🌱 Racine School Goes Virtual + Area Hospital Capacity

Good morning, Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant. We're back with today's Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant Daily.

First, your weekend weather:

• Thursday: Overcast, a flurry; frigid. High: 19 Low: 7.
• Friday: Frigid with clouds and sun. High: 17 Low: 11.

Here are the top stories today in Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant:

1. Weekend High School Sports Roundup For Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant Area (Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant Patch)
2. Latest: Hospital Capacity In Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant Area (Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant Patch)
3. Janes Elementary is returning from an extended break to virtual learning. (Journal Times)

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This weekend in Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant:

Thursday, January 6

• Watercolor Wisconsin 2021 (12:00 PM)
• Virtual Dungeons and Dragons Club (Zoom) (6:00 PM)

Friday, January 7

From my notebook:

• Racine County Eye: "Burger King Employee Threatened in Mount Pleasant | Local News I Racine County Eye - Racine, Wisconsin https://bit.ly/3eWD1mi" (Facebook)
• Racine County Eye: "Racine Police Department Closes to the Public | Local News I Racine County Eye - Racine, Wisconsin https://bit.ly/32Kgk2x" (Facebook)

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Events:

• "Voyage to the Deep" at the Milwaukee Public Museum (January 6)
• Elvis 5.0 Elvis Birthday Celebration (January 8)
• Proper Pruning of Small Trees & Shrubs (January 11)
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