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🌱 Austin honors veterans today at Pacelli All Saints Arena

Austin, Minnesota Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Austin! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Austin honors veterans today at Pacelli All Saints Arena
  • Free turkey giveaway Saturday: What Austin families need to know
  • Step inside Austin's Hormel Historic Home for the holidays

Also on today's calendar: Healing Hearts Support Group and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 55 and low of 33 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with partial sunshine, temps: high: 40, low: 24.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 40 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. List of Veterans Day ceremonies in North Iowa and SE Minnesota (kimt.com) — Austin’s Veterans Day ceremony is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at Pacelli All Saints Arena. Keynote speaker Father Jim Starasinich will discuss his military experience and its connection to his priesthood, part of a day of observances across southeastern Minnesota and northern Iowa.
   

2. No ID needed: Free turkey drive-through in Austin Nov. 14 (kimt.com) — Austin families can pick up two free frozen turkey breasts and canned vegetables at the Mower County Fairgrounds starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Enter through the south gate on Eighth Avenue Southwest for the drive-through giveaway, available first-come, first-served without ID or registration, with two turkey breasts per household.
   

3. Holiday tours at Austin's Hormel Historic Home start Nov. 24 (kimt.com) — Austin's Hormel Historic Home begins Christmas tours Nov. 24, with rooms decorated in different themes after five weeks of volunteer work. Self-guided admission costs $5 per adult, with children free alongside a paid adult. The season's tours and special events help preserve the historic property, and tour hours are updated on the museum's website.
   

4. Court dispositions: Oct. 19-22, 2026 (albertleatribune.com) — An Austin resident's traffic convictions appear in the Oct. 22 court dispositions: Nicole Leigh King, 35, received $280 in fees for driving after revocation and $200 for driving without insurance. The regional roundup also lists prison sentences for a Clarks Grove man convicted of distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material.
   

5. Four dead in southern Minnesota house fire (startribune.com) — A man and three boys died after a Sunday morning house fire in Grand Meadow, about 30 minutes from Austin. Emergency crews were called to the home on First Street Northwest shortly before 11:30 a.m. Authorities have not released the victims' identities, and the fire and deaths remain under investigation pending further forensic analysis.
   

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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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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Austin

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.