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🌱 A youth-inspired Pelican Rapids hub makes room for family support
Pelican Rapids, Minnesota Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Pelican Rapids! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- A youth-inspired Pelican Rapids hub makes room for family support
- Great Plains rate request puts infrastructure spending under scrutiny
- Pelican Rapids native leads Jamestown into a new basketball chapter
Also on today's calendar: Story Time.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 43 and low of 28 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 37, low: 27.
- Friday: Sunny much of the time, with a high of 37 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• The Bridge undergoing renovations in Pelican Rapids (fergusfallsjournal.com) — Renovations at The Bridge Center in Pelican Rapids will make room for a Family Resource Center connecting families with services and support. The youth-inspired project at 25 First Avenue NE also includes gathering space and a community kitchen, bringing family assistance into a hub young people helped envision. 
• MN Commerce Department seeks technical experts to review proposed Great Plains Natural Gas rate increase (dl-online.com) — Great Plains Natural Gas, which serves Pelican Rapids, is seeking a rate increase, and Minnesota regulators want outside expertise to examine its infrastructure spending. The Commerce Department is recruiting engineering experts to assess whether investments the utility wants customers to cover are prudent, with proposals due November 30.
• Men's Basketball Season Preview: Jimmies to Start 2026-27 Season at GAC/NSIC Challenge in Oklahoma Friday (jimmiepride.com) — Pelican Rapids native Bruggeman begins his third season coaching University of Jamestown men's basketball with a new opportunity: eligibility for NCAA Division II postseason play. The Jimmies open November 13 against Southern Nazarene in Oklahoma after finishing 14-14 last season and outperforming their conference preseason ranking.
📸 Around Pelican Rapids
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Upcoming Events in
Pelican Rapids
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★ Featured events ★
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Story Time →
Pelican Rapids Public Library, 25 West Mill, Pelican Rapids
10:30 am
Monday November 16
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Other local events
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AWAY Ag/IT to Whapeton/Breckenrigde 8:30-1:45
Pelican Rapids Public School Dist. Pelican Rapids, MN 56572
8:30 am -
Story Time →
Pelican Rapids Public Library, 25 West Mill, Pelican Rapids
10:30 am
Thursday November 19
Monday November 23
📣 Pelican Rapids Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Exercise Group of Detroit Lakes (SAIL-Stay Active and Independent for Life) →
Detroit Lakes MN -
Chamber Cafe
Cornerstone Kitchen & Bath, 1213 W Lincoln Ave, Fergus Falls
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Fergus Falls Writers Group →
Fergus Falls Public Library, 205 E. Hampden Ave, Fergus Falls
11:00 am -
Holmes Art Show - 23rd Annual →
Historic Holmes Theatre, 806 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes
4:00 pm -
Evening Storytime →
Fergus Falls Public Library, 205 E. Hampden Ave, Fergus Falls
6:00 pm -
Every Friday- Life Drawing Group 10 - 11:30am →
Historic Holmes Theatre, 806 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes
10:00 am -
Flight Notes with Clayton Ryan & Molly Brandt →
Historic Holmes Theatre, 806 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes
7:00 pm -
Early Explorers →
Otter Cove Children’s Museum, 105 W Lincoln Ave., Fergus Falls
8:00 am -
Family Art Series: Pinch Pot Puppy with Jill Johnston →
Holmes Art Cellar, 806 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes
11:30 am
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Looking for someone to cut down my cat tails on Franklin lake.
My dock frame may need to stay in during the winter due to the overgrowth. (Nextdoor Dunn Township)
- Fleet Farm posted a job opening for Store Facilities Team Member in Fergus Falls. Apply here.
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for team member in Fergus Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pelican Rapids here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fergus Falls
- Fergus Falls City Council passes resolution to canvass votes (fergusfallsjournal.com)
- Veterans Honor Flight fundraiser set in Fergus Falls (valleynewslive.com)
- Fergus Falls senator Jordan Rasmusson elected Minnesota Senate Minority Leader (am1100theflag.com)
Detroit Lakes
- Registration Open for Detroit Lakes Parade of Lights (lakesarearadio.net)
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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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