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🌱 Remember when Palmer Lake hosted a handcuffed dynamite art stunt?

Colon, Michigan Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Remember when Palmer Lake hosted a handcuffed dynamite art stunt?

Also on today's calendar: Concord Varsity Baseball @ Colon and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: Knock-knock! Who’s there? Irish. Irish who? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 59 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Cool with a thick cloud cover, temps: high: 55, low: 36.
  • Thursday: Rather cloudy and cool, with a high of 54 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Beverly Fresh: Creating from the outskirts (depauliaonline.com) — An experimental artist once staged a dramatic handcuffed, dynamite-laced performance on Colon’s Palmer Lake, stunning a lakeside audience before reappearing unshackled with their wallets and watches. The story traces how Beverly Fresh, also known as professor Zach Ostrowski, uses such rural Midwest performances to explore small-town culture, identity, and the odd contradictions of everyday life.
   

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  • American Axle & Manufacturing posted a job opening for Production Supervisor in Three Rivers. Apply here.
  • Summit Polymer posted a job opening for Material Handler - 1st Shift in Vicksburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Colon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bronson

  • Bronson goes 1-1, Quincy 0-2 in weekend baseball tournaments (wtvbam.com)
  • Stellantis Names Drive for Design 2026 Winners in SRT Challenge (theshopmag.com)

Centreville

  • Sturgis' Cary voted as Athlete of the Week, presented by Glen Oaks CC (sturgisjournal.com)

Sturgis

  • Preparing for church and lending a helping hand (leadertelegram.com)
  • U.S. Senate passes bill to try to prevent more infant formula deaths and shortages (michiganpublic.org)
  • May Election Preview: Sturgis schools seeking bond renewal for school improvements, new aquatic center (wilcoxnewspapers.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Irish you a happy St. Patrick’s Day! (Thank you Eileen C. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Colon

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