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🌱 Patch AM: What investigators say about the deadly I-694 crash in Oakdale

Happening soon: Community Watershed Celebration & Bird Festival 2026 on the Oakdale Patch calendar

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Greetings Oakdale! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What investigators say about the deadly I-694 crash in Oakdale

Also on today's calendar: Community Watershed Celebration & Bird Festival 2026 and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 78 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 80, low: 62.
  • Wednesday: Breezy at times with sunshine, with a high of 77 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Woodbury man killed in single-vehicle crash on Interstate 694 (bringmethenews.com) — A Woodbury man was killed Saturday evening in a single-vehicle crash on northbound I-694 at 4th Street in Oakdale, after his car left the road and hit a bridge foundation. State Patrol reports he was wearing a seatbelt and alcohol is not suspected, but few other details have been released so far.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday September 8
  • Economic Development Authority Meeting →
    North St. Paul, MN Calendar
    4:00 pm
  • SPCS vs Math & Science Academy (Boys Soccer)
    St. Paul City Schools, 400 Arlington Ave E, St Paul
    5:00 pm
    • Wednesday September 9
  • Coffee & Donuts for Kinder Families
    Little Canada Elementary Saint Paul, MN 55117
    8:55 am
  • Knyaw Digital Literacy Class
    Rice Street Branch Library 1011 Rice Street, Saint Paul, MN 55117
    3:30 pm
  • Black American Digital Literacy Class
    Rice Street Branch Library 1011 Rice Street, Saint Paul, MN 55117
    3:30 pm
  • Public Health in Public Places
    Rice Street Branch Library 1011 Rice Street, Saint Paul, MN 55117
    4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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Woodbury

  • 4 vehicles crash Friday in Benton County, one sent to hospital (miamiherald.com)

Stillwater

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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