. These are 13 photos from their Friday game. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
3. Here are the latest job openings in the Menomonee Falls area. Patch has the latest on local news, weather, events, jobs and more. (Menomonee Falls Patch)

Today in Menomonee Falls:

From my notebook:

• Shady Lane Elementary School Menomonee Falls: "A big thank you to the Shady Valley PTO for this amazing Wellness Bar!!! 🥰 This was such a wonderful surprise on a Monday morning!" (Facebook)
• Menomonee Falls Downtown: "Pop's Custard closed until February 8th. Happy Anniversary!" (Facebook)
• School District of Menomonee Falls: "Falls Schools is proud to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth. Please join our students and staff as we celebrate diversity and culture in SDMF." (Facebook)
• Valley View Elementary School Menomonee Falls: "This morning’s recess- it was 33 degrees, felt like 14 degrees and you would have thought it was 70! Wisconsinites, am I right??!" (Facebook)
• Valley View Elementary School Menomonee Falls: "THANK YOU!!! To all our generous and thoughtful families and PTO for these amazing self care goodies!!! The “year” of January ends today! Upward and onward!" (Facebook)
• Menomonee Falls Community Education & Recreation: "Learn the art of Henna on February 21! In this class, you will learn how to apply henna tattoos with a henna cone. Tattoos typically last 1-3 weeks. Register here: t.ly/Naw3" (Facebook)
• Northwest Now: "Cabana Cortez, a food truck, serves tacos, burritos and quesadillas with a choice of different meats and a signature blend of ground beef and chorizo." (Facebook)
• North Middle School: "Need a dinner idea for tonight? The PTSO's next restaurant fundraiser is at Hot House, Monday, tonight! January 31st from 4-9pm!! Show or mention the flier. The Hot House will donate 15% for dine-in sales and 5% for carry-out sales. Than..." (Facebook)
• Valley View Elementary School Menomonee Falls: "Falls Schools is proud to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth. Please join our students and staff as we celebrate diversity and culture in SDMF." (Facebook)
• Northwest Now: "Milwaukee-area school districts have different approaches to handling COVID-19 related absences, some with specific COVID policy or regular sick days." (Facebook)

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That's it for today! I'll see you soon.

— Ethan Duran

About me: I'm a Milwaukeean keeping watch over the state of Wisconsin. You can reach me at ethan.duran@patch.com.