Jimmy the Groundhog bites Sun Prairie mayor

Jimmy the Groundhog bites Sun Prairie mayor Jonathan Freund

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SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. –
There’s disagreement over the forecast issued by Jimmy the Groundhog in Sun Prairie Monday morning
The mayor of Sun Prairie, Jonathan Freund, presented Jimmy during the Groundhogs Day ceremony and declared there would be an early spring.

Jimmy’s caretakers, Jerry and Maria Hahn, told News 3 that the mayor got it wrong and that there would be six more weeks of winter.

The tradition of Groundhog Day states that if it is cloudy when the groundhog emerges from its burrow, spring will come early. If it’s sunny, the groundhog will see its shadow and retreat to its burrow, meaning winter will last six more weeks.