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Hi Maple Grove! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which Maple Grove drivers are most affected by the Zachary Lane closure?
  • How a Maple Grove tween brought 24 new trees to her neighborhood.
  • What Maple Grove nurses just won in their first union contract

Also on today's calendar: Halloween Bus Bash and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 74 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 67, low: 47.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Zachary Lane temporarily closed for railroad reconstruction (hometownsource.com) — Expect detours if you use Zachary Lane in Maple Grove: a short stretch just south of Bottineau Boulevard is now closed for railroad reconstruction through Nov. 13. Drivers must follow signed detours via Weaver Lake Road, 85th Avenue, and Bottineau, and pedestrians should plan around sidewalk closures on both sides of the road.
   

• Maple Grove Girl Scout replants neighborhood, earns Silver Award (hometownsource.com) — A 12-year-old Girl Scout from Maple Grove led volunteers in replanting 24 trees around a neighborhood pond near 103rd Avenue and Lancaster Lane, replacing ash lost to emerald ash borer. Working with the city forester and Arbor Committee, she secured funding, organized the Oct. 3 planting, and helped bring educational Tree Treks signage to the area.
   

• MNA welcomes 600+ new members in historic first contracts (nationalnursesunited.org) — Nurses at North Memorial Maple Grove Hospital in Maple Grove have ratified their first union contract, locking in stronger wages, benefits, and workplace protections ahead of a planned Sanford Health acquisition. The agreement aims to stabilize staffing and safeguard patient care locally, while a separate contract at Hazelden Betty Ford in Center City boosts safety and voice for addiction-treatment nurses statewide.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • GOP leader Thune campaigns with Tafoya as Flanagan highlights rising costs from war (inforum.com)
  • Maple Grove fire responds to weekend garage fire (hometownsource.com)
  • Man sentenced in gunpoint robbery at Brooklyn Park Target (hometownsource.com)

Plymouth

  • Project Manager Cyber Security - Citadel Information Services Inc - Hybrid in Plymouth, MN, US (dice.com)

Minneapolis

  • Minneapolis Daycare Worker Admits Secretly Filming, Photographing Kids (patch.com)

Ok Maple Grove! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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