🌱 Red Cloud community shaken after charges in 8-year-old boy’s death

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• Red Cloud community shaken after charges in 8-year-old boy’s death

Also on today's calendar: Josh Hoyer's Colossal 4: RED CLOUD OPERA HOUSE and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Nice with plenty of sun, with a high of 73 and low of 49 degrees.
• Sunday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 71, low: 47.
• Monday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 72 and low of 53 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Red Cloud man charged in connection to death of 8-year-old boy (nebraska.tv) — Authorities have charged a 36-year-old Red Cloud man with child abuse resulting in death after an 8-year-old boy was taken unconscious and badly bruised to Webster County Community Hospital in town and later died. Investigators say the child was ultimately transferred to Omaha, and affidavits suggest high suspicion of physical abuse as the case moves through Webster County Court.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Red Cloud

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10

• Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal-The 2026 AUDIENCE CHOICE Show! →
  Red Cloud Opera House, 411 N Webster St, Red Cloud
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 5

• JHVB Tri @ Blue Hill
  Red Cloud Community Schools Red Cloud, NE 68970
  4:00 pm
• JHFB @Law/Nel
  Red Cloud Community Schools Red Cloud, NE 68970
  5:00 pm
• HSVB - JV - Tri @ Franklin (RC/FR/DESH)
  Red Cloud Community Schools Red Cloud, NE 68970
  5:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• HSVB (H) vs Superior
  Red Cloud Community Schools Red Cloud, NE 68970
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• XC @ McCool Junction
  Red Cloud Community Schools Red Cloud, NE 68970
  4:00 pm
• HSVB @ Lawrence/Nelson
  Red Cloud Community Schools Red Cloud, NE 68970
  5:30 pm

Friday October 9

• HSFB @ High Plains
  Red Cloud Community Schools Red Cloud, NE 68970
  7:00 pm

Sunday October 11

• Josh Hoyer's Colossal 4: RED CLOUD OPERA HOUSE →
  Red Cloud Opera House, 411 N Webster St, Red Cloud
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday October 11

• A Century of Fashion: 1870-1970 →
  Bladen United Methodist Church, 305 N Webster St., Bladen
  1:00 pm

Friday November 13

• United States Airforce Offutt Brass-Patriotic... →
  Red Cloud Opera House, 411 N Webster St, Red Cloud
  7:30 pm
• United States Airforce Offutt Brass-Patriotic Favorites for America 250 →
  Red Cloud Opera House, 411 N Webster St, Red Cloud
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Driveline posted a job opening for Flex Merchandiser in Red Cloud. Apply here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Superior

• In the wet fog the Wildcats tame the Bulldogs, 46-30 (superiorne.com)

Hastings

• UNL receives $5 million grant expand college access programs in state including G.I., Hastings, Lexington (centralnebraskatoday.com)
• A change in the weather pattern will allow for things to dry out after this week's deluge (ksnblocal4.com)
• Heartland United Way offering Holiday assistance programs (nbcneb.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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