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🌱 Anoka's Travis Gienger tops California pumpkin championship

Anoka, Minnesota Patch AM: a 4 min read

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

In today's newsletter:

  • Anoka's Travis Gienger tops California pumpkin championship
  • Anoka-Hennepin school board meeting joins November community calendar
  • Meet the Anoka scholarship winner pursuing a future in fisheries

Also on today's calendar: The SMOTHERS & OTHERS Tribute Show - A Salute to Musical Comedy Legends! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What travels all around the world but stays in a corner? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 41 and low of 25 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 39, low: 27.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 43 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. San Juan group takes 4th place at pumpkin world championship (benitolink.com) — Anoka grower Travis Gienger took the top prize at Half Moon Bay's pumpkin championship with a 2,389-pound entry, earning $21,501. The California feature follows fourth-place finisher Tony Alameda's team, whose 1,760-pound pumpkin marked its competition debut and inspired plans to improve next year's growing setup.
   

2. Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center community calendar Nov. 12-26 (hometownsource.com) — The Anoka-Hennepin School Board meets Nov. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Sandburg Education Center, 1902 Second Ave. in Anoka. The district website has the agenda, while the broader community calendar includes upcoming health services, library activities and public meetings in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center.
   

3. Outdoor News Foundation names 2026 scholarship recipients (outdoornews.com) — Anoka's Noah Thelen is among this year's Outdoor News Foundation scholarship recipients, recognition that supports his goal of becoming a fisheries research biologist. The 22-year-old University of Minnesota senior studies fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology, researches sustainable aquaculture and helps provide free waterfowl hunts for veterans through Anoka Waterfowl for Warriors.
   

4. Twin Cities food shelves add lockers for after-hours food pickup (kstp.com) — Anoka residents who can't reach the food shelf during regular hours have another option: ACBC's 30 refrigerated pickup lockers. Launched in May, the system lets households order groceries and hygiene products online and also provides emergency food access. The added flexibility comes as ACBC serves nearly 3,000 households a month.
   

5. Matters of Record for Nov. 11, 2026 (duluthnewstribune.com) — An Anoka resident, Dennies A. Castro Pesantez, 24, was fined $200 for driving after suspension in St. Louis County District Court. The July 10 disposition appears in a newly published roundup of court records, which largely covers cases involving Duluth and Iron Range residents.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Is this anyone’s cat?
    It’s currently in my driveway, very friendly and looks well fed! In Anoka right across the river from Dt (Nextdoor Slab Town)
  • 🔨 A little look at some of the work I can do!
    Here are a couple of recent projects featuring a custom wood slat accent wall and decorative wall trim/picture-frame molding. At Precision… (Nextdoor Iodine St)
  • PACT Charter School posted a job opening for Substitute Custodian - PACT Charter School, Ramsey, MN in Anoka. Apply here.
  • Revelyst, Inc. - Vista Outdoor posted a job opening for Product Line Manager - Shotshell - Federal in Anoka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Anoka here.

Ok Anoka! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What travels all around the world but stays in a corner?" — Postal stamp (Thank you Donald C. for sending it in!)
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