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🌱 Minnesota Boxer Club and 11 more events
Make time for Morton, MN - Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel (with Firefall) on the Hector Patch calendar
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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 65 and low of 41 degrees.
- Friday: Peeks of sunshine, temps: high: 60, low: 47.
- Saturday: A shower; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 66 and low of 45 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Minnesota Boxer Club →
McLeod County Fairgrounds, 800 Century Avenue SW, Hutchinson
8:00 am - Morton, MN - Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel (with Firefall) →
Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel, 39375 County Highway 24, Morton
6:30 pm - Orleans at Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel →
Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel, 39375 County Highway 24, Morton
6:30 pm - MN Permit to Carry →
River Valley Arms & Ammo, 221 W 2nd St, Morton
10:00 am - Election Information Session
g.f.w., 1157 E 13th St, Gibbon
6:30 pm - Lunch & Learn: Chamber →
Hutchinson Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, 44 Main St S, Hutchinson
12:00 pm - Pre-Diabetes Class | October 7, 2026 →
Hutchinson Health, 1095 MN-15, Hutchinson
1:00 pm - Russell-Tyler-Ruthton vs BOLD →
BOLD High School, 701 9th St S, Olivia
7:00 pm - Next Stop Comedy at Whit Wort Brewing! →
Whit Wort Brewing, 1043 1st Ave., Gibbon
8:00 pm - Next Stop Comedy at Whit Wort Brewing →
Whit Wort Brewing, 1043 1st Ave., Gibbon
8:00 pm - Next Stop Comedy at Whit Wort Brewing! - Gibbon, MN →
Whit Wort Brewing, 1043 1st Ave., Gibbon
8:00 pm - Women Only Weekend →
River Valley Arms & Ammo, 221 West 2nd Street, Morton
8:00 am
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
Wednesday October 7
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
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🗞 Nearby News
Hutchinson
- Football: This Willmar Cardinal wideout is settling in (wctrib.com)
Redwood Falls
- The Francois Haunted Hotel (myklgr.com)
Atwater
- Football: Paynesville Bulldogs, ACGC Falcons each look to break through (wctrib.com)
- St. John Lutheran Church Oktober Feast (klfdradio.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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