🌱 How close is Watersmeet to cutting essential services to stay afloat?

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In today's newsletter:

• How close is Watersmeet to cutting essential services to stay afloat?

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Showers around in the p.m., with a high of 75 and low of 58 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, showers around, temps: high: 72, low: 54.
• Thursday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 63 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rural townships squeezed on all sides in Michigan, as money woes mount (themanchestermirror.com) — Watersmeet Township's supervisor describes how crumbling roads, leaky public safety buildings, and aging equipment are straining the community's bare-bones budget. With limited property tax revenue and complex state grant requirements, local leaders say they're scrambling for every dollar just to maintain basic services, and worry Lansing doesn't fully grasp how precarious things are for small rural townships like Watersmeet.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• Orthopedics Clinic →
  Baraga County Memorial Hospital, 18341 US Highway 41, L'Anse
  9:00 am
• Women's Health Clinic →
  Baraga County Memorial Hospital, 18341 US Highway 41, L'Anse
  9:00 am
• Surgical Clinic →
  Baraga County Memorial Hospital, 18341 US Highway 41, L'Anse
  9:00 am
• Cardiology Clinic →
  Baraga County Memorial Hospital, 18341 US Highway 41, L'Anse
  9:00 am
• Caregiver Discussion Group →
  336 E Aurora St., Ironwood
  11:00 am
• HS Volleyball vs Forest Park (HOME)
  West Iron County Public Schools Iron River, MI 49935
  5:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Pain Clinic →
  Baraga County Memorial Hospital, 18341 US Highway 41, L'Anse
  9:00 am
• Oncology Clinic →
  Baraga County Memorial Hospital, 18341 US Highway 41, L'Anse
  9:00 am
• Urology Clinic →
  Baraga County Memorial Hospital, 18341 US Highway 41, L'Anse
  9:00 am
• SPAR Games →
  Copper Country Community Mental Health Center (L'Anse), 15644 Skanee Rd, L'Anse
  12:30 pm
• L'ANSE - SPAR Games →
  Copper Country Community Mental Health Center (L'Anse), 15644 Skanee Rd, L'Anse
  1:30 pm
Thursday October 1
• MS Girls Basketball @ Kingsford (AWAY)
  West Iron County Public Schools Iron River, MI 49935
  5:30 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Zielies Tree Service Inc. posted a job opening for Tree Trimmer in Iron River. Apply here.

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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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