🌱 How Paw Paw firefighters responded to a serious M-43 crash
Paw Paw, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min readGood day Paw Paw! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Paw Paw firefighters responded to a serious M-43 crash
Also on today's calendar: Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 45 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 68, low: 45.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 35 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Kalamazoo man hospitalized after two-vehicle crash on M-43 (wwmt.com) — Emergency crews from the Paw Paw Fire Department helped free a Kalamazoo man after his car crossed the center line on M-43 near Walden Way in Almena Township and hit a delivery truck early Friday. The man was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the truck driver was unhurt, and investigators say alcohol is not believed to be a factor. 
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Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour →
2000 S Mission St, Mt Pleasant
3:30 pm
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
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FR VOLLEYBALL @ PENNFIELD TRI W/K- CENTRAL
Pennfield High School, 8299 Pennfield Rd, Battle Creek
5:00 pm -
V SOCCER @ THREE RIVERS
Paw Paw High School Three Rivers, MI 49093, USA
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V CROSS COUNTRY @ EDWARDSBURG/PLAINWELL
Paw Paw High School Edwardsburg, MI 49112, USA
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V VOLLEYBALL @ DOWAGIAC
Paw Paw High School Dowagiac, MI 49047, USA
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MS Boys Soccer v Mattawan (gold)
Paw Paw Middle School Paw Paw, MI 49079
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MS VB @ Plainwell
Paw Paw Middle School Paw Paw, MI 49079
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V/JV SOCCER vs VICKSBURG
Paw Paw High School, 30609 Red Arrow Hwy, Paw Paw
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V CROSS COUNTRY @ DOWAGIAC ROCK & RUN INVITE
Dowagiac Middle School, 57072 Riverside Dr, Dowagiac
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V/JV/FR VOLLEYBALL @ OTSEGO
Paw Paw High School Otsego, MI 49078, USA
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JV FOOTBALL vs OTSEGO
Falan Field, 119 Paw Paw Rd, Paw Paw
6:00 pm
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
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Thursday October 8
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Monthly Beginning Birding Walks →
Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery, 34270 Co Rd 652, Mattawan
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Webster - Move & Play →
Webster Memorial Branch, Decatur
10:00 am
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Looking for licensed builder for a shower install?
Walls- plumbing- electrical, the whole project for 36”x36”? Asking for brother, thank you! (Nextdoor Paw Paw Pride) - All children should be tested for lead at ages 1 and 2.
If they’ve never been tested, they should get a test by age 6. Learn more about blood lead testing at Michigan.gov/MiLeadSafe. (Nextdoor )
- Alliance Mobile posted a job opening for Wireless Retail Sales Representative | Alliance Mobile - AT&T Authorized Retailer in Paw Paw. Apply here.
- Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Paw Paw. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Paw Paw here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mattawan
- Share the Warmth: Salvation Army celebrates annual West Michigan coat drive in October (wwmt.com)
Portage
- Kalamazoo County prosecutor not charging Portage homeowner in deadly stabbing, but still might (wkzo.com)
- Italy Vacuum USA Brings Precision Italian Industrial Vacuum Systems to the US (mfgnewsweb.com)
- Police: Man drove from Mich. to have sex with minor (sanduskyregister.com)
Kalamazoo
- Commission OK's permit to repurpose former WMU sorority house to student recovery house (wwmt.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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