🌱 Coffee Connection and 11 more events

Good day Lester Prairie! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Hazy sun, with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.
• Friday: Hazy, a stray t-storm; humid, temps: high: 79, low: 55.
• Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.

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📸 Around Lester Prairie

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Coffee Connection
  Waconia Chamber of Commerce 209 S Vine St, Waconia, MN 55387
  7:30 am
• Beginner Horse Riding Camp
  Watertown-Mayer Community Learning Center Watertown, MN 55388
  10:00 am
• American Red Cross Learn to Swim Lessons
  Watertown-Mayer Community Learning Center Watertown-Mayer High School, 1001 MN-25, Watertown, MN 55388, USA
  11:00 am
• World of Dinosaurs with Young Rembrandts
  Watertown-Mayer Community Learning Center , 313 Angel Ave NW, Watertown, MN 55388, USA
  12:30 pm
• Skyhawks Beginning Golf
  Watertown-Mayer Community Learning Center , 313 Angel Ave NW, Watertown, MN 55388, USA
  1:00 pm

Friday August 7

• Robotic Builders: Battle Bots with Tech Academy
  Watertown-Mayer Community Learning Center , 313 Angel Ave NW, Watertown, MN 55388, USA
  9:00 am
• Bryce Hegge: (OneManBand) 51st Annual Winstead Summer Festival 4pm-7pm →
  Mill Reserve Park, 113 1st St S, Winsted
  4:00 pm
• Bryce Hegge: (OneManBand) 51st Annual Winstead... →
  Mill Reserve Park, 113 1st St S, Winsted
  4:00 pm
• Friday Sunsets with Traveled Ground — Sovereign Estate Winery →
  Sovereign Estate Winery, 9950 N Shore Rd, Waconia
  5:00 pm
• Food Truck - Soup du Joor - Parley Lake Winery - Waconia, MN →
  Parley Lake Winery, 8280 Parley Lake Rd, Waconia
  5:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• Master Gardener Help Desk →
  Waconia Public Library Front tables, Waconia
  10:00 am
• everett smithson →
  Knucklehead's Bar and Grill, 109 Ash Ave N, Mayer
  8:00 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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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Is anyone missing a cat?
  She's so friendly and definitely not feral. A lap cat for sure. She has a little kink in her tail but I'm not sure how recently it was broken. (Nextdoor Lester Prairie)

• footprint Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Merchandiser in Winsted. Apply here.
• Millerbernd Manufacturing Company posted a job opening for NDT Quality Technician 3 - 1st or 2nd shift in Winsted. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lester Prairie here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Glencoe

• Glencoe advances major street project, approves memorial bench request (glencoenews.com)
• McLeod County Sheriff's Report 8-7 (herald-journal.com)
• Marian R. Rose (winthropnewsmn.com)

Watertown

• Carver County Sheriff's Report 8-7 (herald-journal.com)
• Area drivers competed in weekend racing programs at four area tracks (aberdeennews.com)
• US Faithful Craft World Mission Rosaries For Archbishop Sheen's Beatification (thetablet.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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