🌱 Patch AM: How rising diesel costs are already changing Hopkins school bus routes

Hi there, Hopkins! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How rising diesel costs are already changing Hopkins school bus routes
• See how Hopkins volleyball battled in the Twin Cities Challenge

Also on today's calendar: Sensory Friendly Art Club and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Becoming windier and warmer, with a high of 88 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Sunshine and very warm, temps: high: 85, low: 58.
• Monday: Cooler with a shower or two, with a high of 70 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rising diesel prices strain Minnesota school bus budgets (axios.com) — Families in Hopkins should be aware that the school district has already adjusted bus routes to cope with sharply higher diesel prices and broader budget pressures. Longer rides and more consolidated routes are becoming common across Minnesota, as districts juggle fuel spikes, driver shortages, and new state mandates that strain transportation budgets.
   

• Girls volleyball results for Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 (postbulletin.com) — Hopkins volleyball fans can see how the Royals fared at the Twin Cities Challenge, where they fell in straight sets to Cannon Falls after a tight opening game. The roundup also includes detailed stats from Cannon Falls and other participating teams, offering context on how Hopkins stacked up in Friday's tournament play.
   

📸 Around Hopkins

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopkins

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 14
• Wednesday Drawing Open Studio →
  Art Classroom, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 13
• Neurodiverse Creative Writing Workshop
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  10:00 am
• Evening Family Storytime
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  6:00 pm
• Disney Choir Concert: Friendship and Fairy Dust
  HHS Little Theater
  6:00 pm
• Disney Choir Concert:  Friendship and Fairy Dust
  Hopkins High School, 2400 Royals Dr, Minnetonka
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Baby Storytime
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  9:30 am
• Ridgedale Library Chess Club
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  4:30 pm
• ICA Food Pantry
  Alice Smith Elementary Hopkins, MN 55343
  8:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Sensory Friendly Art Club →
  Mess Hall Arts, 906 Mainstreet, Hopkins
  4:30 pm
Friday October 16
• Family Storytime
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  10:00 am
• Family Movie Matinee
  Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
  1:00 pm
• Skitzo Fonik at Mainstreet Bar →
  Mainstreet Bar, 814 Mainstreet, Hopkins
  8:30 pm

📣 Hopkins Shout Outs!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Injured long hair Siamese/ Balinese cat
  I'm sitting here at the burwell house and my daughter and I noticed a Siamese cat who is limping from his/her forearm, she has ducked underneath the… (Nextdoor Hopkins)

• Hopkins Public Schools posted a job opening for Boys Lacrosse Assistant Coach in Hopkins. Apply here.
• Taher, Inc. posted a job opening for Prep Cook / Cashier in Minnetonka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopkins here.

🗞 Nearby News

St. Louis Park

• Ditched Phone, Brother's Car: Charges Reveal How Police Tracked Eden Prairie Homecoming Shooting Suspect (patch.com)

Minnetonka

• VOTERS GUIDE: Breazeale, Myers vie for House District 45A (hometownsource.com)
• Letters: The Kennedy Center, a memoir (twincities.com)
• Industrious Takes Top Floors In Downtown Lease: The D.C. Deal Sheet (bisnow.com)

Edina

• LETTER: Gage is a new voice for Edina (hometownsource.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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