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In today's newsletter:

• What's planned for Hopkins' long-vacant historic lodge on Mainstreet?
• Hopkins-raised storyteller turns local theater roots into a journalism career.

Also on today's calendar: Phil Heywood and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 52 degrees.
• Friday: Breezy in the a.m.; some sun, temps: high: 74, low: 62.
• Saturday: Sunny, windy and warmer, with a high of 87 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• 907 Mainstreet may become a historically-themed cocktail lounge, event venue (hometownsource.com) — Hopkins officials just took the first step toward turning the historic 907 Mainstreet building into a historically themed cocktail lounge, private club, and event venue, instead of leaving it vacant. The City Council unanimously approved a preliminary development agreement with Eden Endeavors, whose owner grew up in Hopkins, aiming to preserve the building's character while finally putting the long-empty former Masonic lodge back to use.
   

• Sophia Farrell (1011now.com) — A young journalist who grew up in Hopkins and found her voice in local theater is now reporting in Nebraska while finishing a broadcasting and journalism degree. Her path runs from Hopkins stages to student newscasts, newspaper work, and a national reporting fellowship, showing how early community experiences can launch broader storytelling careers beyond Minnesota.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkins

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9
• Traveled Ground at Bear Cave Brewery →
  Bear Cave Brewery, Mainstreet, Hopkins
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 9
• Family Storytime
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  10:00 am
• Phil Heywood →
  Hopkins Depot The Freight Room, 9451 Excelsior Blvd, Hopkins
  6:00 pm
• Karina Kern at Wild Boar →
  Wild Boar, Hopkins
  7:00 pm
• Jacuzzi Puma at Hopkins Mainstreet →
  Hopkins Mainstreet, Hopkins
  8:00 pm
• Jacuzzi Puma @ Hopkins Mainstreet →
  Hopkins MN
  8:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• C.A.S.T. (Creative, Accepting, Sensory Friendly, Theatre) Winter Theatre Classes →
  Hopkins MN
  9:00 am
• The Secret Garden - Sensory-Friendly Performance →
  Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins
  10:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Neurodiverse Creative Writing Workshop
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  10:00 am
• Disney Choir Concert: Friendship and Fairy Dust
  HHS Little Theater
  6:00 pm
• Evening Family Storytime
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Wednesday Drawing Open Studio →
  Art Classroom, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Just a heads up neighbors.
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🗞 Nearby News

Minnetonka

• ECHL 2026/27: Norfolk Admirals hope bold affiliate move will pay dividends (augustafreepress.com)
• Analyzing UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) and Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) (defenseworld.net)
• Bemidji State elementary ed program provides path to teaching licenses for paras (bemidjipioneer.com)

Edina

• Rotary Club of Edina donates 2 AEDs for city parks (hometownsource.com)

Richfield

• VIDEO: Twin Cities Driver Flips Off School Bus Full Of Kids While Blowing Past Stop Arm (patch.com)
• 18-Year-Old Accused Of Plotting ISIS-Inspired Mass Shooting At Mall Of America (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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