Community Corner
🌱 How Melrose police helped unravel a costly cemetery crash
Be sure to catch Open Mic & Music Night at the Library on the Melrose Patch calendar
Greetings Melrose! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Melrose police helped unravel a costly cemetery crash
Also on today's calendar: Pumpkin Painting.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Cooler with periods of sun, with a high of 64 and low of 37 degrees.
- Friday: Variable cloudiness, temps: high: 61, low: 45.
- Saturday: A brief shower or two, with a high of 63 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Single-Vehicle Crash (hometownnews.biz) — Local readers should know Stearns County deputies are investigating a single-vehicle crash that sent a pickup through Greenwood Cemetery's stone wall, damaging numerous grave markers and causing an estimated $50,000 in damage. A 19-year-old Long Prairie man was arrested on suspicion of DWI after officers, including assistance from the Melrose Police Department, linked him to the abandoned truck and a disconnected 911 call. 
📸 Around Melrose
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Melrose
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★ Featured events ★
- Open Mic & Music Night at the Library →
Sinclair Lewis Home, 810 Sinclair Lewis Ave, Sauk Centre
5:00 pm
Thursday October 22
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Other local events
- Pumpkin Painting →
Melrose Coborn’s, 105 E Main St, Melrose
10:00 am
Saturday October 3
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Meat Raffle & Horse Races at Burtrum Cabooze →
Burtrum Cabooze, 114 Main St W, Burtrum
7:00 pm - Fall Farm Fest →
39105 County Road 11, Freeport - Odell Brewing Tasting →
Sauk Centre Location, 1227 Timberlane Drive, Sauk Centre
4:00 pm - Little Falls Varsity Football @ Albany →
Albany Area Secondary School, 30 Forest Ave, Albany
7:00 pm - Little Falls at Albany →
30 Forest Ave, Albany - Family Game Night - Every Monday! →
Koronis Brewing Company, 511 Hwy 55, Paynesville
4:00 pm - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Memorial Mass →
St. Paul Parish – Sauk Centre, 304 Sinclair Lewis Ave., Sauk Centre
5:30 pm - Community Rosary →
Seven Dolors Parish – Albany, 140 – 2nd Street S, Albany
6:30 pm - Looner THC Tasting →
Sauk Centre Location, 1227 Timberlane Drive, Sauk Centre
12:00 pm - Jordan Messerole →
Koronis Brewing Company, 511 Hwy 55, Paynesville
6:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Saturday October 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Burger King - Dhanani Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Manager 9994 in Melrose. Apply here.
- Coborn's, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier in Melrose. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Melrose here.
🗞 Nearby News
Sauk Centre
- Kindred boys place third, Gronwold in top ten at Border Battle (nordakpublishing.com)
- Afternoon Headlines, September 29th 2026 (minnesotanewsnetwork.com)
- Palmer House In Sauk Centre, Central Minnesota's Most Famous Haunted Location (1037theloon.com)
Paynesville
- Volleyball roundup: Paynesville rallies to knock off Litchfield (wctrib.com)
- What makes Demuth run: The unlikely rise of a category-defying politician (minnpost.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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