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🌱 How Arnolds Park firefighters juggled three emergencies in under two hours

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Tuesday September 29th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

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  • How Arnolds Park firefighters juggled three emergencies in under two hours

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Periods of rain and a t-storm, with a high of 66 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 69, low: 52.
  • Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 62 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• APO Fire/Rescue Respond To Multiple Calls, Near Simultaneously (exploreokoboji.com) — Emergency crews in Arnolds Park handled three serious calls in under two hours Monday, including an injured man in the water at Sawmill Park, a gas leak on Shady Oaks Drive, and a vehicle crash near the landfill. No injuries were reported in the gas leak, but one person from the crash was taken to the hospital as firefighters juggled overlapping responses.
   

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    Wednesday September 30
  • Author Tim Grover Presents Barnstorming Babe
    Milford Memorial Library
    6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday September 29
  • Volleyball: GTRA vs Pocahontas Area (Junior Varsity)
    Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
    5:30 pm
  • Volleyball: GTRA vs Pocahontas Area (Varsity)
    Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
    6:45 pm
  • Wednesday September 30
  • Author Tim Grover Presents Barnstorming Babe
    Milford Memorial Library
    6:30 pm
  • Thursday October 1
  • Football: St. Edmond vs GTRA (Varsity)
    Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
    7:00 pm
  • Sunday October 4
  • Omelet Brunch →
    Camp Okoboji, 1531 Edgewood Drive, Milford
    9:30 am
  • Omelet Brunch (1st Sunday of the Month May-October) →
    Camp Okoboji, 1531 Edgewood Drive, Milford
    9:30 am
  • Monday October 5
  • Football: Harris-Lake Park vs GTRA (Junior High)
    Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
    4:00 pm
  • Volleyball: TLC JV VB Quad (Junior Varsity)
    Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
    5:30 pm
  • Football: Harris-Lake Park vs GTRA (Junior Varsity)
    Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
    6:00 pm
  • Tuesday October 6
  • Girls Cross Country: Dick Bell (Varsity)
    Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril, IA 51364
    4:55 pm
  • October Science on the Menu →
    Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Dining Hall, 1838 Iowa 86, Milford
    5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Advance Services posted a job opening for NEW! - Residential Cleaning Team Member in Milford. Apply here.
  • McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Okoboji. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Arnolds Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Milford

  • Milford Truck Driver Charged in Fatal Kossuth County Crash (northwestiowanow.com)
  • Okoboji Writers' and Songwriters' Retreat happening this week (kcau9.com)

Okoboji

  • Dozens ride in the Oktoberfest bike ride despite the rain (kcau9.com)

Spirit Lake

  • SHIIP, Lakes Regional Healthcare Ready To Assist Medicare Recipients As Open Enrollment Nears (exploreokoboji.com)

Ok Arnolds Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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