🌱 How Maple Lake’s softball team fared against undefeated Swanville Monday night

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• How Maple Lake’s softball team fared against undefeated Swanville Monday night

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 50 degrees.
• Thursday: Showers late in the afternoon, temps: high: 73, low: 54.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 82 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Bulldogs stay perfect, roll past Maple Lake (hometownsource.com) — Maple Lake’s high school softball team fell 14-3 to undefeated Swanville, which used 16 hits and nine stolen bases to stay perfect on the season. Despite Maple Lake briefly tying the game in the second inning, Swanville’s steady offense pulled away late, highlighted by a 5-for-5 performance from Avery Douglas and strong relief pitching from Ali Barthel.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday May 14

• TESS Books and Bites
  Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public Sch Buffalo, MN 55313
  3:00 pm
• BCMS Grade 8 Choir Concert
  Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public Sch Buffalo, MN 55313
  7:00 pm
• DJ Trivia at Beaver Island Brewing Co →
  Beaver Island Brewing Company, 216 6th Ave S, St Cloud
  7:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Zimmerman vs Annandale →
  Annandale Rec Park, 905 Cardinal Wy, Annandale
  9:30 am
• Bark in the Park →
  Buffalo, MN Calendar, County Rd 35 W & Bluffs Pkwy Intersection (NW end, Buffalo
  4:30 pm
• MESI Spring Carnival
  Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public Sch Buffalo, MN 55313
  5:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Beaver Island Comedy Series →
  Beaver Island Brewing Company, 216 6th Ave S, St Cloud
  8:00 pm

Monday May 18

• City Council Workshop - Audit Review →
  Buffalo, MN Calendar, 212 Central Ave, Buffalo
  5:30 pm
• City Council Meeting →
  Buffalo, MN Calendar Buffalo, MN 55313
  7:00 pm

Tuesday May 19

• BCMS Grade 6 Choir Concert
  Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public Sch Buffalo, MN 55313
  7:00 pm

Wednesday May 20

• BCMS Grade 7-8 Band Concert
  Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public Sch Buffalo, MN 55313
  7:00 pm

Thursday May 21

• Mason Dixon Line →
  Paramount Center for the Arts, 913 W St Germain St, St Cloud
  1:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi everyone it's me Kris.
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• MP Nexlevel posted a job opening for Lead Sub-Contractor Specialist in Maple Lake. Apply here.
• E.A. Sween Company, Inc. posted a job opening for Food Production Associate-1st shift in Annandale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Maple Lake here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Buffalo

• Wright County Area HS Sports Update for the Week of May 8th-May 12th. (krwc1360.com)
• NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Public Hearing on the Petition for Partial Abandonment of Judicial Ditch #1 (delanoheraldjournal.com)

Monticello

• Monticello author wins Minnesota Book Award (hometownsource.com)
• Baseball rebounds with two wins after midweek losses (hometownsource.com)
• Monticello man fled through basement before meth found, court records say (hometownsource.com)

Howard Lake

• ISD 2687 HLWW School Board Work Session Meeting Monday, May 4, 2026 (herald-journal.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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