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

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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!)

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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.

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📰 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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📸 Around Arnolds Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Arnolds Park

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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.

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🗞 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)

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-- 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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