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🌱 Oscoda volleyball closes its season against rival Tawas Area

Oscoda, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Oscoda! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Oscoda volleyball closes its season against rival Tawas Area
  • Decision delayed on dam sale affecting Oscoda Township
  • An Oscoda childhood, a shipwreck discovery and a historian's calling

Also on today's calendar: Birds of Florida and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler with rain at times, with a high of 48 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with showers around, temps: high: 41, low: 31.
  • Friday: Showers of rain and snow, with a high of 40 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Oscoda volleyball comes up short in district opener (iosconews.com) — Oscoda’s volleyball season ended with a three-set loss to rival Tawas Area in the district opener at Houghton Lake. Coach Melissa Curley praised her young team’s progress, including stronger net play from sophomores Landyn Moran and Ashley Rowden, while pointing to communication as an area to improve.
   

2. CE provides state regulators more time to approve sale of 13 dams (iosconews.com) — A proposed sale involving four Oscoda Township dams will remain under state review longer, with the decision deadline moved to Dec. 17. Consumers Energy says the extension allows more settlement talks over selling its 13 hydroelectric dams to Confluence Hydro, including Cooke, Foote, Five Channels and Loud on the AuSable River.
   

3. 'It shaped my career': Head of ND Historical Society reflects on Edmund Fitzgerald discovery (kfyrtv.com) — Bill Peterson grew up in Oscoda, but a discovery near Whitefish Point helped steer him toward a career in history. In 1976, he and a cousin found an Edmund Fitzgerald lifeboat oar along the shore. Now leading North Dakota's State Historical Society, Peterson credits that find with shaping his education and career.
   

4. First county-wide Public Officials Conference takes place in Hale (tncontentexchange.com) — Iosco County officials gathered in Hale for a new conference focused on shared community issues, with Oscoda Township among the municipalities represented. The Oct. 15 meeting covered housing and child care initiatives, county finances and emergency responsibilities, restoring a forum for updates after similar township association meetings stopped in 2020.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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