🌱 Remembering Grand Rapids hockey’s homemade beginnings

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• Remembering Grand Rapids hockey’s homemade beginnings

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Colder with a few showers, with a high of 40 and low of 27 degrees.
• Thursday: A sun-and-cloud mix, temps: high: 34, low: 22.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 37 and low of 20 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• From rink rats to a new varsity team (tncontentexchange.com) — Borrowed skates, wooden pucks and homemade shin guards helped launch Grand Rapids’ early hockey players, Jerry Witherill recalled in this 2016 memoir. The late graduate described the community effort behind varsity hockey and the challenge of facing established regional powers, including International Falls.
   

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📸 Around International Falls

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🗓 Upcoming Events in International Falls

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Wednesday November 18

• Music Then and Now with Sara Pajunen
  International Falls Public Library, 750 4th Street, International Falls
  7:30 pm

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📣 International Falls Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• BOA Planning Commission Meeting →
  Commissioners Room of the Lake of the Woods County Government Center, 206 8th Ave SE, Baudette
  7:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• Classic Movie Series presents DIRTY HARRY (1971) →
  Edge Center for the Arts, 101 2nd Avenue, Bigfork
  5:30 pm

Friday November 13

• Bois Forte Band Members →
  Bois Forte Heritage Center, 1500 Bois Forte Rd., Tower
  1:00 pm
• Northome Community Church OCC Packing Party →
  Northome Community Church, Northome
  3:30 pm
• Elementary boys basketball
  North Woods Schools Cook, MN 55723
  5:30 pm

Saturday November 14

• Community Music Workshop & Jam Session featuring Figuring It Out →
  Edge Center for the Arts, 101 2nd Avenue, Bigfork
  2:00 pm
• Christmas Card Workshop →
  ORR Recreation & Resource Center, 10690 Highway 23, Orr
  3:00 pm
• Figuring It Out - Performance →
  Edge Center for the Arts, 101 2nd Avenue, Bigfork
  6:00 pm
• Figuring It Out Bluegrass at Edge Center For The Arts →
  Edge Center For the Arts, 101 2nd Ave, Bigfork
  7:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Martial Arts- Small gym/commons/other school area
  North Woods Schools Cook, MN 55723
  7:00 pm

Wednesday November 18

• Economic Development Meeting →
  Commissioners Room of the Lake of the Woods County Government Center, 206 8th Ave SE, Baudette
  6:00 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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🗞 Nearby News

Baudette

• Destination Marvin (umn.edu)
• Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-November 9, 2026 (740thefan.com)

Cook

• Fire destroys garage near Cook, homeowner treated for hand injury (northernnewsnow.com)
• Fatal Accident In Cook On Friday (95kqds.com)
• Sawtooth Mountain Clinic seeks community input on mental health, substance use services (wtip.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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