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🌱 Former Clarissa resident receives Purple Heart 17 years after attack

Clarissa, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Former Clarissa resident receives Purple Heart 17 years after attack
  • Remembering Donna Urman, longtime farmer, teacher and township board member

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler with clouds and sun, with a high of 47 and low of 31 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 38, low: 24.
  • Friday: Partly to mostly sunny, with a high of 38 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mosser Receives Purple Heart for Injuries Received in Afghanistan (inhnews.com) — Retired Army Lt. Col. James Mosser, formerly of Clarissa, received a Purple Heart on September 2 for injuries sustained in Afghanistan 17 years earlier. He was traveling in a convoy in Kabul in January 2009 when a car bomb exploded nearby, striking his helmet against the vehicle window and leaving his ears ringing.
   

• Donna M. Urman (hometownnews.biz) — Donna Urman, 91, of Clarissa, died November 3 at Central Todd County Care Center. A former teacher, farmer and longtime Bruce Township board member, she will be remembered at an 11 a.m. service Saturday, November 14, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Long Prairie, with visitation Friday from 4–7 p.m. at Williams Dingmann Stein Chapel.
   

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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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