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🌱 How Belle Plaine edged Waseca in a tense 4–3 tennis duel
Coming up on the Belle Plaine Patch calendar: Traditions Holiday Open House
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- How Belle Plaine edged Waseca in a tense 4–3 tennis duel
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, with a high of 66 and low of 41 degrees.
- Friday: Sunshine mixing with clouds, temps: high: 63, low: 49.
- Saturday: A shower; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 67 and low of 47 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Bluejays fall to Tigers and Saints as regular season dwindles down (hometownsource.com) — Belle Plaine's girls tennis team edged Waseca 4–3 in a tight Big South Conference matchup, winning four of seven matches to seal the road victory. The result capped divisional play for Waseca and highlighted Belle Plaine's strength in singles and doubles as the regular season nears its end. 
📸 Around Belle Plaine
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Belle Plaine
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★ Featured events ★
- Traditions Holiday Open House →
Hooper-Bowler-Hillstrom House, 410 N Cedar St, Belle Plaine
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
- Public Computer Aide
Shakopee Library
10:00 am - Shakopee Library's Beans & Books at the Shakopee Brewhall
Off-site Event, 124 1st Ave E, Shakopee
9:00 am - Stories and a Song
Shakopee Library
11:00 am - Eligibility Specialist at the Jordan Library
Jordan Small Meeting Room, Jordan Library
3:00 pm - Public Computer Aide
Shakopee Library
4:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
📣 Belle Plaine Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Scott County Law Library
New Prague Large Meeting Room, New Prague Library
10:00 am - Visit the Readmobile at the Jordan Community Education and Recreation Center →
Jordan Community Education and Recreation Center, 500 Sunset Dr, Ste 3, Jordan
10:00 am - Public Computer Aide
Shakopee Library
1:00 pm - Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial vs Le Sueur-Henderson →
Le Sueur Henderson High School, 901 Ferry St, Le Sueur
7:00 pm - Heritage Fest Debrief →
Green Isle MN - Special Event - Home Defense Planning →
2 If By Sea Tactical, 222 2nd Ave SW, New Prague
6:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Scott County 55+ Senior Expo: Deadline to register is this week!
Friday, October 16, 9 AM – 1 PM Shakopee West Middle School 200 10th Avenue East Shakopee, MN 55379 Featuring the Holy Rocka Rollaz Take a fantastic… (Nextdoor )
- Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MANAGER - DGPP in BELLE PLAINE MN S30311 in Belle Plaine. Apply here.
- Cambria Company, LLC posted a job opening for Material Handler-Day Shift in Le Sueur. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Belle Plaine here.
🗞 Nearby News
Jordan
- Man carrying 27 empty Fireball whiskey bottles and other liquor in his Ford Bronco crashes into couple, killing husband and injuring wife: Cops (meigsindypress.com)
- MnDOT announces overnight closure of Highway 169 (finance-commerce.com)
- 🍂2026 Apple Orchard & Pumpkin Patches 🍎🎃🍏 (macaronikid.com)
New Prague
- Newell Ram Sale Sees Higher Averages (kbhbradio.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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