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🌱 Patch AM: What to expect at Valleyfair’s Tricks and Treats and ValleyScare

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Hello Shakopee! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What to expect at Valleyfair's Tricks and Treats and ValleyScare

Also on today's calendar: Shakopee Heritage Society Talk: Latinos and Hispanics in Early Shakopee and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Warm; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 84 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Rather cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 62, low: 47.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 60 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Minnesota Steals the Halloween Spotlight, Outshining Massachusetts, Florida and Other US Hotspots in Travel and Tour World's Top 20 Rankings (travelandtourworld.com) — Shakopee is spotlighted as one of Minnesota's key Halloween destinations this year, with Valleyfair offering family-friendly Tricks and Treats by day and the scarier ValleyScare on select evenings through October 31. The statewide roundup shows how visitors can pair Shakopee's rides and haunted mazes with Anoka parades and Apple Valley's pumpkin-lit zoo trails, all easily reached via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
   

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  • I believe there was a gentleman that can use older or freezer burned meat/products for animals that posted awhile back?
    I have a couple bags with meat, veggies and maybe a bag of fruit that we are about to throw out. It has lost its place in the freezer to make room… (Nextdoor Adams - Van Buren)
  • Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager(01928) - 224 1st ave east in Shakopee. Apply here.
  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Eden Prairie, Minnesota in Eden Prairie. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Shakopee here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • This No-Frills Minnesota Spot Serves Cheeseburgers That Would Make Guy Fieri Weep With Joy (newsbreak.com)
  • Minnesota Somali gang violence: soccer is the cure (americanthinker.com)
  • America is known worldwide for its violence. Gun Control Fail. (blogspot.com)

Ok Shakopee! 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: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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