🌱 Need trap tags? Here’s how Winona trappers can get them.

Hello Winona! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Need trap tags? Here's how Winona trappers can get them.
• Could budget cuts change the future of Winona State University?

Also on today's calendar: Weekly Public Makerspace Tour and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 67 and low of 41 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 65, low: 44.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 66 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Minnesota Mixed Bag: DNR, partners kicks off WMA 75th anniversary photo contest (outdoornews.com) — Winona-area trappers can soon buy $30 trap tags at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge's Winona District office on Walnut Street, by weekday appointment. At the same time, the DNR is celebrating 75 years of Wildlife Management Areas with a statewide photo contest and highlighting other fall outdoor initiatives that may interest local hunters and anglers.
   

• UMN and Minnesota State navigate budget challenges (kaaltv.com) — Students and families in Winona should watch closely as statewide budget cuts and restructuring plans could affect Winona State University and nearby Minnesota State College Southeast. Both the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State systems face multimillion‑dollar gaps, prompting talk of campus mergers, administrative realignments, and tuition pressures even as enrollment rises.
   

📸 Around Winona

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Winona

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Bilingual Storytime →
  Winona Public Library: Youth Services, 151 W 5th St, Winona
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Weekly Public Makerspace Tour →
  Winona Creators Collective Makerspace, 850 W. 3rd St, Winona
  10:30 am
• Japanese Miso Ramen Soup →
  Bluff Country Co-op Community Room, 121 W. 2nd St., Winona
  11:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Gate City Jazz Band →
  Westfield Bar & Grill, 1460 W. 5th St, Winona
  5:00 pm
• Francis & Clare Screening →
  Winona Arts Center, 228 E 5th St, Winona
  7:00 pm
Monday October 5
• Audiobook Listening and Walking Club →
  Hiawatha Valley Marine Pavilion, 527 Lake Park Drive, Winona
  3:30 pm
• D&D One-Shot Adventures →
  Winona Public Library: Meeting Room, 151 W 5th St, Winona
  4:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Storytime →
  Winona Public Library: Bell Art Room, 151 W 5th St, Winona
  10:00 am
• Classical Still Life Oil Painting with Casey Wicka →
  Winona Arts Center, 228 E 5th St, Winona
  10:00 am
• Haunted Harvest Lights →
  Winona Public Library: Learning Plaza, 151 W 5th St, Winona
  3:30 pm
• FREE Play: WSU High Ropes Course, Climbing Wall, Bike Skills →
  WSU Outdoor Education & Recreation Center, 351 Lafayette Street, Winona
  4:00 pm
• Climate Stewardship Book Club →
  Winona Public Library: Meeting Room, 151 W 5th St, Winona
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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La Crescent

• La Crescent adopts tobacco ordinance: Licenses to eventually reduce to 6 through attrition (hometownsource.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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