🌱 Patch AM: What does Caterpillar’s Lafayette expansion mean for local workers?

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In today's newsletter:

• What does Caterpillar's Lafayette expansion mean for local workers?

Also on today's calendar: Still The One: A Cappella Journey Through Love and Laughter and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Sunshine with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 88, low: 69.
• Thursday: Turning cloudy and humid, with a high of 81 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Braun highlights Indiana workforce, economic growth in Labor Day message (wishtv.com) — Lafayette workers get a special nod in Gov. Mike Braun's Labor Day message, which highlights Caterpillar's expansion in the city and new training investments for local employees. He also touts Indiana's low unemployment, growing apprenticeship programs, and family-friendly workplace policies, arguing that Hoosiers' work ethic is driving continued business growth and better job opportunities statewide.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lafayette

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 10
• DUSTIN LYNCH at Loeb Stadium presented by Old National Bank →
  Loeb Stadium, 2250 Wallace Ave, Lafayette
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 9
• SEEDS →
  Service Master Advantage, 3410 Rascal Dr, Lafayette
  8:15 am
• RPM →
  Walt's Other Pub, 3001 S 9th Street, Lafayette
  12:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• East Tipp Football - Medical Standby →
  East Tipp Middle School, 7501 E 300 N, Lafayette
  5:30 pm
Friday September 11
• Sept 11 Event →
  Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds, 1406 Teal Rd, Lafayette
  7:30 am
• Jeff Home Football Game
  Scheumann Stadium
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Tippecanoe County Courts & Offices - Weekend Closure →
  Tippecanoe County Government, 20 N 3rd Street, Lafayette
• Farmers Market 5th St & Main St closures from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm every Saturday beginning 5/2 - 10/31/26 →
  Lafayette, IN Calendar Lafayette, IN 47901
  7:00 am
• Still The One: A Cappella Journey Through Love and Laughter →
  St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 4703 N 50 W, West Lafayette
  7:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Tippecanoe County Courts & Offices - Weekend Closure →
  Tippecanoe County Government, 20 N 3rd Street, Lafayette
Saturday September 19
• Festival of Quilts 2026 →
  St Andrew United Methodist Church, 4703 N 50 W, West Lafayette
  9:00 am
Friday September 25
• Swing into Fall at Thomas Duncan Hall 🍂 →
  619 Ferry St, Lafayette
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I try every year to grow a garden and fail...
  but this year I am proud to announce I have finally grown my first (1st) ever home grown cucumbers and hot peppers. They are so perfect and beautiful… (Nextdoor Miller)
• Edit: He has a home!
  Yay! Black kitty belong to anyone? On Edgelea Drive. Been around for a few weeks. I bought a chip scanner and this guy IS chipped. I'm posting here… (Nextdoor Edgelea)

• Plug Power, Inc. posted a job opening for Sr. Welder in Lafayette. Apply here.
• Wabash National posted a job opening for 2nd shift, Maintenance Tech I Coordinator, 10HR South M&R - South Plant in Lafayette. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lafayette here.

🗞 Nearby News

West Lafayette

• The quest for Samara House (news-gazette.com)
• Washington Threatens Samsung and SK Hynix With 100% Memory Chip Tariffs (startupfortune.com)
• Defending champion Indiana expects RB Khobie Martin to be out until midseason (timesunion.com)

Frankfort

• Frankfort Firefighters to Host Annual Scholarship Golf Outing September 26 (clintoncountydailynews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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