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🌱 Rain Date - fall picnic and 11 more events
Happening soon: Homemade Pizza on the Madison Lake Patch calendar
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- Thursday: Cooler with clouds and sun, with a high of 64 and low of 40 degrees.
- Friday: More clouds than sun, temps: high: 61, low: 46.
- Saturday: A shower; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 66 and low of 48 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Rain Date - fall picnic
Washington Elementary Mankato, MN 56001
5:00 pm - Homemade Pizza →
Mankato Eagles Club #269, 708 N Riverfront Drive, Mankato
5:30 pm - Carnegie Art Center: Monthly Fiber Arts Group - First Thursdays →
Carnegie Art Center, 120 S Broad St, Mankato
6:00 pm - AA Meeting →
City Hall, Eagle Lake
6:00 pm - Mamma Mania →
1850 Madison Avenue, Mankato
7:00 pm - Trivia Night at Legends Bar and Grill (Mankato) →
Legends Bar & Grill - Mankato, Mankato
7:00 pm - Paddle Wheel →
Mankato Eagles Club #269, 708 N Riverfront Drive, Mankato
7:00 pm - Bar Bingo →
Mankato Eagles Club #269, 708 N Riverfront Drive, Mankato
7:00 pm - Pub 500 Trivia →
Pub 500, 500 S. Front Street, Mankato
7:30 pm - Kayla Daniels at Mankato →
Mankato, Mankato - Chili & Cheeseburger →
Mankato Eagles Club #269, 708 N Riverfront Drive, Mankato
11:00 am - Walk-a-thon (3rd Annual) →
600 Lind St., Mankato
2:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Casey's General Store, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Eagle Lake. Apply here.
- Sam's Club posted a job opening for Freezer, Cooler and Deli Stocker Associate in Mankato. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Madison Lake here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mankato
- Mankato East Announces 2026 Wall of Distinction Inductees (radiomankato.com)
- Spirits at Rest lays out plans for new residential recovery facility in Mankato (keyc.com)
- Essentia Health-Northern Pines Clinic welcomes family medicine specialist Dr. Mikaela Lake (essentiahealth.org)
North Mankato
- Nicollet County farmers delay soybean harvest due to persistent rain (keyc.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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