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🌱 Howells-Dodge at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge and 10 more events
Happening soon: Girls Cross Country: Stanton XC Invite (Varsity) on the Laurel Patch calendar
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Howells-Dodge at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
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- Thursday: A steady morning breeze, with a high of 65 and low of 41 degrees.
- Friday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 65, low: 46.
- Saturday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 70 and low of 46 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laurel
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★ Featured events ★
- Howells-Dodge at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge →
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, 502 Wakefield St, Laurel
7:00 pm
Friday October 23
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Girls Cross Country: Stanton XC Invite (Varsity)
Stanton High School Elkhorn Acres Golf Course
4:00 pm - Boys Cross Country: 2026 Stanton Cross Country Invite (Varsity)
Stanton High School Elkhorn Acres Golf Course
4:00 pm - Cross Country @ Creighton Invite
RANDOLPH PUBLIC SCHOOLS Randolph, NE 68771
4:00 pm - Girls Cross Country: Stanton XC Invite (Junior High)
Stanton High School
5:30 pm - Volleyball @ Leigh
RANDOLPH PUBLIC SCHOOLS Randolph, NE 68771
5:30 pm - Girls Volleyball: Tri County Northeast vs Pender (Junior Varsity)
Pender High School
5:30 pm - Girls Volleyball: Tri County Northeast vs Pender (Varsity)
Pender High School
6:00 pm - Boys Football: Tri County Northeast vs Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (Varsity)
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge High School
7:00 pm - Fall 2026: Research Workshop #3: Avoiding Plagiarism & Using Citations →
Wayne State College, 1111 Main Street, Wayne
8:00 am - Girls Volleyball: Quad- Tri-County & BR (Varsity)
Walthill High School
5:00 pm - Volleyball Home vs Bloomfield
RANDOLPH PUBLIC SCHOOLS Randolph, NE 68771
5:30 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Thursday October 8
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🗞 Nearby News
Wayne
- Warriors Set to Travel to Wayne State (winonastatewarriors.com)
- Pink Flamingo Nite to focus on 'The Joy Reflex' (thewayneherald.com)
- Backline Comedy brings big laughs and unscripted chaos to The Little Red Hen Theatre (thewayneherald.com)
Hartington
- Ready for play (hartington.net)
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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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