🌱 Focus Forward: Nonprofit Office Day in Granite Falls and 11 more events

What's up Echo! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.
• Thursday: A morning shower; windy, temps: high: 79, low: 53.
• Friday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 83 and low of 50 degrees.

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📸 Around Echo

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Focus Forward: Nonprofit Office Day in Granite Falls →
  The YES! House, 726 Prentice St, Granite Falls
  9:00 am
• Senior Class Banquet/Scholarship Night →
  Wabasso Secondary Wabasso High School - Multi-purpose Room 50
  3:00 pm
• Preschool Graduation
  Lakeview School District Cottonwood, MN 56229
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Ortonville vs Yellow Medicine East →
  Yellow Medicine East High School, 450 9th Ave, Granite Falls
  9:30 am
• Renville County West vs Tracy-Milroy-Balaton →
  MILROY BASEBALL FIELD
  9:30 am
• Track and Field: V →
  Wabasso Secondary Sleepy Eye High School
  4:00 pm
• Softball: JV →
  Wabasso Secondary Wabasso High SchoolBaseball JV/JH Field-Francis Mandersheid Athlet
  4:30 pm
• Softball: V →
  Wabasso Secondary Wabasso High School
  4:30 pm
• Redwood Falls USPSA →
  Redwood Falls Sportsmen's Club, 34813 Laser Ave, Redwood Falls
  5:30 pm
• Baseball: V →
  Wabasso Elementary TBA
  7:00 pm

Friday May 15

• 7-12 Pop's Concert →
  Wabasso High School - Auditorium -floor, Wabasso High School - Aud
  8:00 am
• Graduation
  Lakeview School District Lakeview Main Gym
  5:00 pm

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

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Redwood Falls. Apply here.
• Reading & Math, Inc. posted a job opening for Early Learning Tutor in Redwood Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Echo here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Redwood Falls

• Property Taxes Due and Must be Postmarked by May 15th (myklgr.com)
• Redwood County Court News April 27-May 3rd, 2026 (myklgr.com)
• Area roundup: Zelaya wins BSC Championship (fairmontsentinel.com)

Marshall

• Marshall Chamber plans patriotic display contest (marshallindependent.com)
• Thomas Louwagie (marshallradio.net)
• ‘We continue to grow' (marshallindependent.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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