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🌱 How Red Wing and Prairie Island are reshaping life along the Mississippi

Red Wing, Minnesota Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Red Wing! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Red Wing and Prairie Island are reshaping life along the Mississippi

Also on today's calendar: 3rd Annual Boundless Carnival and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some employees hide as soon as they arrive at work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Friday: Partial sunshine, temps: high: 86, low: 65. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 90 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Tourism, entertainment give towns along Mississippi River a reboot (postcrescent.com) — Red Wing and the nearby Prairie Island Indian Community are highlighted as they work to heal a strained history and now collaborate through the Honoring Dakota Project, public art, and safety upgrades like a new overpass. Their story is part of a broader look at how Mississippi River towns are reinventing themselves with tourism, culture, and river-centered businesses while confronting environmental and economic challenges.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday July 9
  • Storytime for 2s–6s
    Pleasant Hill Library Robert Trail Large Meeting Room, Robert Trail Library
    10:00 am
  • Storytime for Babies
    Pleasant Hill Library Pleasant Hill Large Meeting Room,
    10:00 am
  • Storytime at Farmington Preserve Park
    Pleasant Hill Library Farmington Park Reserve, Offsite
    10:00 am
  • Writer's Camp
    Red Wing Public Library - Youth Events 225 East Avenue, Red Wing, MN 55066
    1:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Injured paralyzed rabbit found near Colvill Park area.
    I placed him in the front of someone’s house as I had to go to work, but I am looking for someone willing to bring him to a wildlife rehabilitation… (Nextdoor Soldiers Memorial Park)
  • Who would you recommend for having front door railings replaced?
    Concrete steps up to the door. Railings are shot. (Nextdoor Wacouta)
  • McDonald's posted a job opening for Janitorial Maintenance in Red Wing. Apply here.
  • Duluth Trading Company posted a job opening for Retail Associate in Red Wing. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Red Wing here.

🗞 Nearby News

Goodhue

Hastings

  • Hastings Woman Charged After Prosecutors Allege More Than $1,800 in Walmart Theft Attempts and Theft (limitless-news.com)

Zumbrota

  • Garden Tour and Quilt Show is July 18 (zumbrota.com)
  • New veterinarians welcomed with an ice cream social (zumbrota.com)

Ok Red Wing! 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: Good employees are hard to find! (Thank you Patricia P. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Red Wing

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Red Wing

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.