No groundhog on Groundhog Day? Wisconsin town scrambling for a replacement

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (WKRN) – Sun Prairie, Wisconsin is without a groundhog for this year’s Groundhog Day festivities, after the animal used at last year’s event bit the former mayor.
Images of Jimmy the Groundhog biting then-Mayor Jon Freund’s ear were widely circulated, bringing unwanted attention to Sun Prairie.
Afterward, authorities told Jimmy’s owners they needed a license to own a groundhog. That prompted Ti and Jeff Gauger to release Jimmy into the wild.
Ti Gau