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🌱 Why Grand Rapids belongs on your next Minnesota weekend road trip

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Grand Rapids! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why Grand Rapids belongs on your next Minnesota weekend road trip
  • Which Grand Rapids forester is guiding the Great Minnesota Woods Walk?
  • How a Grand Rapids Realtor sees Minnesota’s shifting housing market

Also on today's calendar: MorningBird - Eagles Club Grand Rapids and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Cloudy with a shower or two, with a high of 59 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Sunday: A steady morning breeze, temps: high: 60, low: 34.
  • Monday: More sun than clouds, with a high of 59 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Most Underrated Towns In Minnesota (worldatlas.com) — Grand Rapids gets a spotlight here as a northern Minnesota getaway packed with lakes, Mississippi River access, and well-known stops like the Judy Garland Museum and Forest History Center. The piece encourages you to consider Grand Rapids alongside other underrated small towns for hiking, paddling, history, and year‑round cultural attractions that are an easy drive from home.
   

• Take a hike with an expert during the first Great Minnesota Woods Walk (kaxe.org) — A Grand Rapids forester is among the experts leading the first Great Minnesota Woods Walk, a statewide guided hike event this Saturday afternoon. He describes how even a small neighborhood forest near Grand Rapids can offer rich wildlife encounters and a calming escape, encouraging residents to explore local woods more deeply this fall.
   

• Q&A: Minnesota housing market sees more inventory, higher prices (finance-commerce.com) — A Grand Rapids-based Realtor who leads Minnesota Realtors explains how rising interest rates, higher ownership costs, and growing inventory are reshaping the state’s housing market. She says first-time buyers are feeling the most pressure, but move‑up buyers and cash purchasers still see opportunities as listings and negotiating room increase across Minnesota.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • County of Itasca Minnesota posted a job opening for Highway Maintenance Worker in Grand Rapids. Apply here.
  • Great Lakes Management Company posted a job opening for Maintenance Assistant in Grand Rapids. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grand Rapids here.

🗞 Nearby News

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Ok Grand Rapids! 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 has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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