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🌱 Owatonna Symphony adds a veterans salute to its fall concert

Owatonna, Minnesota Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello again Owatonna! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Owatonna Symphony adds a veterans salute to its fall concert
  • Owatonna kids join Sherlock Holmes on the Faribault stage
  • Owatonna woman charged after rollover seriously injures girl

Also on today's calendar: Thursday Pizza Night and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 54 and low of 32 degrees.
  • Thursday: Colder with some sun, temps: high: 40, low: 23.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 38 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Owatonna Symphony Orchestra to salute veterans at fall concert (southernminn.com) — Veterans and their families can attend free when the Owatonna Symphony Orchestra presents its first veterans salute at 3 p.m. Nov. 15 at St. John Lutheran Church. The concert pairs Dvořák's “New World Symphony” with patriotic music and military honors. Students 18 and under also enter free, with other tickets $10 in advance or $15 at the door.
   

2. Detective work takes stage at Paradise Center for the Arts (hometownsource.com) — Young performers from Owatonna join a regional cast bringing Sherlock Holmes to Faribault's Paradise Center for the Arts Nov. 13–15. Marquee Children's Theatre's production follows Holmes and a young would-be pickpocket who becomes his assistant. The Nov. 14 performance includes ASL interpretation, and Nov. 15 is sensory-friendly; tickets cost $11.50 for adults and $6.50 for students.
   

3. Owatonna woman charged with DWI following crash that seriously injured young girl (hometownsource.com) — An Owatonna woman faces criminal vehicular operation and DWI charges after an August rollover on Interstate 35 in Steele County seriously injured a girl. Authorities say Calli Mae Olson, 40, was driving the vehicle and had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.118 nearly two hours after the crash. The girl was airlifted to Rochester.
   

4. Northstar - South Maroon Football 2026 Varsity Total TDs Stat Leaders (maxpreps.com) — Owatonna's Kade Hullopeter tops the published Northstar–South Maroon varsity touchdown list with 14 scores, all rushing, across nine games. Cooper Routh follows with six touchdowns, including five receiving scores and an interception return, while Zach Roesner has four.
   

5. Dulas, Cornelius cruise to reelection; seats flip in commissioner, mayor races (southernminn.com) — Nikki Gieseke, Tim O'Connor and Ann Miller won Owatonna School Board seats, while incumbent Elizabeth Hedlund was reelected, according to unofficial results. Gieseke received 6,122 votes, the highest total among the four winners reported in a broader roundup of area elections.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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