🌱 How a Vassar rail job launched an 18-year leadership career.

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Vassar rail job launched an 18-year leadership career.

Also on today's calendar: Pumpkin Roll and 1 more event.

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Fog in the a.m.; partly sunny, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.
• Wednesday: A passing afternoon shower, temps: high: 74, low: 63.
• Thursday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 70 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• G&W's Pawlanta (progressiverailroading.com) — A longtime rail industry leader who grew up in Vassar reflects on how a local RailAmerica office job in town launched her 18-year career with Genesee & Wyoming. She explains how flexibility helped her advance from credit and collections in Vassar to assistant vice president of sales and marketing, all while staying rooted near her hometown and raising a family in Michigan's outdoors.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Vassar

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 29
• Millington at Vassar →
  Vassar High School, Vassar
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 5
• Vassar City Council Meeting →
  Vassar, MI Calendar, 287 East Huron Avenue, Vassar
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Parks & Recreation Meeting →
  Vassar, MI Calendar, 287 East Huron Avenue, Vassar
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• Pumpkin Roll →
  Vassar MI

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• JV Volleyball vs Caro
  Reese Public Schools, 1696 S Van Buren Rd, Reese
  6:00 pm
• Butter Pecan Bread with Maple Glaze Fall Bakery Class →
  Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, 730 S. Main Street, Frankenmuth
  6:00 pm
• Varsity Volleyball vs Caro
  Reese Public Schools, 1696 S Van Buren Rd, Reese
  7:15 pm
• Caro Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Reese →
  Reese High School, 1696 S Van Buren Rd, Reese
  7:30 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Mind, Body and Bowl hosts a Sound Healing Visualization Meditation →
  Healthy Habitz, 975 North Main Street, Frankenmuth
  5:30 pm
• MS Volleyball @ Vassar
  Reese Public Schools, 220 Athletic St, Vassar
  6:00 pm
• MS Football vs Harbor Beach
  Reese Public Schools, 1696 S Van Buren Rd, Reese
  6:00 pm
• Frankenmuth Eagles Volleyball vs Garber →
  525 E Genesee St, Frankenmuth
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Drury Hotels posted a job opening for Breakfast Attendant in Frankenmuth. Apply here.
• American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. posted a job opening for Aerie - Merchandise Leader (Part-Time) in Birch Run. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Vassar here.

🗞 Nearby News

Frankenmuth

• 7 Fairy-Tale Small Towns In Michigan (worldatlas.com)
• Saginaw-area football recap, with Week 5 Friday Night Hero (mlive.com)

Caro

• Official notice: Colloquies (Oct. 2026) (lcms.org)
• Bay City Football Monday: Quick look back at Week 5 and look ahead to Week 6 (mlive.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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